Inventor · Linz, AT

Werner Kepplinger

32Patents
11h-index
36Co-inventors
75Inventor score

Filing activity: Jul 11, 1979 → Dec 28, 1998

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US4978387A Process for the production of molten pig iron Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 25 Expired
US4861369A Process for gaining electric energy in addition to producing molten pig iron and an arrangement for carrying out the process Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 21 Expired
US4588437A Method for producing molten pig iron or steel pre-products in a melt-down gasifier Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 20 Expired
US4725308A Process for producing molten pig iron or steel pre-products Chemistry; Metallurgy 17 Expired
US5584910A Process for producing molten pig iron or molten steel pre-products Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 15 Expired
US5961690A Process for producing molten pig iron of liquid steel preproducts and plant for carrying out the process Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 14 Expired
US4728360A Process for the production of molten pig iron and steel pre-products Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 13 Expired
US5238487A Process for the production of pig iron and sponge iron Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 13 Expired
US4878943A Process of dezincifying a material flow when operating a pig-iron production plant Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 12 Expired
US5762681A Fluidized bed type reduction apparatus for iron ores and method for reducing iron ores using the apparatus Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 12 Expired
US5948139A Process for the production of molten pig iron or steel pre-products and a plant for carrying out the process Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 11 Expired
US4354826A Process of drying and calcining bulk materials Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 10 Expired
US4805880A Fluidized bed arrangement for the production of molten pig iron and steel pre-products Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 9 Expired
US4708736A Method of producing molten pig iron or steel pre-products from particulate ferrous material Chemistry; Metallurgy 8 Expired
US5535991A Plant for producing molten pig iron or molten steel pre-products Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 7 Expired
US6241801A Method for treating particulate material in the fluidized bed method and vessel and plant for carrying out the method Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 7 Expired
US5989309A Method for injecting fine iron ore in smelting reducing process Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 6 Expired
US6264722A Process for producing liquid pig iron or intermediate steel products and installation for implementing it Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 6 Expired
US5534046A Process for producing molten pig iron or molten steel pre-products Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 6 Expired
US4690387A Metallurgical plant for producing a mixed gas Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 6 Expired
US6030432A Process for reducing ore fines and arrangement for carrying out the process Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 5 Expired
US5858058A Process and plant for avoiding metal dusting in the direct reduction of iron-oxide-containing materials Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 4 Expired
US4740240A Smelting process for recovering metals from fine-grained non-ferrous metal sulfide ores or concentrates Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 4 Expired
US6454833B1 Process for producing liquid pig iron or semifinished steel products from iron-containing materials Chemistry; Metallurgy 4 Expired
US6235082A Process for producing liquid metal and facilities for carrying out the process Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 4 Expired

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.