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Bernhard Mueller — 25 Patents

Applied Materials: 11 patents #1,208 of 7,310Top 20%
Robert Bosch Gmbh: 3 patents #5,512 of 19,740Top 30%
HKHella Gmbh & Co. Kgaa: 2 patents #149 of 615Top 25%
MIT: 2 patents #2,550 of 9,367Top 30%
AAAssa Abloy Ab: 1 patents #163 of 311Top 55%
Ford: 1 patents #9,400 of 17,473Top 55%
FGFriedrich Goehringer Elektrotechnik Gmbh: 1 patents #3 of 5Top 60%
GSGoodrich Lighting Systems: 1 patents #41 of 93Top 45%
BMW: 1 patents #2,183 of 5,361Top 45%
Stuttgart, DE: #156 of 5,983 inventorsTop 3%
Overall (All Time): #158,593 of 4,157,543Top 4%
25 Patents All Time
Bernhard Mueller has been granted 25 US patents while listed as an inventor at Applied Materials. The first was granted in 2001 and the most recent in November 2025. Bernhard Mueller ranks #158,593 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 3.8%). Patent records list Bernhard Mueller in Stuttgart, DE.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2001 to 2023Bar chart with a peak of 3 patents in 2023.peak 32001: 1 patents20012004: 1 patents2008: 1 patents20082011: 2 patents2012: 1 patents20122013: 2 patents2014: 2 patents20142016: 2 patents2017: 1 patents20172018: 1 patents2019: 2 patents20192020: 1 patents2021: 2 patents20212022: 1 patents2023: 3 patents2023

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 25 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12474284 Method of inspecting a sample, and multi-electron beam inspection system Peter Nunan 2025-11-18
12455313 Method for testing a packaging substrate, and apparatus for testing a packaging substrate Axel Wenzel, Nikolai KNAUB, Georg JOST 2025-10-28
11687008 Method for automated critical dimension measurement on a substrate for display manufacturing, method of inspecting a large area substrate for display manufacturing, apparatus for inspecting a large area substrate for display manufacturing and method of operating thereof Robert Trauner, Bernhard Schuler, Peter C. Staffansson, Kulpreet Singh VIRDI, Volker Daiker 2023-06-27 $59,089,000
11629763 Clutch assembly for a manual transmission of a motor vehicle Andreas Tissot, Carsten Weber, Frank Kraemer 2023-04-18 $13,247,000
11610755 Method of automatically focusing a charged particle beam on a surface region of a sample, method of calculating a converging set of sharpness values of images of a charged particle beam device and charged particle beam device for imaging a sample Robert Trauner, Bernhard Schuler, Nikolai KNAUB, Kulpreet Singh VIRDI 2023-03-21 $36,722,000
11453364 Access system for a vehicle, method for an access system, computer program product, and computer-readable medium — 2022-09-27
11195691 Method of automatically focusing a charged particle beam on a surface region of a sample, method of calculating a converging set of sharpness values of images of a charged particle beam device and charged particle beam device for imaging a sample Robert Trauner, Bernhard Schuler, Nikolai KNAUB, Kulpreet Singh VIRDI 2021-12-07 $82,478,000
11103965 Method for producing a curved tubular connection element — 2021-08-31
10782222 Diesel particulate sensor Rudolf Held 2020-09-22
10345250 Method of inspecting a sample with a charged particle beam device, and charged particle beam device Kulpreet Singh VIRDI, Bernhard Schuler, Robert Trauner, Ludwig Ledl 2019-07-09 $20,979,000
10192446 Method, system, and computer program product for detecting a possible lane change of a fellow vehicle, also a vehicle — 2019-01-29
10109451 Apparatus configured for enhanced vacuum ultraviolet (VUV) spectral radiant flux and system having the apparatus Georg JOST, Ludwig Ledl, George Tzeng 2018-10-23 $19,549,000
9828697 Flame-retardant regenerated cellulose filament fibers and process for production thereof Martin Gebert-Germ 2017-11-28
9303294 Installation for the dry transformation of a material microstructure of semi-finished products Peter Schluck, Jochen Schwarzer, Johannes Koke 2016-04-05
9258871 LED flash light and method for indicating near-end-of-life status of such an LED flash light — 2016-02-09
8900509 Charging frame and quenching device having a charging frame — 2014-12-02
8715566 Method and installation for the dry transformation of a material structure of semifinished products — 2014-05-06
8531198 Apparatus and method for electrostatic discharge (ESD) reduction — 2013-09-10 $21,046,000
8493084 Apparatus and method for active voltage compensation of electrostatic discharge of a substrate — 2013-07-23 $9,121,000
8222911 Light-assisted testing of an optoelectronic module Ralf Schmid, Matthias Brunner 2012-07-17 $13,316,000
8009299 Method for beam calibration and usage of a calibration body Matthias Brunner, Ralf Schmid, Axel Wenzel 2011-08-30 $11,098,000
7874190 Electromechanical lock cylinder Volker Krisch, Hardy Bismark, Jurgen Hofmann, Bertrand Roland 2011-01-25
7364476 Electrical connecting terminal assembly — 2008-04-29
6800296 Modification of surfaces using biological recognition events Robert S. Langer, Scott M. Cannizzaro, Kevin Shakesheff 2004-10-05
6254890 Sub-100nm biodegradable polymer spheres capable of transporting and releasing nucleic acids Sachiko Hirosue, Robert S. Langer, Richard C. Mulligan 2001-07-03

Frequent Collaborators

Bernhard Schuler4 shared
Kulpreet Singh VIRDI4 shared
Robert Trauner4 shared
Nikolai KNAUB3 shared
Axel Wenzel2 shared
Robert S. Langer2 shared

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