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Ralph E. Roper — 25 Patents

NVIDIA: 5 patents #1,433 of 7,811Top 20%
AQAquaform: 4 patents #1 of 6Top 20%
HSHeritage Environmental Services: 4 patents #3 of 36Top 9%
TRThe General Tire & Rubber: 2 patents #28 of 95Top 30%
ASAk Steel: 1 patents #6 of 20Top 30%
Indianapolis, IN: #177 of 5,011 inventorsTop 4%
Indiana: #1,073 of 33,936 inventorsTop 4%
Overall (All Time): #158,593 of 4,157,543Top 4%
25 Patents All Time
Ralph E. Roper has been granted 25 US patents while listed as an inventor at NVIDIA. The first was granted in 1980 and the most recent in July 2015. Ralph E. Roper ranks #158,593 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 3.8%). Patent records list Ralph E. Roper in Indianapolis, IN, US.

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 25 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
9073008 Use of ferrous sulfide suspension for the removal of mercury from flue gases Thomas P. McCullough, Gary Joel Meyer, Anthony J. Kriech 2015-07-07
9034285 Use of ferrous sulfide suspension for the removal of mercury from flue gases Thomas P. McCullough, Gary Joel Meyer, Anthony J. Kriech 2015-05-19
7938766 Calcium-sodium polysulfide chemical reagent and production methods 2011-05-10
7767188 Calcium-sodium polysulfide chemical reagent and production methods 2010-08-03
7534413 Calcium-sodium polysulfide chemical reagent and production methods 2009-05-19
7144362 Method for chemically stabilizing waste materials containing multivalent oxyanions 2006-12-05
6622831 Soft-start, soft-return gas spring 2003-09-23
6390457 Soft-start, soft-return gas spring 2002-05-21
6068245 Apparatus and method for cushioning the action of draw dies operating in a stamping press and the like 2000-05-30
5890387 Apparatus and method for forming and hydropiercing a tubular frame member Gary A. Webb, Douglas W. Tyger 1999-04-06
5865054 Apparatus and method for forming a tubular frame member 1999-02-02
5802898 Apparatus for forming a tubular frame member 1998-09-08
5533372 Controlled material flow hydroforming Gary A. Webb 1996-07-09
5499520 Apparatus for forming a tubular frame member 1996-03-19
5481892 Apparatus and method for forming a tubular member Gary A. Webb, Douglas W. Tyger, Donald F. Lowen 1996-01-09
5372026 Apparatus and method for hydroforming sheet metal 1994-12-13 $2,842,000
5372027 Controlled material flow hydroforming Gary A. Webb 1994-12-13 $2,842,000
5353618 Apparatus and method for forming a tubular frame member Gary A. Webb, Douglas W. Tyger 1994-10-11 $6,052,000
5239852 Apparatus and method for forming a tubular frame member 1993-08-31 $6,949,000
5157969 Apparatus and method for hydroforming sheet metal 1992-10-27 $7,252,000
4738695 Gas removal system Ivan H. Carr, James W. Hayman 1988-04-19
4576030 Stretch form die 1986-03-18
4536931 Bearing burnishing method and apparatus 1985-08-27
4295357 Apparatus for making metal outers and inners 1981-10-20 $1,991,000
4238949 Process and apparatus for making metal outers and inners 1980-12-16 $757,000