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Charles E. Roos — 30 Patents

SPSpectramet: 12 patents #3 of 8Top 40%
NTNational Recovery Technologies: 7 patents #2 of 16Top 15%
MTMineral Separation Technologies: 5 patents #1 of 5Top 20%
MSMagnetic Separation Systems: 2 patents #4 of 10Top 40%
Nashville, TN: #23 of 2,243 inventorsTop 2%
Tennessee: #378 of 20,272 inventorsTop 2%
Overall (All Time): #121,623 of 4,157,543Top 3%
30 Patents All Time
Charles E. Roos has been granted 30 US patents while listed as an inventor at Spectramet. The first was granted in 1985 and the most recent in September 2021. Charles E. Roos ranks #121,623 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 2.9%). Patent records list Charles E. Roos in Nashville, TN, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1985 to 2021Bar chart with a peak of 3 patents in 2009.peak 31985: 2 patents19851990: 1 patents1994: 1 patents19941997: 2 patents2000: 1 patents20002001: 1 patents2003: 1 patents20032005: 1 patents2006: 2 patents20062007: 2 patents2008: 1 patents20082009: 3 patents2010: 2 patents20102011: 1 patents2012: 1 patents20122013: 3 patents2014: 2 patents20142015: 2 patents2021: 1 patents2021

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 30 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDate
11123772 Concentrating rare earth elements from coal waste Edward J. Sommer, Jr., Charles D. Roos, Ricky Q. Honaker, Aaron Noble 2021-09-21
9126236 Methods for sorting materials Edward J. Sommer, Jr. 2015-09-08
9114433 Multi-fractional coal sorter and method of use thereof Edward J. Sommer, Jr., Charles D. Roos 2015-08-25
8861675 Method and apparatus for sorting materials according to relative composition Edward J. Sommer, Jr., David B. Spencer, R. Lynn Conley 2014-10-14
8853584 Methods for sorting materials Edward J. Sommer, Jr. 2014-10-07
8610019 Methods for sorting materials Edward J. Sommer, Jr. 2013-12-17
8553838 High speed materials sorting using X-ray fluorescence Edward J. Sommer, Jr., Robert H. Parrish, David B. Spencer 2013-10-08
8476545 Sorting pieces of material based on photonic emissions resulting from multiple sources of stimuli Edward J. Sommer, Jr., David B. Spencer, R. Lynn Conley, Richard E. Hill, Robert H. Parrish 2013-07-02
8144831 Method and apparatus for sorting materials according to relative composition Edward J. Sommer, Jr., David B. Spencer, R. Lynn Conley 2012-03-27
7978814 High speed materials sorting using X-ray fluorescence Edward J. Sommer, Jr., Robert H. Parrish, David B. Spencer 2011-07-12
7848484 Method and apparatus for sorting materials according to relative composition Edward J. Sommer, Jr., David B. Spencer, R. Lynn Conley 2010-12-07
7763820 Sorting pieces of material based on photonic emissions resulting from multiple sources of stimuli Edward J. Sommer, Jr., David B. Spencer, R. Lynn Conley, Richard E. Hill, Robert H. Parrish 2010-07-27
7616733 High speed materials sorting using x-ray fluorescence Edward J. Sommer, Jr., Robert H. Parrish, David B. Spencer 2009-11-10
7564943 Method and apparatus for sorting materials according to relative composition Edward J. Sommer, Jr., David B. Spencer, R. Lynn Conley 2009-07-21
7486782 Multifunction data port providing an interface between a digital network and electronics in residential or commercial structures 2009-02-03
RE40394 Teleoperated robotic sorting system Edward J. Sommer, Jr., Robert H. Parrish, James Russell 2008-06-24
7286634 Method and apparatus for improving baggage screening examination Edward J. Sommer, Jr., Richard E. Hill 2007-10-23
7244941 Computer assisted bag screening system Edward J. Sommer, Jr. 2007-07-17
7099433 Method and apparatus for sorting materials according to relative composition Edward J. Sommer, Jr., David B. Spencer 2006-08-29
7012256 Computer assisted bag screening system Edward J. Sommer, Jr. 2006-03-14
6888917 High speed materials sorting using x-ray fluorescence Edward J. Sommer, Jr., Robert H. Parrish, David B. Spencer 2005-05-03
6519315 High speed materials sorting using x-ray fluorescence Edward J. Sommer, Jr., Robert H. Parrish, David B. Spencer 2003-02-11
6266390 High speed materials sorting using x-ray fluorescence Edward J. Sommer, Jr., Robert H. Parrish, David B. Spencer 2001-07-24
6124560 Teleoperated robotic sorting system Edward J. Sommer, Jr., Robert H. Parrish, James Russell 2000-09-26
5699276 Utility meter providing an interface between a digital network and home electronics 1997-12-16