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MIDREX TECHNOLOGIES INC

Overview
  • Total Patents
    247
  • GoodIP Patent Rank
    19,306
  • Filing trend
    ⇩ 36.0%
About

MIDREX TECHNOLOGIES INC has a total of 247 patent applications. It decreased the IP activity by 36.0%. Its first patent ever was published in 1995. It filed its patents most often in WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organization), China and EPO (European Patent Office). Its main competitors in its focus markets materials and metallurgy, environmental technology and thermal processes are MILLNER ROBERT, HYL TECH S A DE C V and THYSSEN PUROFER GMBH.

Patent filings per year

Chart showing MIDREX TECHNOLOGIES INCs patent filings per year from 1900 to 2020

Top inventors

# Name Total Patents
#1 Metius Gary E 74
#2 Mcclelland James M Jr 63
#3 Meissner David C 58
#4 Montague Stephen C 32
#5 Metius Gary Edward 26
#6 Wright Travis 25
#7 Michishita Haruyasu 22
#8 Mcclelland James M 18
#9 Kakaley Russell 18
#10 Tetsumoto Masahiko 16

Latest patents

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US2021095354A1 Direct reduction process utilizing hydrogen
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US2019382857A1 Direct reduction system and process utilizing a process gas direct recycle line
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WO2018057025A1 Methods and systems for increasing the carbon content of sponge iron in a reduction furnace
WO2016118474A1 Methods and systems for producing high carbon content metallic iron using coke over gas
TW201723194A Methods and systems for producing direct reduced iron incorporating a carbon dioxide and steam reformer fed by recovered carbon dioxide
WO2016100445A2 Methods and systems for producing direct reduced iron incorporating a carbon dioxide and steam reformer fed by recovered carbon dioxide
WO2016048709A2 Method for reducing iron oxide to metallic iron using coke oven gas
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WO2016010999A1 Methods for producing direct reduced iron utilizing petroleum bottoms or coke gasifier and hot gas cleaner
WO2016209298A1 Methods and systems for increasing the carbon content of sponge iron in a reduction furnace
CN105264099A Methods and systems for producing ferro-chrome in a duplex furnace
WO2014164592A1 Systems and methods for generating carbon dioxide for use as a reforming oxidant in making syngas
CN105121669A Methods and systems for reducing chromium containing raw material
BR112015016543A2 method and apparatus for sequestering carbon dioxide from a butt gas fuel, and method for sequestering carbon dioxide from a waste gas and reusing it as an emission-free recycled gas
KR20160048766A System and method for reducing iron oxide to metallic iron using natural gas
CN104870658A Devices and methods for enhancing burden uniformity in a combination reforming/reducing shaft furnace