Inventor · disambiguated record
Edward J. Sommer, Jr.
Also filed as: SOMMER EDWARD J · SOMMER EDWARD J JR · SOMMER JR EDWARD J
47 granted patents·5 pending applications·2,282 citations·filing 1976–2019
99Inventor score
Files withNAT RECOVERY TECH INC16SPECTRAMET LLC11MAGNETIC SEPARATION SYST INC5SOMMER JR EDWARD J5MINERAL SEPARATION TECHNOLOGIES INC3
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52 records- 0198US7763820B1Sorting pieces of material based on photonic emissions resulting from multiple sources of stimuliSPECTRAMET LLC·Filed 2007·Granted Jul 27, 2010·123 cites·6 claims
- 0298US7564943B2Method and apparatus for sorting materials according to relative compositionSPECTRAMET LLC·Filed 2006·Granted Jul 21, 2009·86 cites·11 claims
- 0397US8553838B2High speed materials sorting using X-ray fluorescenceSOMMER EDWARD J·Filed 2011·Granted Oct 8, 2013·39 cites·25 claims
- 0497US8144831B2Method and apparatus for sorting materials according to relative compositionSOMMER JR EDWARD J·Filed 2010·Granted Mar 27, 2012·47 cites·4 claims
- 0597US7978814B2High speed materials sorting using X-ray fluorescenceSPECTRAMET LLC·Filed 2009·Granted Jul 12, 2011·30 cites·18 claims
- 0697US7848484B2Method and apparatus for sorting materials according to relative compositionSPECTRAMET LLC·Filed 2009·Granted Dec 7, 2010·48 cites·4 claims
- 0797US7616733B2High speed materials sorting using x-ray fluorescenceSPECTRAMET LLC·Filed 2008·Granted Nov 10, 2009·31 cites·20 claims
- 0897US7099433B2Method and apparatus for sorting materials according to relative compositionSPECTRAMET LLC·Filed 2005·Granted Aug 29, 2006·65 cites·57 claims
- 0997US6888917B2High speed materials sorting using x-ray fluorescenceSPECTRAMET LLC·Filed 2003·Granted May 3, 2005·69 cites·126 claims
- 1097US6519315B2High speed materials sorting using x-ray fluorescenceSPECTRAMET LLC·Filed 2001·Granted Feb 11, 2003·78 cites·91 claims
- 1197US6266390B1High speed materials sorting using x-ray fluorescenceSPECTRAMET LLC·Filed 1999·Granted Jul 24, 2001·164 cites·82 claims
- 1296US5260576AMethod and apparatus for the separation of materials using penetrating electromagnetic radiationNAT RECOVERY TECH INC·Filed 1990·Granted Nov 9, 1993·131 cites·29 claims
- 1395US9126236B2Methods for sorting materialsMINERAL SEPARATION TECHNOLOGIES INC·Filed 2014·Granted Sep 8, 2015·29 cites·3 claims
- 1495US8476545B2Sorting pieces of material based on photonic emissions resulting from multiple sources of stimuliSOMMER EDWARD J·Filed 2010·Granted Jul 2, 2013·38 cites·75 claims
- 1595US6313423B1Application of Raman spectroscopy to identification and sorting of post-consumer plastics for recyclingNAT RECOVERY TECH INC·Filed 1997·Granted Nov 6, 2001·92 cites·23 claims
- 1694US8855809B2Material sorting technologySPENCER DAVID B·Filed 2012·Granted Oct 7, 2014·75 cites·97 claims
- 1793US7558370B2Method and apparatus for improving identification and control of articles passing through a scanning systemSOMMER JR EDWARD J·Filed 2006·Granted Jul 7, 2009·43 cites·29 claims
- 1893US7286634B2Method and apparatus for improving baggage screening examinationSELECT TECHNOLOGIES LLC·Filed 2004·Granted Oct 23, 2007·74 cites·71 claims
- 1993US6124560ATeleoperated robotic sorting systemNAT RECOVERY TECH INC·Filed 1997·Granted Sep 26, 2000·168 cites·51 claims
- 2093US5738224AMethod and apparatus for the separation of materials using penetrating electromagnetic radiationNAT RECOVERY TECH INC·Filed 1996·Granted Apr 14, 1998·82 cites·6 claims
- 2193US4541530ARecovery of metallic concentrate from solid wasteMAGNETIC SEPARATION SYST INC·Filed 1982·Granted Sep 17, 1985·67 cites·1 claims
- 2292US9114433B2Multi-fractional coal sorter and method of use thereofMINERAL SEPARATION TECHNOLOGIES INC·Filed 2013·Granted Aug 25, 2015·22 cites·3 claims
- 2392US4069145AElectromagnetic eddy current materials separator apparatus and methodMAGNETIC SEPARATION SYST INC·Filed 1976·Granted Jan 17, 1978·66 cites·22 claims
- 2491US8692148B1Method and apparatus for improving performance in container sortingSOMMER JR EDWARD J·Filed 2011·Granted Apr 8, 2014·21 cites·10 claims
