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Robert Edgar Colborn — 43 Patents

GE: 34 patents #578 of 36,430Top 2%
SBSabic Innovative Plastics B.V.: 9 patents #40 of 817Top 5%
Niskayuna, NY: #79 of 949 inventorsTop 9%
New York: #2,386 of 115,490 inventorsTop 3%
Overall (All Time): #69,380 of 4,157,543Top 2%
43 Patents All Time
Robert Edgar Colborn has been granted 43 US patents while listed as an inventor at GE. The first was granted in 1989 and the most recent in March 2017. Robert Edgar Colborn ranks #69,380 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 1.7%). Patent records list Robert Edgar Colborn in Niskayuna, NY, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1989 to 2017Bar chart with a peak of 6 patents in 2003.peak 61989: 3 patents19891990: 1 patents1992: 3 patents1993: 1 patents19931996: 1 patents1997: 1 patents1999: 1 patents19992002: 2 patents2003: 6 patents2004: 1 patents20042005: 1 patents2006: 1 patents2007: 2 patents20072008: 1 patents2009: 3 patents2010: 2 patents20102011: 1 patents2013: 4 patents2014: 3 patents20142015: 1 patents2016: 3 patents2017: 1 patents2017

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 43 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
9585974 Nanoparticle contrast agents for diagnostic imaging Matthew David Butts, Peter John Bonitatibus, Jr., Andrew Soliz Torres 2017-03-07 $12,968,000
9399075 Nanoparticle contrast agents for diagnostic imaging Matthew David Butts, Peter John Bonitatibus, Jr., Andrew Soliz Torres, Brian Christopher Bales, Michael Ernest Marino +2 more 2016-07-26 $32,299,000
9373433 Nanocomposite permanent magnets and methods of making the same Francis Johnson, Judson Sloan Marte, Peter John Bonitatibus, Jr., Binil Itty Ipe Kandapallil, Mohammed Haouaoui +1 more 2016-06-21 $28,162,000
9251938 Soft magnetic phase nanoparticles preparations and associated methods thereof Binil Itty Ipe Kandapallil, Peter John Bonitatibus, Jr., Francis Johnson 2016-02-02 $20,555,000
9149545 Nanoparticle-based imaging agents for X-ray/computed tomography and methods for making same Peter John Bonitatibus, Jr., David Cheney deMoulpied, Andrew Soliz Torres, Amit Mohan Kulkarni, Paul William Buckley 2015-10-06 $24,453,000
8821838 Nanoparticulate compositions for diagnostic imaging Peter John Bonitatibus, Jr., Matthew David Butts, Andrew Soliz Torres 2014-09-02 $20,539,000
8728440 Nanoparticulate compositions for diagnostic imaging Matthew David Butts, Peter John Bonitatibus, Jr., Andrew Soliz Torres 2014-05-20 $11,321,000
8728529 Nanoparticle contrast agents for diagnostic imaging Matthew David Butts, Peter John Bonitatibus, Jr., Amit Mohan Kulkarni, Bruce A. Hay, Andrew Soliz Torres +2 more 2014-05-20 $11,321,000
8586501 Catalyst and method of manufacture Larry Neil Lewis, Ashish Balkrishna Mhadeshwar, Dan Hancu 2013-11-19 $18,552,000
8580464 Reverse saturable absorbtion sensitizers for optical data storage media and methods for use Arunkumar Natarajan, Patrick Joseph McCloskey, Kwok Pong Chan, Evgenia Mikhailovna Kim, Eugene Pauling Boden 2013-11-12 $25,233,000
8574549 Nanoparticle contrast agents for diagnostic imaging Matthew David Butts, Peter John Bonitatibus, Jr., Amit Mohan Kulkarni, Bruce A. Hay, Andrew Soliz Torres +2 more 2013-11-05 $26,974,000
8536298 Precipitative process to prepare polyimides Philip L. Angermeier, Robert R. Gallucci, Paul Edward Howson, Tara J. Mullen, Roy Ray Odle +2 more 2013-09-17
7863209 Methods for recycling catalyst compositions for aromatic ring halogenation Balakrishnan Ganesan, Pradeep Nadkarni, Dan Hancu 2011-01-04
7790292 Polysiloxane copolymers, thermoplastic composition, and articles formed therefrom Gary Charles Davis, Jianbo Di, Constantin Donea, Irene Dris, Katherine Lee Jackson +4 more 2010-09-07
7732559 Method of making halophthalic acids and halophthalic anhydrides David Bruce Hall, Peter Koch, Bernd Volker Demuth, Thomas Wessel, Karl E. Mack +5 more 2010-06-08
7557058 Catalyst composition and method for chlorinating aromatic compounds Dan Hancu, Richard Joseph Kilmer 2009-07-07
7541489 Method of making halophthalic acids and halophthalic anhydrides David Bruce Hall, Peter Koch, Bernd Volker Demuth, Thomas Wessel, KarlErnst Mack +5 more 2009-06-02
7488764 Polymer encapsulation of high aspect ratio materials and methods of making same Stanley Y. Hobbs, Eelco van Hamersveld, Fazila Seker, Ali Acar, Chris Hartshorn +1 more 2009-02-10
7470732 Polymer encapsulation of high aspect ratio materials and methods of making same Stanley Y. Hobbs, Eelco van Hamersveld, Fazila Seker, Ali Acar, Chris Hartshorn +1 more 2008-12-30
7312257 Polymer encapsulation of high aspect ratio materials and methods of making same Stanley Y. Hobbs, Fazila Seker, Daniel Steiger, Christopher M. Hartshorn, Ali Acar +1 more 2007-12-25
7282615 Catalyst compositions and their use for chlorinating aromatic compounds Dan Hancu, Richard Joseph Kilmer, John Patrick Lemmon 2007-10-16
7012166 Catalyst composition and method for chlorinating aromatic compounds Dan Hancu, Richard Joseph Kilmer 2006-03-14 $48,247,000
6878782 Thermoset composition, method, and article Glen Merfeld, Gary William Yeager, Bryan Duffey 2005-04-12 $48,539,000
6784253 Enhanced polymerization process Shripathy Vilasagar, Vern Lowry, Dane Ferraris, Ke Feng, Matthew Hal Littlejohn +1 more 2004-08-31 $42,128,000
6670487 Method for removing impurities from oxidation products Farid Fouad Khouri 2003-12-30 $42,246,000