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Ralph M. Somers — 8 Patents

GE: 8 patents #4,329 of 36,430Top 15%
Sharonville, OH: #211 of 1,065 inventorsTop 20%
Ohio: #10,270 of 73,341 inventorsTop 15%
Overall (All Time): #600,572 of 4,157,543Top 15%
8 Patents All Time
Ralph M. Somers has been granted 8 US patents while listed as an inventor at GE. The first was granted in 1987 and the most recent in October 2000. Ralph M. Somers ranks #600,572 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 14.4%). Patent records list Ralph M. Somers in Sharonville, OH, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1987 to 2000Bar chart with a peak of 2 patents in 1989.peak 21987: 1 patents19871989: 2 patents19891991: 1 patents19911993: 1 patents19931994: 1 patents19941999: 1 patents19992000: 1 patents2000

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–8 of 8 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
6140604 Laser drilling breakthrough detector John M. Crow 2000-10-31 $128,027,000
5948293 Laser shock peening quality assurance by volumetric analysis of laser shock peened dimple Marek L. Winiarz, James D. Risbeck 1999-09-07 $148,101,000
5286947 Apparatus and method for monitoring material removal from a workpiece Diana R. C. Clyde, Jerry H. Carmichael 1994-02-15 $10,754,000
5177756 Laser apparatus including crystal protection circuitry and method of operation thereof Todd Jay Rockstroh, James G. Kelley, John N. Minnich, Seetha Ramaiah Mannava 1993-01-05 $10,534,000
5026964 Optical breakthrough sensor for laser drill Diana R. Compton 1991-06-25 $10,688,000
4847687 Video ranging system Robert L. McDonnell, Roland WILHELM 1989-07-11 $15,959,000
4845556 Video spot detector Ronald G. Alcoke, Robert L. McDonnell 1989-07-04
4695721 Surface texture recognition using multi-directional scanning Emmet M. Fulkerson, Diana R. Compton 1987-09-22 $16,691,000