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Ralph Vining — 5 Patents

THThixomat: 5 patents #3 of 15Top 20%
Fort Wayne, IN: #349 of 1,899 inventorsTop 20%
Indiana: #7,193 of 33,936 inventorsTop 25%
Overall (All Time): #907,971 of 4,157,543Top 25%
5 Patents All Time
Ralph Vining has been granted 5 US patents while listed as an inventor at Thixomat. The first was granted in 1999 and the most recent in April 2015. Ralph Vining ranks #907,971 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 21.8%). Patent records list Ralph Vining in Fort Wayne, IN, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1999 to 2015Bar chart with a peak of 1 patents in 1999.peak 11999: 1 patents19992000: 1 patents20002004: 1 patents20042006: 1 patents20062015: 1 patents2015

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–5 of 5 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDate
9017602 Method and apparatus of forming a wrought material having a refined grain structure Raymond F. Decker, Jack Huang, Sanjay Govindrao Kulkarni, Stephen E. LeBeau 2015-04-28
7028746 Apparatus for molding metals Ron Akers, D. Matthew Walukas, Raymond F. Decker, Chris Pedder 2006-04-18
6736188 Apparatus for molding molten materials D. Matthew Walukas, Raymond F. Decker 2004-05-18
6059012 Thermal shock resistant apparatus for molding thixotropic materials Raymond F. Decker, Robert D. Carnahan, D. Matthew Walukas, Robert Kilbert, Charles VanSchilt +1 more 2000-05-09
5983978 Thermal shock resistant apparatus for molding thixotropic materials Raymond F. Decker, Robert D. Carnahan, D. Matthew Walukas, Robert Kilbert, Charles VanSchilt +1 more 1999-11-16