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John Sobr — 14 Patents

HYHypertherm: 14 patents #20 of 199Top 15%
Lebanon, NH: #33 of 330 inventorsTop 10%
New Hampshire: #1,000 of 12,181 inventorsTop 9%
Overall (All Time): #332,869 of 4,157,543Top 9%
14 Patents All Time
John Sobr has been granted 14 US patents while listed as an inventor at Hypertherm. The first was granted in 1994 and the most recent in January 2018. John Sobr ranks #332,869 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 8.0%). Patent records list John Sobr in Lebanon, NH, US.

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Showing 1–14 of 14 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDate
D809027 Automated controller Peter V. Brahan, Matthew C. Harris 2018-01-30
8101882 Plasma torch electrode with improved insert configurations Jonathan Mather, David J. Cook, David L. Bouthillier, Stephen T. Eickhoff 2012-01-24
6720518 Process and apparatus for cutting or welding a workpiece Nicholas A. Sanders, Richard W. Couch, Jr., Yong Yang, Zhipeng Lu, Robert C. Dean, Jr. +3 more 2004-04-13
6713709 Process and apparatus for cutting or welding a workpiece Nicholas A. Sanders, Richard W. Couch, Jr., Yong Yang, Zhipeng Lu, Robert C. Dean, Jr. +3 more 2004-03-30
6525291 Process and apparatus for cutting or welding a workpiece Nicholas A. Sanders, Richard W. Couch, Jr., Yong Yang, Zhipeng Lu, Robert C. Dean, Jr. +3 more 2003-02-25
6028287 Plasma arc torch position control Christopher S. Passage, Jeffrey L. Peterson 2000-02-22
5866872 Plasma arc torch position control Zhipeng Lu, Norm LeBlanc, Jeffrey L. Peterson 1999-02-02
5695662 Plasma arc cutting process and apparatus using an oxygen-rich gas shield Richard W. Couch, Jr., Nicholas A. Sanders, Lifeng Luo 1997-12-09
5635088 Liquid cooled plasma arc torch system and method for replacing a torch in such system Timothy M. Brewer, Jeffrey L. Peterson 1997-06-03
5624586 Alignment device and method for a plasma arc torch system Nicholas A. Sanders 1997-04-29
5591357 Plasma arc cutting process and apparatus using an oxygen-rich gas shield Richard W. Couch, Jr., Nicholas A. Sanders, Lifeng Luo 1997-01-07
5396043 Plasma arc cutting process and apparatus using an oxygen-rich gas shield Richard W. Couch, Jr., Nicholas A. Sanders, Lifeng Luo 1995-03-07
5317126 Nozzle and method of operation for a plasma arc torch Richard W. Couch, Jr., Nicholas A. Sanders, Lifeng Luo, Patrik Backander 1994-05-31
5310988 Electrode for high current density plasma arc torch Richard W. Couch, Jr., Nichols A. Sanders, Lifeng Luo, Zhipeng Lu, Patrik Backander 1994-05-10