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Melvin Bobo — 24 Patents

GE: 24 patents #1,048 of 36,430Top 3%
UNUnknown: 1 patents #29,356 of 83,584Top 40%
Cincinnati, OH: #333 of 8,043 inventorsTop 5%
Ohio: #2,530 of 73,341 inventorsTop 4%
Overall (All Time): #168,038 of 4,157,543Top 5%
24 Patents All Time
Melvin Bobo has been granted 24 US patents while listed as an inventor at GE. The first was granted in 1980 and the most recent in July 2007. Melvin Bobo ranks #168,038 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 4.0%). Patent records list Melvin Bobo in Cincinnati, OH, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1980 to 2007Bar chart with a peak of 9 patents in 1992.peak 91980: 3 patents19801986: 1 patents1987: 1 patents19871988: 1 patents1990: 2 patents19901991: 1 patents1992: 9 patents19921993: 3 patents1994: 1 patents19941995: 1 patents2007: 1 patents2007

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–24 of 24 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
7238008 Turbine blade retainer seal Lawrence Wayne Plemmons, deceased, Robert J. Albers, William Lee Herron 2007-07-03 $63,432,000
5443229 Aircraft gas turbine engine sideways mount Michael O'Brien 1995-08-22 $31,461,000
5361828 Scaled heat transfer surface with protruding ramp surface turbulators Ching-Pang Lee, Joseph W. Savage 1994-11-08 $13,735,000
5228784 Squeeze film damper composite ring seal 1993-07-20 $13,385,000
5207511 Squeeze film damper oil control 1993-05-04 $15,296,000
5188375 Squeeze film damper piston ring seal Adam N. Pope 1993-02-23 $9,338,000
5169240 Proportioned piston ring seals Adam N. Pope 1992-12-08 $9,315,000
5156528 Vibration damping of gas turbine engine buckets 1992-10-20 $9,537,000
5149250 Gas turbine vane assembly seal and support system Larry W. Plemmons, Alan P. Wilds, Gary Charles Liotta 1992-09-22 $13,603,000
5149206 Hydraulic shaft damper pressure control 1992-09-22 $13,603,000
5143499 Deformable cylinder locknut Peter W. Mueller, Thomas F. McClure 1992-09-01 $11,214,000
5143383 Stepped tooth rotating labyrinth seal Christopher Charles Glynn, Byron E. Swanson 1992-09-01 $11,214,000
5123240 Method and apparatus for ejecting foreign matter from the primary flow path of a gas turbine engine Wilson Frost, Peter John Wood, Daniel R. Little 1992-06-23 $10,402,000
5106208 Proportioned piston ring seals Adam N. Pope 1992-04-21 $7,347,000
5088888 Shroud seal 1992-02-18 $14,117,000
5018873 Air temperature measurement 1991-05-28 $15,540,000
4973221 Gas turbine engine motor assembly Bernard J. Anderson 1990-11-27 $8,681,000
4934600 Exhaust nozzle thermal distortion control device Dudley O. Nash, Steven John Croft 1990-06-19 $11,535,000
4743166 Blade root seal Sidney B. Elston, III, Robert J. Corsmeier 1988-05-10 $13,849,000
4644806 Airstream eductor Elgin E. Flagg 1987-02-24 $5,537,000
4580946 Fan blade platform seal 1986-04-08 $6,595,000
4222230 Combustor dome assembly Thomas L. DuBell 1980-09-16 $2,892,000
4214796 Bearing assembly with multiple squeeze film damper apparatus Fred J. Monzel 1980-07-29 $3,485,000
4198815 Central injection fuel carburetor Richard E. Stenger 1980-04-22 $2,135,000