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Zhipeng Lu — 26 Patents

HYHypertherm: 23 patents #11 of 199Top 6%
BCBeijing Boe Technology Development Co.: 2 patents #360 of 1,775Top 25%
BOBOE: 2 patents #5,948 of 12,373Top 50%
UPUniversity of Pennsylvania: 1 patents #1,260 of 2,719Top 50%
Overall (All Time): #150,017 of 4,157,543Top 4%
26 Patents All Time
Zhipeng Lu has been granted 26 US patents while listed as an inventor at Hypertherm. The first was granted in 1994 and the most recent in August 2025. Zhipeng Lu ranks #150,017 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 3.6%). Patent records list Zhipeng Lu in Beijing, PA, CN.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1994 to 2025Bar chart with a peak of 4 patents in 1998.peak 41994: 1 patents19941995: 2 patents1996: 1 patents19961997: 1 patents1998: 4 patents19981999: 4 patents2000: 1 patents20002002: 1 patents2003: 2 patents20032004: 2 patents2005: 1 patents20052006: 1 patents2010: 1 patents20102018: 1 patents2025: 3 patents2025

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 26 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDate
12394909 Antenna and electronic device Xichao Fan, Yali Wang, Youjian HU, Guoqiang Tang 2025-08-19
12375120 Device of processing data, office device, office method, office apparatus, medium and product Xichao Fan, Yazhou Ren, Biqi LI, Feng QU, Yali Wang 2025-07-29
12252598 Systems and methods for photophoretic propulsion for flight Igor Bargatin, Mohsen Azadi 2025-03-18
RE46925 Composite electrode for a plasma arc torch David J. Cook, Kirk H. Ferland, Charles M. Hackett, Yong Yang, Richard W. Couch, Jr. 2018-06-26
7659488 Composite electrode for a plasma arc torch David J. Cook, Kirk H. Ferland, Charles M. Hackett, Yong Yang, Richard W. Couch, Jr. 2010-02-09
7049540 Process and apparatus for cutting or welding a workpiece Nicholas A. Sanders, Richard W. Couch, Jr., Yong Yang, Robert C. Dean, Jr., Charles M. Hackett 2006-05-23
6841754 Composite electrode for a plasma arc torch David J. Cook, Kirk H. Ferland, Charles M. Hackett, Young Sek Yang, Richard W. Couch, Jr. 2005-01-11
6720518 Process and apparatus for cutting or welding a workpiece Nicholas A. Sanders, Richard W. Couch, Jr., Yong Yang, Robert C. Dean, Jr., Kenneth J. Woods +3 more 2004-04-13
6713709 Process and apparatus for cutting or welding a workpiece Nicholas A. Sanders, Richard W. Couch, Jr., Yong Yang, Robert C. Dean, Jr., Kenneth J. Woods +3 more 2004-03-30
6614001 Nozzle for plasma arc torch Charles M. Hackett, Yutaka Nakano, Aaron D. Brandt, Brian J. Currier, Kenneth J. Woods 2003-09-02
6525291 Process and apparatus for cutting or welding a workpiece Nicholas A. Sanders, Richard W. Couch, Jr., Yong Yang, Robert C. Dean, Jr., Kenneth J. Woods +3 more 2003-02-25
6424082 Apparatus and method of improved consumable alignment in material processing apparatus Charles M. Hackett, Yutaka Nakano, Aaron D. Brandt, Brian J. Currier, Kenneth J. Woods 2002-07-23
6130399 Electrode for a plasma arc torch having an improved insert configuration Richard W. Couch, Jr. 2000-10-10
5994663 Plasma arc torch and method using blow forward contact starting system 1999-11-30
5897795 Integral spring consumables for plasma arc torch using blow forward contact starting system Richard W. Couch, Jr., Brian J. Currier 1999-04-27
5886315 Blow forward contact start plasma arc torch with distributed nozzle support Jon W. Lindsay, Stephen T. Eickhoff, Michael F. Kornprobst 1999-03-23
5866872 Plasma arc torch position control John Sobr, Norm LeBlanc, Jeffrey L. Peterson 1999-02-02
5841095 Apparatus and method for improved assembly concentricity in a plasma arc torch Richard W. Couch, Jr., Jennifer Freeman 1998-11-24
5773788 Gas mixtures for plasma arc torch cutting and marking systems Elizabeth B. Hackett 1998-06-30
5760363 Apparatus and method for starting and stopping a plasma arc torch used for mechanized cutting and marking applications Elizabeth B. Hackett, Timothy M. Brewer, Richard W. Couch, Jr. 1998-06-02
5756959 Coolant tube for use in a liquid-cooled electrode disposed in a plasma arc torch Jennifer Freeman, Richard W. Couch, Jr., Roger L. Kenyon 1998-05-26
5653896 Process for high quality plasma arc and laser cutting of stainless steel and aluminum Richard W. Couch, Jr., Nicholas A. Sanders, Lifeng Luo, Staffan C. O. Stenfelt 1997-08-05
5558786 Process for high quality plasma arc and laser cutting of stainless steel and aluminum Richard W. Couch, Jr., Nicholas A. Sanders, Lifeng Luo, Staffan C. O. Stenfelt 1996-09-24
5414236 Process for high quality plasma arc cutting of stainless steel and aluminum Richard W. Couch, Jr., Nicholas A. Sanders, Lifeng Luo 1995-05-09
5380976 Process for high quality plasma arc and laser cutting of stainless steel and aluminum Richard W. Couch, Jr., Nicholas A. Sanders, Lifeng Luo, Staffan C. O. Stenfelt 1995-01-10