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FORINTEK CANADA CORP

Overview
  • Total Patents
    120
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FORINTEK CANADA CORP has a total of 120 patent applications. Its first patent ever was published in 1982. It filed its patents most often in Canada, United States and EPO (European Patent Office). Its main competitors in its focus markets machine tools, machines and measurement are NEXFOR INC, LIGNOR LTD and TEXAS IND INSULATIONS.

Patent filings per year

Chart showing FORINTEK CANADA CORPs patent filings per year from 1900 to 2020

Top inventors

# Name Total Patents
#1 Clarke Michael R 14
#2 Hsu Wu-Hsiung E 13
#3 Walser Donald C 8
#4 Troughton Gary E 7
#5 Dai Chunping 7
#6 Kirbach Eberhard 7
#7 Troughton Gary Ellis 6
#8 Barbour R James 6
#9 Danylewych-May Ludmila L 6
#10 Anderson Axel W 5

Latest patents

Publication Filing date Title
CA2496297A1 Improved system for hot pressing cellulosic and lignocellulosic mats
US2006174975A1 Apparatus and method for the efficient production of high quality wood strands, flakes and wafers
US2005204572A1 Surface profile measurement, independent of relative motions
US7134858B2 System for hot pressing cellulosic and lignocellulosic mats
CA2434376A1 Orienting disk for improving mat formation in composite wood products
CA2429914A1 Method for producing wood composite products with phenolic resins and borate-treated wood materials
US6740272B1 Method for hot pressing cellulosic and lignocellulosic mats
US6974035B2 Method and system for producing a moisture content map for use in moisture sorting green veneer using light transmission
US6712504B1 Method for determining the relative humidity of a volume of air having a temperature of 100° C or greater
US6752256B2 System for improving wood strand orientation in a wood strand orienter using rotating orienting fingers
US6779646B2 Orienting disk for improving mat formation in composite wood products
US6696167B2 Manufacture of low density panels
CA2369783A1 Method of manufacturing dimensionally stable cellulosic fibre-based composite board and product
US6544649B1 Method for manufacturing an improved hog fuel board using a catalyst
CA2348364A1 Indicator and method for automatic sorting of lumber
US6463120B1 X-ray measurement of resin distribution in a cellulosic material
CA2322067A1 Method and apparatus for post-production dimensional stabilization of lignocellulosic or cellulosic fibre-based composite products using high-frequency heating and pressure
US6083537A Integrated method for protecting logs and green lumber from sapstain and mold
US6072890A Automatic lumber sorting
US5861564A Inspection bench with pivoting arm