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Russell Patrick Higgins — 15 Patents

GE: 11 patents #3,022 of 36,430Top 9%
GAGe-Hitachi Nuclear Energy Americas: 2 patents #97 of 279Top 35%
GFGlobal Nuclear Fuel-Americas: 2 patents #41 of 96Top 45%
Wilmington, NC: #32 of 905 inventorsTop 4%
North Carolina: #3,282 of 45,564 inventorsTop 8%
Overall (All Time): #307,048 of 4,157,543Top 8%
15 Patents All Time
Russell Patrick Higgins has been granted 15 US patents while listed as an inventor at GE. The first was granted in 1994 and the most recent in February 2018. Russell Patrick Higgins ranks #307,048 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 7.4%). Patent records list Russell Patrick Higgins in Wilmington, NC, US.

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–15 of 15 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
9899107 Rod assembly for nuclear reactors Vernon W. Mills, David Smith, Gerald A. Luciano, Roger Howard Van Slyke, William Earl Russell, II +1 more 2018-02-20
9362009 Cross-section reducing isotope system William Earl Russell, II, Christopher J. Monetta, Vernon W. Mills, David Smith, Carlton W. Clark +1 more 2016-06-07
9239385 Method of producing isotopes in power nuclear reactors Russell M. Fawcett, Randy Peter Gonzales, Robert B. James, Jr., Michael Thomas Kiernan, William Earl Russell, II +4 more 2016-01-19 $41,537,000
9159460 Bundle retention clip, fuel assembly including the same, and method of assembling fuel assembly 2015-10-13
8953731 Method of producing isotopes in power nuclear reactors Russell M. Fawcett, Randy Peter Gonzales, Robert B. James, Jr., Michael Thomas Kiernan, William Earl Russell, II +4 more 2015-02-10 $30,971,000
8842801 Rod assembly for nuclear reactors Russell M. Fawcett, Randy Peter Gonzales, Robert B. James, Jr., Michael Thomas Kiernan, William Earl Russell, II +4 more 2014-09-23 $20,547,000
8599994 Fuel bundle and spacer band 2013-12-03 $25,876,000
8155259 Apparatus and method for measuring and setting perpendicularity of an upper tie plate of a nuclear fuel bundle Stephanie Baker Lindquist, David Smith, William E. Williams, III, Edward G. Apple 2012-04-10
7526058 Rod assembly for nuclear reactors Russell M. Fawcett, Randy Peter Gonzales, Robert B. James, Jr., Michael Thomas Kiernan, William Earl Russell, II +4 more 2009-04-28 $101,285,000
6735268 Fuel spacer/water rod capture apparatus and methods for boiling water nuclear reactors David Smith 2004-05-11 $55,042,000
6285729 Fuel spacer/water rod capture apparatus and methods for boiling water nuclear reactors David Smith 2001-09-04 $138,380,000
5757874 Multi-spring strip spacer for nuclear fuel bundles Edward A. Croteau, Robert Bruce Elkins, II, Thomas G. Evans, Harold B. King, David Smith +1 more 1998-05-26 $78,080,000
5727039 Spacer capture mechansim for non-round water rods John L. Harmon, Richard G. Patterson, Robert Bruce Elkins, II, Edward A. Croteau, Harold B. King +4 more 1998-03-10 $55,592,000
5627866 Fuel assembly structure using channel for load support Thomas G. Dunlap, Robert Bruce Elkins, II, Christian D. Frederickson 1997-05-06 $65,853,000
5280508 Partial length rod upper end plug and grapples therefor Bob Y. Okashima, Gary I. Borchardt, Peter Peterson 1994-01-18 $18,622,000