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Lyle Small — 14 Patents

CTChromatic Technologies: 12 patents #3 of 16Top 20%
Colorado Springs, CO: #217 of 2,971 inventorsTop 8%
Colorado: #3,168 of 40,980 inventorsTop 8%
Overall (All Time): #332,869 of 4,157,543Top 9%
14 Patents All Time
Lyle Small has been granted 14 US patents while listed as an inventor at Chromatic Technologies. The first was granted in 1997 and the most recent in October 2024. Lyle Small ranks #332,869 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 8.0%). Patent records list Lyle Small in Colorado Springs, CO, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1997 to 2024Bar chart with a peak of 2 patents in 2017.peak 21997: 1 patents19971999: 1 patents2000: 1 patents20002014: 1 patents2015: 1 patents20152016: 1 patents2017: 2 patents20172018: 1 patents2019: 1 patents20192020: 2 patents2024: 2 patents2024

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–14 of 14 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDate
12109276 Near-infrared dyes and conjugates for targeting tumors Ruizheng Wang, Shane M. Crippen 2024-10-08
12078550 Thermochromic temperature sensor Timothy J. Owen, Ruizheng Wang, Medhanei Abraha 2024-09-03
10605681 High pressure processing pressure sensor Ruizheng Wang, Timothy J. Owen 2020-03-31
10585080 High pressure processing pressure sensor Ruizheng Wang, Timothy J. Owen 2020-03-10
10345278 High pressure processing pressure sensor Ruizheng Wang, Timothy J. Owen 2019-07-09
10030036 Method and dyes for detecting and destroying cancer cells James J. Krutak, Maged Henary, Gabor Patonay 2018-07-24
9745487 Yellow thermochromic dyes, inks composition and level indicators Ruizheng Wang, Yu Du, Timothy J. Owen, Medhanei Abraha, Terrill Scott Clayton 2017-08-29
9695320 Small scale microencapsulated pigments and uses thereof Terrill Scott Clayton, Timothy J. Owen 2017-07-04
9399716 Yellow thermochromic dyes, inks composition and level indicators Ruizheng Wang, Yu Du, Timothy J. Owen, Medhanei Abraha, Terrill Scott Clayton 2016-07-26
9175175 Small scale microencapsulated pigments and uses thereof Terrill Scott Clayton, Timothy J. Owen 2015-11-03
8883049 Small scale microencapsulated pigments and uses thereof Terrill Scott Clayton, Timothy J. Owen 2014-11-11
6139779 Thermochromic ink formulations and methods of use Gerald Highberger 2000-10-31
5997849 Thermochromic ink formulations, nail lacquer and methods of use Gerald Highberger 1999-12-07
5591255 Thermochromic ink formulations, nail lacquer and methods of use Gerald Highberger 1997-01-07