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Ralf Schmid — 39 Patents

Applied Materials: 15 patents #912 of 7,310Top 15%
Robert Bosch Gmbh: 6 patents #2,998 of 19,740Top 20%
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft: 4 patents #3,516 of 22,248Top 20%
Dr. Ing. H.C. F. Porsche Ag: 3 patents #489 of 2,421Top 25%
CGConti Temic Microelectronic Gmbh: 1 patents #235 of 606Top 40%
TDTechnische Universiteit Delft: 1 patents #75 of 311Top 25%
Poing, DE: #5 of 166 inventorsTop 4%
Overall (All Time): #81,245 of 4,157,543Top 2%
39 Patents All Time
Ralf Schmid has been granted 39 US patents while listed as an inventor at Applied Materials. The first was granted in 1987 and the most recent in July 2025. Ralf Schmid ranks #81,245 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 2.0%). Patent records list Ralf Schmid in Poing, DE.

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 39 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12362131 Method for inspecting a specimen and charged particle beam device Pieter Kruit, Ron Naftali, Jürgen Frosien, Benjamin John Cook, Roman Barday +1 more 2025-07-15
11552536 Electric motor and inverter assembly Tao Zhu, Yanlin Li, Xinhua Liu, Takashi Shigematsu, Heinz-Bernd Haiser +2 more 2023-01-10 $7,408,000
10748743 Device and method for operating a charged particle device with multiple beamlets Benjamin John Cook, Dieter Winkler 2020-08-18
9376087 Front module of a motor vehicle Markus Keller, Tobias Hegedusch, Peter Reutlinger, Michael Zehender 2016-06-28
8297680 Device for reinforcement 2012-10-30
8222911 Light-assisted testing of an optoelectronic module Bernhard Mueller, Matthias Brunner 2012-07-17 $13,316,000
8020906 Easily mountable motor vehicle crash apparatus Martin Sedlar 2011-09-20
8009299 Method for beam calibration and usage of a calibration body Matthias Brunner, Bernhard Mueller, Axel Wenzel 2011-08-30 $11,098,000
7973546 In-line electron beam test system Fayez E. Abboud, Sriram Krishnaswami, Benjamin M. Johnston, Hung T. Nguyen, Matthias Brunner +3 more 2011-07-05 $5,297,000
7847566 Configurable prober for TFT LCD array test Matthias Brunner, Shinichi Kurita, Fayez (Frank) E. Abboud, Benjamin M. Johnston, Paul Bocian +1 more 2010-12-07 $3,240,000
7786742 Prober for electronic device testing on large area substrates Sriram Krishnaswami, Matthias Brunner, William Beaton, Yong Liu, Benjamin M. Johnston +2 more 2010-08-31 $13,689,000
7746088 In-line electron beam test system Fayez E. Abboud, Sriram Krishnaswami, Benjamin M. Johnston, Hung T. Nguyen, Matthias Brunner +3 more 2010-06-29 $7,165,000
7569818 Method to reduce cross talk in a multi column e-beam test system Thomas Schwedes 2009-08-04 $13,023,000
7535238 In-line electron beam test system Fayez E. Abboud, Sriram Krishnaswami, Benjamin M. Johnston, Hung T. Nguyen, Matthias Brunner +3 more 2009-05-19 $24,403,000
7375505 Method and apparatus for testing function of active microstructural elements and method for producing microstructural elements using the test method Matthias Brunner 2008-05-20 $13,768,000
7355418 Configurable prober for TFT LCD array test Matthias Brunner, Shinichi Kurita, Fayez E. Abboud, Benjamin M. Johnston, Paul Bocian +1 more 2008-04-08 $17,034,000
7319335 Configurable prober for TFT LCD array testing Matthias Brunner, Shinichi Kurita, Fayez (Frank) E. Abboud, Benjamin M. Johnston, Paul Bocian +1 more 2008-01-15 $53,160,000
7256606 Method for testing pixels for LCD TFT displays Axel Wenzel, Matthias Brunner 2007-08-14 $16,337,000
7105833 Deflection system for a particle beam device Matthias Brunner 2006-09-12
7009116 Contact device and a process to facilitate contact of power electronics components and an assembly that consists of one or several power electronics components Marco Schmidt 2006-03-07
6945611 Braking system for vehicle provided with ABS or an anti-skid protection system Reinhold Mayer 2005-09-20
6905180 Method and device for monitoring the effectiveness of vehicle braking systems Reinhold Mayer 2005-06-14
6894411 Electric machine designed as a starter, generator or starter-generator for a motor vehicle Marco Schmidt 2005-05-17
6808237 Method and device for controlling the supply of a pressure medium on rail vehicles (compressor management) Stefan Reinicke 2004-10-26
6743298 Method for cleaning vehicle windows 2004-06-01