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Mark Schlichting — 21 Patents

NUNucor: 16 patents #4 of 250Top 2%
NLNu-Iron Technology, Llc.: 2 patents #13 of 24Top 55%
STSteel Technology: 2 patents #5 of 11Top 50%
ISInland Steel: 1 patents #62 of 125Top 50%
Chesterton, IN: #3 of 90 inventorsTop 4%
Indiana: #1,400 of 33,936 inventorsTop 5%
Overall (All Time): #201,324 of 4,157,543Top 5%
21 Patents All Time
Mark Schlichting has been granted 21 US patents while listed as an inventor at Nucor. The first was granted in 1989 and the most recent in June 2021. Mark Schlichting ranks #201,324 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 4.8%). Patent records list Mark Schlichting in Chesterton, IN, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1989 to 2021Bar chart with a peak of 4 patents in 2012.peak 41989: 1 patents19891994: 2 patents19942007: 2 patents20072009: 1 patents20092011: 3 patents20112012: 4 patents20122013: 2 patents20132014: 4 patents20142015: 1 patents20152021: 1 patents2021

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–21 of 21 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
11027330 Method of thin strip casting Volus McKenna, Alan J. Deno, James M. C. Thomas, Philippe Maurice Fettig, Harold Bradley Rees +2 more 2021-06-08 $251,893,000
9156082 Method of continuously casting thin strip Charles C. Crabb 2015-10-13 $32,740,000
8893768 Method of continuous casting thin steel strip Robert Gerard NOONING, JR., Alan J. Deno, Gary McQuillis, Dhiren Panda, Neal Ross +1 more 2014-11-25 $62,427,000
8858678 System and method for making metallic iron with reduced CO2 emissions Richard F. Kiesel, David J. Englund, John Meehan, Jeremiah Crouch, Logan Wilson 2014-10-14
8790442 System and method for producing metallic iron David J. Englund, John Meehan, Jeremiah Crouch, Logan Wilson 2014-07-29
8646513 Casting delivery nozzle Brian E. Bowman, Clark Ponder, Peter Woodberry 2014-02-11 $63,231,000
8607847 Method for casting metal strip with dynamic crown control Walter Blejde, Mike Schueren, Rama Ballav Mahapatra 2013-12-17 $30,045,000
8607848 Method for casting metal strip with dynamic crown control Walter Blejde, Mike Schueren, Rama Ballav Mahapatra 2013-12-17 $30,045,000
8322402 Method and apparatus for controlling strip temperature rebound in cast strip Walter Blejde, Rama Ballav Mahapatra 2012-12-04 $47,057,000
8312917 Method and apparatus for controlling the formation of crocodile skin surface roughness on thin cast strip 2012-11-20 $23,739,000
8225845 Casting delivery nozzle Brian E. Bowman, Clark Ponder, Peter Woodberry 2012-07-24 $41,517,000
8141618 Strip casting method for controlling edge quality and apparatus therefor Walter Blejde 2012-03-27 $16,869,000
7975754 Thin cast steel strip with reduced microcracking Hiroyuki Otsuka, Koshiro Yamane, Satoshi Terasaki, Rama Ballav Mahapatra, David J. Sosinsky 2011-07-12 $16,727,000
7926550 Casting delivery nozzle with insert Walter Blejde, Mike Schueren, David J. Sosinsky, Brian D. White, W. Kent Cooper +4 more 2011-04-19 $28,894,000
7891407 Method and apparatus for localized control of heat flux in thin cast strip Walter Blejde, Eugene Pretorius 2011-02-22 $61,230,000
7484551 Casting steel strip Walter Blejde, Rama Ballav Mahapatra, David J. Sosinsky 2009-02-03 $62,773,000
7299857 Method and apparatus for localized control of heat flux in thin cast strip Walter Blejde, Eugene Pretorius 2007-11-27 $62,254,000
7296614 Method and apparatus for controlling the formation of crocodile skin surface roughness on thin cast strip Joel Sommer, Shiro Osada, Hisahiko Fukase 2007-11-20 $116,294,000
5374297 Lance for fuel and oxygen injection into smelting or refining furnace 1994-12-20
5366537 Fuel and oxygen addition for metal smelting or refining process 1994-11-22
4810286 Method for reducing dissolved oxygen and carbon contents in molten steel Marian Szatkowski 1989-03-07 $8,297,000