- 2591US7012256B1Computer assisted bag screening systemNAT RECOVERY TECH INC·Filed 2002·Granted Mar 14, 2006·67 cites·28 claims
- 2691US4718559AProcess for recovery of non-ferrous metallic concentrate from solid wasteMAGNETIC SEPARATION SYST INC·Filed 1985·Granted Jan 12, 1988·64 cites·7 claims
- 2789US7244941B2Computer assisted bag screening systemSELECT TECHNOLOGIES LLC·Filed 2006·Granted Jul 17, 2007·27 cites·22 claims
- 2888US5555984AAutomated glass and plastic refuse sorterNAT RECOVERY TECH INC·Filed 1993·Granted Sep 17, 1996·89 cites·10 claims
- 2988US5339962AMethod and apparatus for sorting materials using electromagnetic sensingNAT RECOVERY TECH INC·Filed 1991·Granted Aug 23, 1994·48 cites·35 claims
- 3087US8610019B2Methods for sorting materialsROOS CHARLES E·Filed 2010·Granted Dec 17, 2013·12 cites·5 claims
- 3184US5370234ARotary materials separator and method of separating materialsNAT RECOVERY TECH INC·Filed 1991·Granted Dec 6, 1994·45 cites·12 claims
- 3284US4533054ARotary fuel homogenizer and use thereofMAGNETIC SEPARATION SYST INC·Filed 1983·Granted Aug 6, 1985·40 cites·5 claims
- 3384US4533053ARotary drum magnetic separatorMAGNETIC SEPARATION SYST INC·Filed 1983·Granted Aug 6, 1985·36 cites·15 claims
- 3483US8861675B2Method and apparatus for sorting materials according to relative compositionSOMMER JR EDWARD J·Filed 2012·Granted Oct 14, 2014·3 cites·5 claims
- 3583USRE36537EMethod and apparatus for sorting materials using electromagnetic sensingNAT RECOVERY TECH INC·Filed 1997·Granted Feb 1, 2000·54 cites·36 claims
- 3678US6610981B2Method and apparatus for near-infrared sorting of recycled plastic wasteNAT RECOVERY TECH INC·Filed 2001·Granted Aug 26, 2003·22 cites·30 claims
- 3775US8853584B2Methods for sorting materialsMINERAL SEPARATION TECHNOLOGIES INC·Filed 2013·Granted Oct 7, 2014·4 cites·6 claims
- 3874US4031004AFeed system for an electromagnetic eddy current materials separatorSOMMER JR EDWARD J·Filed 1976·Granted Jun 21, 1977·27 cites·4 claims
- 3970US6855901B1Process and apparatus for spectroscopic identification and sorting of barrier materialsNAT RECOVERY TECH INC·Filed 2002·Granted Feb 15, 2005·18 cites·15 claims
- 4066US9234838B2Method to improve detection of thin walled polyethylene terephthalate containers for recycling including those containing liquidsNAT RECOVERY TECHNOLOGIES LLC·Filed 2013·Granted Jan 12, 2016·1 cites·12 claims
- 4156US2005078786A1High speed materials sorting using x-ray fluorescenceFiled 2004·Application pending·0 cites
- 4255US2006013360A1High speed materials sorting using X-Ray fluorescenceSOMMER EDWARD J JR·Filed 2005·Application pending·0 cites
- 4353US2006239401A1High speed materials sorting using x-ray fluorescenceSPECTRAMET LLC·Filed 2006·Application pending·0 cites
- 4453US2013264249A1Sorting pieces of material based on photonic emissions resulting from multiple sources of stimuliSPECTRAMET LLC·Filed 2013·Application pending·0 cites
- 4549US5638959ARotary materials separatorNAT RECOVERY TECH INC·Filed 1994·Granted Jun 17, 1997·14 cites·19 claims
- 4649US5518124AMethod and apparatus for the separation of materials using penetrating electromagnetic radiationNAT RECOVERY TECH INC·Filed 1994·Granted May 21, 1996·9 cites·3 claims
- 4748US9227229B2Method to improve detection of thin walled polyethylene terephthalate containers for recycling including those containing liquidsNAT RECOVERY TECHNOLOGIES LLC·Filed 2013·Granted Jan 5, 2016·0 cites·12 claims
- 4840US11123772B2Concentrating rare earth elements from coal wasteMINERAL SEPARATION TECH INC·Filed 2019·Granted Sep 21, 2021·0 cites·18 claims
- 4938US5622471AMethod and apparatus for opening and emptying bags containing recyclable materialsNAT RECOVERY TECH INC·Filed 1995·Granted Apr 22, 1997·6 cites·2 claims
- 5036US2014077007A1Methods of Processing Waste Material to Render a Compostable ProductNAT RECOVERY TECHNOLOGIES LLC·Filed 2013·Application pending·0 cites
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