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James A. King — 21 Patents

PDPlacer Dome: 5 patents #1 of 9Top 15%
BGBarrick Gold: 5 patents #10 of 68Top 15%
JCJ. I. Case: 3 patents #53 of 306Top 20%
TETexasgulf: 1 patents #7 of 28Top 25%
TOToter: 1 patents #9 of 18Top 50%
PCPrince Castle: 1 patents #72 of 127Top 60%
PLPlatt Saco Lowell: 1 patents #7 of 41Top 20%
CGCase Gmbh: 1 patents #225 of 504Top 45%
Green River, WY: #2 of 69 inventorsTop 3%
Wyoming: #57 of 1,797 inventorsTop 4%
Overall (All Time): #201,324 of 4,157,543Top 5%
21 Patents All Time
James A. King has been granted 21 US patents while listed as an inventor at Placer Dome. The first was granted in 1980 and the most recent in January 2023. James A. King ranks #201,324 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 4.8%). Patent records list James A. King in Green River, WY, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1980 to 2023Bar chart with a peak of 3 patents in 2001.peak 31980: 1 patents19801984: 1 patents1989: 1 patents19891990: 2 patents1992: 2 patents19921993: 1 patents1997: 2 patents19971998: 1 patents1999: 1 patents19992001: 3 patents2002: 1 patents20022006: 1 patents2009: 1 patents20092011: 2 patents2023: 1 patents2023

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–21 of 21 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
11554391 Point of use micron filtered air wand 2023-01-17
8061888 Autoclave with underflow dividers Jinxing Ji 2011-11-22 $390,820,000
8029751 Reduction of lime consumption when treating refractory gold ores or concentrates Jinxing Ji, Christopher Andrew Fleming, Cesare G. Ferron 2011-10-04
7604783 Reduction of lime consumption when treating refractor gold ores or concentrates Jinxing Ji, Christopher Andrew Fleming, Cesare G. Ferron 2009-10-20
7033480 Process for recovering platinum group metals from material containing base metals 2006-04-25
6368381 Autoclave using agitator and sparge tube to provide high oxygen transfer rate to metal-containing solutions Jinxing Ji 2002-04-09 $51,192,000
6251163 Method for recovering gold from refractory carbonaceous ores 2001-06-26 $42,379,000
6207443 Method for initiating heap bioleaching of sulfidic ores 2001-03-27 $40,470,000
6183706 Autoclave having an agitator with an aerating impeller for high oxygen transfer rate to metal-containing slurries and method of use 2001-02-06 $41,734,000
5895633 Solvent extraction process for recovering copper from copper-containing solutions 1999-04-20 $46,783,000
5833528 Cab air inlet and service access arrangement Dean O. Baum, John J. Anderson, F. Randall Hugh 1998-11-10 $19,544,000
5698170 Hydrometallurgical process for copper-containing materials 1997-12-16 $33,268,000
5634855 Portable golf club swing speed indicator with downward angled collimated light sensors 1997-06-03
5186097 Fryer controller Dennis John Vaseloff, Gary J. Dobrino, Wai Y. Chu 1993-02-16 $11,826,000
5132923 System for monitoring storage tanks Charles Crawford, John H. Randolph 1992-07-21
5119894 Weighing apparatus for weighing the contents of a refuse container and method Charles Crawford, John Prout, Fleming W. Atkin 1992-06-09
4938180 Cold start system 1990-07-03
4912981 Sensor protection for a compressed air tank 1990-04-03
4858565 Engine component heating and cooling assembly 1989-08-22
4448272 Method and apparatus for feeding, weighing and releasing fiber Alex Keller, Joseph R. Williams, Erhard A. Fechner, Akiva Pinto, Charles Crawford +1 more 1984-05-15
4202667 Process for the separation of insoluble materials in the production of soda ash Edward H. Conroy, Arthur Gloster 1980-05-13 $8,979,000