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Wolfgang Zahn — 46 Patents

ANAgfa-Gevaert Nv: 22 patents #55 of 1,819Top 4%
Hoechst Gmbh: 8 patents #474 of 4,020Top 15%
MAMercedes-Benz Group Ag: 6 patents #76 of 1,842Top 5%
KNKnoll: 2 patents #99 of 268Top 40%
Daimlerchrysler Ag: 1 patents #1,774 of 4,854Top 40%
AMAp Parts Manufacturing: 1 patents #12 of 24Top 50%
MAMercedes-Benz A.G.: 1 patents #6 of 63Top 10%
AUAz Electronic Materials Usa: 1 patents #76 of 135Top 60%
Basf Se: 1 patents #8,065 of 13,826Top 60%
DADaimler-Benz Ag: 1 patents #661 of 1,737Top 40%
Munich, DE: #88 of 11,432 inventorsTop 1%
Overall (All Time): #62,001 of 4,157,543Top 2%
46 Patents All Time
Wolfgang Zahn has been granted 46 US patents while listed as an inventor at Agfa-Gevaert Nv. The first was granted in 1980 and the most recent in September 2011. Wolfgang Zahn ranks #62,001 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 1.5%). Patent records list Wolfgang Zahn in Munich, DE.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1980 to 2011Bar chart with a peak of 5 patents in 1998.peak 51980: 3 patents19801983: 1 patents1984: 3 patents1986: 3 patents19861987: 2 patents1988: 1 patents1989: 1 patents19891990: 1 patents1992: 2 patents1993: 4 patents19931994: 3 patents1995: 3 patents1996: 2 patents19961997: 2 patents1998: 5 patents1999: 2 patents19992000: 3 patents2001: 2 patents2003: 1 patents20032004: 1 patents2011: 1 patents2011

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 46 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
8012664 Light-sensitive component for use in photoresists Ralf Grottenmüller, Dieter Wagner 2011-09-06
6720992 Method for improving the contrast reproduction of digitized images Werner von Stein 2004-04-13
6529243 Method for electronic reduction of the contrast of video images as early as during recording Werner von Stein 2003-03-04
6200791 Method of purifying thrombin-like protease enzymes obtained from snake venom Margarete Schwarz 2001-03-13
6169599 Method for determining the amount of light in each primary color when copying a colored original Manfred Fuersich, Helmut Treiber 2001-01-02
6146817 Method of and apparatus for masking a master for reproduction Friedrich Jacob, Gunter Findeis 2000-11-14
6146626 Defined enzyme mixtures for obtaining cells and treating wounds Claus Otto Markert, Hans Thom, Jurgen Weymann 2000-11-14
6099644 Process and apparatus for recoating a deactivated catalyst coating in a catalyst Gunter Loose, Axel Hirshmann 2000-08-08 $61,216,000
5877107 Method for producing a catalytic converter Wolfgang Maus 1999-03-02 $639,084,000
5863711 Process for the production of images on paper Werner Ritter Von Stein 1999-01-26
5821187 Process and apparatus for recoating a deactivated catalyst coating in a catalyst Gunter Loose, Axel Hirshmann 1998-10-13
5798821 Copying of film under different conditions Werner von Stein 1998-08-25
5781276 Printing of color film Manfred Fuersich, Klaus Hartmann 1998-07-14
5743087 Method and apparatus for purifying exhaust gases from internal combustion engines Gunter Loose, Axel Hirschmann 1998-04-28
5726398 Automotive bumper and muffler combination Jon W. Harwood 1998-03-10
5638153 Masking of transparencies for copying Friedrich Jacob, Eberhard Schulz 1997-06-10
5613359 Method and apparatus for reducing hydrocarbon emissions for an internal combustion engine Gunter Loose, Erwin Strohmer 1997-03-25
5563018 (1,2-naphthoquinone 2-diazide) sulfonic acid esters, radiation-sensitive mixture prepared therewith and radiation-sensitive recording material Gerhard Buhr, Fritz Erdmann, Siegfried Scheler 1996-10-08
5556604 Method and apparatus for purifying exhaust gases from internal combustion engines Gunter Loose, Axel Hirschmann 1996-09-17
5467165 Masking of photographs for reproduction Friedrich Jacob 1995-11-14
5461458 Method of automatically controlling exposure when making prints from film from portrait-photography studios Manfred Fuersich 1995-10-24
5413899 Light-sensitive mixture containing an 0-naphthoquinonediazide-sulfonic acid ester and recording material produced therewith wherein the 0-naphthoquinone diazides are partial esters Siegfried Scheler, Andreas Elsaesser, Gerhard Buhr, Klaus Bergmann 1995-05-09
5358823 Radiation-sensitive composition containing esterification product of (1,2-naphthoquinone-2-diazide)-sulfonic acid with 2,3,4,4'-tetrahydroxybenzophenone and a di- or tri-hydroxybenzophenone Hans-Joachim Merrem, Fritz Erdmann, Axel Schmitt 1994-10-25
5306595 Composition containing naphthoquinone diazide sulfonic acid mixed esters and radiation-sensitive recording material prepared therewith Siegfried Scheler, Axel Schmitt, Gerhard Buhr 1994-04-26
5300133 Soot particle exhaust-gas filter Hans-Dieter Schuster, Hans-Joachim Langer, Bernhard Jokl 1994-04-05