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Stephen L. Herchenbach — 14 Patents

Abbott: 14 patents #447 of 5,509Top 9%
Grayslake, IL: #52 of 548 inventorsTop 10%
Illinois: #6,113 of 84,256 inventorsTop 8%
Overall (All Time): #332,869 of 4,157,543Top 9%
14 Patents All Time
Stephen L. Herchenbach has been granted 14 US patents while listed as an inventor at Abbott. The first was granted in 1994 and the most recent in August 2015. Stephen L. Herchenbach ranks #332,869 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 8.0%). Patent records list Stephen L. Herchenbach in Grayslake, IL, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1994 to 2015Bar chart with a peak of 3 patents in 1994.peak 31994: 3 patents19942006: 1 patents20062010: 2 patents20102012: 3 patents20122013: 2 patents20132014: 2 patents20142015: 1 patents2015

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–14 of 14 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
9114392 Apparatus and method for handling fluids for analysis Scott G. Safar 2015-08-25
8845985 Specimen sample rack E. Kim Pavlovic 2014-09-30 $14,143,000
8728311 Structure and method for handling magnetic particles in biological assays Scott G. Safar, Charles M. Galitz, Chadwick M. Dunn, Larry L. McDowell 2014-05-20 $21,000,000
8409528 Apparatus and method for handling fluids for analysis Scott G. Safar, Chadwick M. Dunn, Charles M. Galitz, Julius J. Toth, Ronald E. Kukla +2 more 2013-04-02 $38,179,000
8357543 Apparatus and method for handling fluids for analysis Scott G. Safar, Chadwick M. Dunn, Charles M. Galitz, Julius J. Toth, Ronald E. Kukla +2 more 2013-01-22 $19,091,000
8298498 Apparatus and method for handling fluids for analysis Scott G. Safar 2012-10-30
8246919 Specimen sample rack E. Kim Pavlovic 2012-08-21 $36,229,000
8211301 Structure and method for handling magnetic particles in biological assays Scott G. Safar, Charles M. Galitz, Chadwick M. Dunn, Larry L. McDowell 2012-07-03 $26,033,000
7815866 Apparatus and method for handling fluids for analysis Scott G. Safar, Chadwick M. Dunn, Charles M. Galitz, Julius J. Toth, Ronald E. Kukla +2 more 2010-10-19 $48,242,000
7718072 Structure and method for handling magnetic particles in biological assays Scott G. Safar, Charles M. Galitz, Chadwick M. Dunn, Larry L. McDowell 2010-05-18 $94,662,000
7125722 Apparatus and method for handling fluids for analysis Scott G. Safar 2006-10-24 $98,831,000
5324481 Carousel for assay specimen carrier Chadwick M. Dunn, Cass J. Grandone, Robert J. Nelson, James T. Tyranski, Gary Zuck 1994-06-28 $42,991,000
5320809 Retrofit kit for changing single immunoassay instrument to flexible multiple immunoassay instrument Chadwick M. Dunn, Cass J. Grandone, Robert J. Nelson, James T. Tyranski, Gary Zuck 1994-06-14 $44,987,000
5294404 Reagent pack for immunoassays Cass J. Grandone, Gary Zuck, James T. Tyranski, Robert J. Nelson 1994-03-15 $38,157,000