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Bruce Matzner — 44 Patents

GE: 43 patents #361 of 36,430Top 1%
HP: 1 patents #11,359 of 7,018Top 165%
San Jose, CA: #1,224 of 32,062 inventorsTop 4%
California: #9,924 of 386,348 inventorsTop 3%
Overall (All Time): #66,838 of 4,157,543Top 2%
44 Patents All Time
Bruce Matzner has been granted 44 US patents while listed as an inventor at GE. The first was granted in 1982 and the most recent in July 2004. Bruce Matzner ranks #66,838 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 1.6%). Patent records list Bruce Matzner in San Jose, CA, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1982 to 2004Bar chart with a peak of 8 patents in 1993.peak 81982: 1 patents19821985: 2 patents1986: 2 patents19861987: 1 patents1988: 1 patents19881991: 3 patents1992: 5 patents19921993: 8 patents1994: 3 patents19941995: 3 patents1996: 8 patents19961997: 3 patents1998: 1 patents19981999: 2 patents2004: 1 patents2004

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 44 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
6765979 Fluid separation device for vent volumes of nuclear fuel bundles Gary E. Dix 2004-07-20 $50,282,000
5995577 Optimized steam vent locations for a nuclear fuel bundle 1999-11-30 $112,915,000
5953387 Separation device for a vent volume in a nuclear reactor Gary E. Dix 1999-09-14 $82,799,000
5787141 Lower tie plate optimized for reduced pressure drop 1998-07-28 $112,099,000
5668728 Removable deflectors for bwr fuel with steam vents and part-length rods Gary E. Dix 1997-09-16 $79,834,000
5608768 Threaded fuel rod end plugs and related method Thomas G. Dunlap, Richard A. Proebstle 1997-03-04 $44,956,000
5598450 Fuel bundle with adjustable flow and reactivity Richard A. Proebstle 1997-01-28 $65,102,000
5553109 Apparatus and methods for simulating a change in axial power shape during a nuclear fuel rod bundle transient 1996-09-03 $26,290,000
5546437 Spacer for nuclear fuel rods Harold B. King, David Smith 1996-08-13 $26,058,000
5539793 Lower tie plate debris catcher for a nuclear reactor Eric B. Johansson 1996-07-23 $28,030,000
5526387 Flow tabs for a fuel rod bundle spacer Eric B. Johansson 1996-06-11 $28,411,000
5519745 Lower tie plate debris catcher for a nuclear reactor Richard A. Proebstle 1996-05-21 $20,914,000
5488634 Lower tie plate debris catcher for a nuclear reactor Eric B. Johansson, Robert Bruce Elkins, II, Gerald M. Latter, Richard A. Proebstle 1996-01-30 $26,978,000
5483564 Lower tie plate strainers including double corrugated strainers for boiling water reactors Eric B. Johansson, Richard A. Wolters, Jr., Thomas G. Dunlap, Robert Bruce Elkins, II, Harold B. King +2 more 1996-01-09 $36,866,000
5481578 Perforated tube debris catcher for a nuclear reactor 1996-01-02 $14,842,000
5416812 Optimized critical power in a fuel bundle with part length rods 1995-05-16 $23,959,000
5390221 Debris filters with flow bypass for boiling water reactors Gary E. Dix 1995-02-14 $16,495,000
5384814 Lower tie plate strainers for boiling water reactors Eric B. Johansson, Richard A. Wolters, Jr., Thomas G. Dunlap, Robert Bruce Elkins, II, Harold B. King +1 more 1995-01-24 $24,956,000
5375154 Reduced pressure drop spacer for boiling water reactor fuel bundles Gerald M. Latter 1994-12-20 $27,673,000
5371768 Swirl type spacer for boiling water reactor fuel 1994-12-06 $17,062,000
5313506 Reduced pressure drop ferrule spacer Eric B. Johansson 1994-05-17 $19,784,000
5267291 Spacer band with optimized fuel bundle to channel clearance in a boiling water reactor James E. Wood 1993-11-30 $21,477,000
5251246 Water rod concept without loss in active flow 1993-10-05 $19,769,000
5245643 Top filled water regions overlying part length fuel rods Gary E. Dix 1993-09-14 $15,121,000
5230858 Two compartment water rod for boiling water reactors Richard A. Wolters, Jr. 1993-07-27 $14,958,000