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Robert A. Haughton — 7 Patents

GE: 6 patents #5,843 of 36,430Top 20%
GFGlobal Nuclear Fuel-Americas: 1 patents #64 of 96Top 70%
Wilmington, NC: #112 of 905 inventorsTop 15%
North Carolina: #7,540 of 45,564 inventorsTop 20%
Overall (All Time): #680,018 of 4,157,543Top 20%
7 Patents All Time
Robert A. Haughton has been granted 7 US patents while listed as an inventor at GE. The first was granted in 1989 and the most recent in September 2014. Robert A. Haughton ranks #680,018 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 16.4%). Patent records list Robert A. Haughton in Wilmington, NC, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1989 to 2014Bar chart with a peak of 2 patents in 1994.peak 21989: 1 patents19891994: 2 patents19941995: 1 patents19951998: 1 patents19981999: 1 patents19992014: 1 patents2014

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–7 of 7 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
8842802 Fuel rods for nuclear reactor fuel assemblies and methods of manufacturing thereof William Earl Russell, II 2014-09-23
5958267 High pressure laser welding of nuclear fuel rods Andrew A. Lingenfelter, James M. Gehr, Johnny R. Skipper, Robert J. Sziemkiewicz, Jeffrey P. Johnson +5 more 1999-09-28 $105,696,000
5748691 Apparatus and methods for sealing end plugs for nuclear fuel rods John L. Harmon, William C. Peters, Andrew A. Lingenfelter 1998-05-05 $79,876,000
5448034 Weld shape control system for TIG welding of small pressurization hole Johnny R. Skipper, Ralph J. Reda, Michael Thomas Kiernan 1995-09-05 $36,561,000
5375756 Apparatus for assembling and welding final end plugs to nuclear fuel-containing cladding tubes and inspecting the welds, all on an automated basis James D. Landry, Ralph J. Reda, Robert J. Sziemkiewicz 1994-12-27 $15,862,000
5345488 Nuclear fuel rod having concave weld across pressurization hole in end plug Johnny R. Skipper, Ralph J. Reda, Michael Thomas Kiernan 1994-09-06 $8,294,000
4857260 Apparatus for assembling and welding end plugs to nuclear fuel cladding tubes and inspecting the end plug welds on an automated basis Frederick C. Schoenig, Jr., Edward Stephen Walker, Jr., Michael Kent Cueman, Jaime A. Zuloaga, Jr. 1989-08-15 $7,188,000