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Robert W. Whitling — 16 Patents

GE: 10 patents #3,367 of 36,430Top 10%
GAGe-Hitachi Nuclear Energy Americas: 6 patents #33 of 279Top 15%
California: #37,952 of 386,348 inventorsTop 10%
Overall (All Time): #284,196 of 4,157,543Top 7%
16 Patents All Time
Robert W. Whitling has been granted 16 US patents while listed as an inventor at GE. The first was granted in 1994 and the most recent in September 2023. Robert W. Whitling ranks #284,196 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 6.8%). Patent records list Robert W. Whitling in معلمی نژاد, CA, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1994 to 2023Bar chart with a peak of 3 patents in 2011.peak 31994: 1 patents19941995: 1 patents1996: 1 patents19961997: 1 patents2003: 1 patents20032010: 2 patents2011: 3 patents20112012: 1 patents2013: 1 patents20132014: 1 patents2015: 1 patents20152022: 1 patents2023: 1 patents2023

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–16 of 16 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
11749416 Boiling water reactor blade guide and exchange tool Kristoffer Ostrander, Brian J. Smith 2023-09-05
11348700 Boiling water reactor blade guide and exchange tool Kristoffer Ostrander, Brian J. Smith 2022-05-31
8934601 Method and apparatus for a BWR control rod handling grapple Michael Joseph Gundrum, Mark D. Bardeen, Gregory A. Francisco 2015-01-13
8824618 Control rod blade unlatching tool Jack T. Matsumoto, Christopher M. Welsh, Gregory A. Francisco 2014-09-02
8374307 Nut assembly for connecting adjoining poles in a nuclear reactor Gregory A. Francisco 2013-02-12 $19,407,000
8249212 Method to apply a clamp to a core spray sparger T-box Grant Clark Jensen 2012-08-21 $18,821,000
8045672 Core spray sparger T-box attachment and clamp and method for clamping Grant Clark Jensen 2011-10-25 $20,137,000
8007196 Small handling pole locking assembly Gregory A. Francisco, William Jones 2011-08-30 $111,000
8002491 Small handling pole locking assembly Gregory A. Francisco, William Jones 2011-08-23 $94,000
7787583 Handling poles for use in nuclear reactors Gregory A. Francisco 2010-08-31 $21,001,000
7712189 High torque small handling pole Gregory A. Francisco 2010-05-11 $48,359,000
6622941 Method and apparatus for cleaning jet pump nozzles Winston F. Ganoza, Jared A. Lathrop 2003-09-23 $82,211,000
5677936 Tool for vertically supporting tie rod assembly on lower support fixture toggle-bolted to shroud support plate Wing G. Jung 1997-10-14 $73,558,000
5521950 Tool for unlatching control rod without removing fuel support 1996-05-28 $23,221,000
5392322 Shroud repair clamp Barry H. Koepke, James E. Charnley 1995-02-21 $13,437,000
5377239 BWR control rod handling tooling & method Fred Charles Nopwaskey, Balasubramanian S. Kowdley, Frank Ortega 1994-12-27 $15,862,000