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John D. Ruff — 15 Patents

THThermadyne: 10 patents #1 of 1Top 100%
GLGeneral Foods Limited: 1 patents #297 of 659Top 50%
Pomona, NY: #8 of 82 inventorsTop 10%
New York: #9,821 of 115,490 inventorsTop 9%
Overall (All Time): #307,048 of 4,157,543Top 8%
15 Patents All Time
John D. Ruff has been granted 15 US patents while listed as an inventor at Thermadyne. The first was granted in 1987 and the most recent in September 2015. John D. Ruff ranks #307,048 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 7.4%). Patent records list John D. Ruff in Pomona, NY, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1987 to 2015Bar chart with a peak of 4 patents in 1991.peak 41987: 2 patents19871990: 2 patents19901991: 4 patents19911992: 2 patents19921993: 2 patents19931998: 1 patents19982001: 1 patents20012015: 1 patents2015

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–15 of 15 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDate
9130492 Animatronic system with unlimited axes 2015-09-08
6230078 Simplified animatronic and CNC system 2001-05-08
5784541 System for controlling multiple controllable devices according to a script transmitted from a personal computer 1998-07-21
5212957 Refgrigerator/water purifier 1993-05-25
5207761 Refrigerator/water purifier with common evaporator 1993-05-04
5123948 Icemaker/water purifier with by-pass condenser 1992-06-23
5103653 Icemaker/water purifier with convective melting 1992-04-14
5032157 Icemaker system with wide range condensing temperatures 1991-07-16
5013344 Icemaker and water purifier with controlled condensing temperature 1991-05-07
5011524 Ice maker and water purifier employing pre-cooled make-up water 1991-04-30
4998417 Icemaker system with wide range condensing temperatures 1991-03-12
4941902 Ice maker and water purifier 1990-07-17
4897099 Ice maker and water purifier 1990-01-30
4652458 Silica gel-lipid composition John R. Frost, Nancy J. Sarich, John E. Hammond 1987-03-24
4642026 Centrifugal compressor with adjustable diffuser 1987-02-10