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Frank A. Chambers — 10 Patents

AMAmoco: 2 patents #385 of 1,251Top 35%
E-E-Systems: 2 patents #43 of 229Top 20%
S(Standard Oil Company (Indiana): 1 patents #254 of 576Top 45%
West Chicago, IL: #25 of 269 inventorsTop 10%
Illinois: #9,022 of 84,256 inventorsTop 15%
Overall (All Time): #481,000 of 4,157,543Top 15%
10 Patents All Time
Frank A. Chambers has been granted 10 US patents while listed as an inventor at Amoco. The first was granted in 1987 and the most recent in August 2001. Frank A. Chambers ranks #481,000 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 11.6%). Patent records list Frank A. Chambers in West Chicago, IL, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1987 to 2001Bar chart with a peak of 2 patents in 1994.peak 21987: 1 patents19871994: 2 patents19941995: 1 patents19951996: 1 patents19961997: 1 patents19971999: 2 patents19992000: 1 patents20002001: 1 patents2001

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–10 of 10 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
6271954 Waveguide absorption modulator with integral optical isolator 2001-08-07
6055043 Method and apparatus for using phase modulation to reduce coherence/polarization noise in reflectometers 2000-04-25
5993074 High speed electro-optical signal translator R. Gilbert Kaufman, Melvin C. Schmidt, Michael G. Ressl, John G. Kwasegrock 1999-11-30
5872624 Method and apparatus for retroreflectively reducing coherence/polarization noise in reflectometers Gary D. Bridge 1999-02-16
5644668 High speed electro-optical signal translator R. Gilbert Kaufman, Melvin C. Schmidt, Michael G. Ressl, John G. Kwasegrock 1997-07-01
5522005 High power waveguide absorption modulator Anthony L. Moretti 1996-05-28
5422972 Techniques for illuminating internal surfaces of a high speed electro-optical signal translator R. Gilbert Kaufman, Melvin C. Schmidt, Michael G. Ressl, John G. Kwasegrock 1995-06-06
5375182 Techniques for planar alignment of high speed electro-optical signal translator components R. Gilbert Kaufman 1994-12-20 $50,036,000
5276756 High speed electro-optical signal translator R. Gilbert Kaufman, Melvin C. Schmidt, Michael G. Ressl, John G. Kwasegrock 1994-01-04 $44,275,000
4672169 Apparatus and method for heating materials with a laser heat source 1987-06-09 $115,867,000