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VALENITE LLC

91Patents
8Active
91Granted
37Portfolio score

Filing activity: Feb 23, 1990 → Dec 17, 2009 · 3 expiring within 5 years

Most-cited patents

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5303984A Cutting bit holder sleeve with retaining flange Fixed Constructions 109 Expired
US5377116A Method and system for designing a cutting tool Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 96 Expired
US5273343A Non-rotatable sleeve for a cutting tool bit holder and method of making the same Fixed Constructions 58 Expired
US5665431A Titanium carbonitride coated stratified substrate and cutting inserts made from the same Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 57 Expired
US5222843A Insert for light feed, light depth of cut Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 53 Expired
US5333972A Special boring insert Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 49 Expired
US5265985A Metal cutting insert Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 45 Expired
US5676495A Cutting insert Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 42 Expired
US5207748A High productivity insert Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 41 Expired
US5310605A Surface-toughened cemented carbide bodies and method of manufacture Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 40 Expired
US5827570A Composite ceramic articles and method for making such articles Chemistry; Metallurgy 39 Expired
USD425086S Polygonal indexable cutting insert General 31 Expired
USD409633S Polygonal indexable cutting insert General 30 Expired
US6607782B1 Methods of making and using cubic boron nitride composition, coating and articles made therefrom Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 28 Expired
US5584616A Cutting insert Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 27 Expired
US5511911A Cutting insert Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 27 Expired
USD422608S Polygonal indexable cutting insert General 27 Expired
USD416917S Polygonal indexable cutting insert General 26 Expired
US5516241A Holder blade Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 25 Expired
US6623217B2 Indexable turning insert Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 22 Expired
US5494635A Stratified enriched zones formed by the gas phase carburization and the slow cooling of cemented carbide substrates, and methods of manufacture Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 22 Expired
US5456557A Cutting insert Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 22 Expired
US5741095A Cutting tool and insert therefor Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 22 Expired
US5271758A Alumina ceramic-metal articles Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 21 Expired
US6409435B1 Cutting tool and method of locating cutting insert Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 21 Expired

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Counts and citation impact are objective bibliographic measures.