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Frank Kitzinger — 12 Patents

NONoranda: 9 patents #1 of 153Top 1%
NLNoranda Mines Limited: 3 patents #2 of 30Top 7%
Montréal, CA: #303 of 4,862 inventorsTop 7%
Overall (All Time): #396,045 of 4,157,543Top 10%
12 Patents All Time
Frank Kitzinger has been granted 12 US patents while listed as an inventor at Noranda. The first was granted in 1980 and the most recent in September 1998. Frank Kitzinger ranks #396,045 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 9.5%). Patent records list Frank Kitzinger in Montréal, QC, CA.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1980 to 1998Bar chart with a peak of 2 patents in 1980.peak 21980: 2 patents19801981: 1 patents19811986: 1 patents19861987: 1 patents19871989: 2 patents19891990: 1 patents19901992: 1 patents19921995: 1 patents19951996: 1 patents19961998: 1 patents1998

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–12 of 12 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDate
5804964 Wire rope damage index monitoring device Michel Hamelin 1998-09-08
5565771 Apparatus for increasing linear resolution of electromagnetic wire rope testing Michel Hamelin 1996-10-15
5411648 Method and apparatus for on-line monitoring the quality of a purified metal sulphate solution George Houlachi, M. Barakat I. Janjua, Gregory A. Wint, Vladimir M. Labuc 1995-05-02
5106164 Plasma blasting method Jacques Nantel 1992-04-21
4897577 Electromechanically triggered spark gap switch 1990-01-30
4884250 Accelerometer for blast monitoring David Sprott, Michel Menard 1989-11-28
4845990 Ultrasonic mine survey probe Vladimir M. Labuc 1989-07-11
4708495 Metal surface temperature monitor Vladimir M. Labuc 1987-11-24
4619533 Tuyere pyrometer John M. Lucas, Vladimir M. Labuc, John G. Peacey, Albert Pelletier, Gregory A. Wint 1986-10-28
4281290 Voltage monitor John G. Peacey, Ralph R. Ebersole, Jean-Claude Viens 1981-07-28
4223549 Oxygen monitoring circuit with built in testing means 1980-09-23
4181699 Apparatus for detecting the presence of a specific substance in a gas stream 1980-01-01