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Robert A. Wolff — 38 Patents

COCognex: 16 patents #19 of 277Top 7%
WIWood-Mode Incorporated: 6 patents #1 of 3Top 35%
ASAmerican Sterilizer: 2 patents #123 of 349Top 40%
Sumitomo Electric Industries: 1 patents #13,249 of 21,551Top 65%
Sherborn, MA: #10 of 141 inventorsTop 8%
Massachusetts: #2,096 of 88,656 inventorsTop 3%
Overall (All Time): #84,675 of 4,157,543Top 3%
38 Patents All Time
Robert A. Wolff has been granted 38 US patents while listed as an inventor at Cognex. The first was granted in 1980 and the most recent in September 2024. Robert A. Wolff ranks #84,675 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 2.0%). Patent records list Robert A. Wolff in Sherborn, MA, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1980 to 2024Bar chart with a peak of 7 patents in 1991.peak 71980: 1 patents19801981: 2 patents1983: 1 patents1985: 1 patents19851986: 3 patents1987: 1 patents1988: 2 patents19881990: 2 patents1991: 7 patents1992: 1 patents19921995: 1 patents1996: 1 patents1997: 1 patents19971998: 1 patents2002: 1 patents2005: 1 patents20052007: 1 patents2014: 1 patents2017: 1 patents20172018: 1 patents2019: 1 patents2020: 2 patents20202021: 1 patents2022: 1 patents2023: 1 patents20232024: 1 patents2024

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 38 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12079978 System and method for determining 3D surface features and irregularities on an object Mikhail Akopyan, Lowell D. Jacobson 2024-09-03 $26,328,000
11562502 System and method for calibrating a plurality of 3D sensors with respect to a motion conveyance Aaron S. Wallack, Gang Liu, David J. Michael, Ruibing Wang, Hongwei Zhu 2023-01-24 $22,852,000
11240435 Methods and apparatus for optimizing image acquisition of objects subject to illumination patterns Thomas Penny, Marcus Große 2022-02-01 $35,500,000
11176655 System and method for determining 3D surface features and irregularities on an object Mikhail Akopyan, Lowell D. Jacobson 2021-11-16 $43,803,000
10791277 Methods and apparatus for optimizing image acquisition of objects subject to illumination patterns Thomas Penny, Marcus Große 2020-09-29 $105,724,000
10775160 System and method for efficient surface measurement using a laser displacement sensor Michael C. Moed, Mikhail Akopyan, Robert Tremblay, Willard Foster, Aaron S. Wallack 2020-09-15 $50,920,000
10438036 System and method for reading and decoding ID codes on a curved, sloped and/or annular object Matthew R. Reome, Ali Zadeh, Ruibing Wang, Aaron S. Wallack, David J. Michael +2 more 2019-10-08 $56,949,000
10041786 System and method for efficient surface measurement using a laser displacement sensor Michael C. Moed, Mikhail Akopyan, Robert Tremblay, Willard Foster, Aaron S. Wallack 2018-08-07 $69,233,000
9605950 System and method for efficient surface measurement using a laser displacement sensor Michael C. Moed, Mikhail Akopyan, Robert Tremblay, Willard Foster, Aaron S. Wallack 2017-03-28 $25,875,000
8687060 System and method for providing distance-based pulses relative to motion of a surface scanned by a vision system 2014-04-01 $19,548,000
7167575 Video safety detector with projected pattern Sanjay Nichani, William M. Silver, David A. Schatz 2007-01-23 $7,267,000
6913156 Organizing system for drawers and cabinets 2005-07-05
6469734 Video safety detector with shadow elimination Sanjay Nichani, William M. Silver, David A. Schatz 2002-10-22 $8,217,000
5793899 Vision coprocessing Steven Rosenthal, William M. Silver, Jean-Pierre Schott 1998-08-11 $10,333,000
5657403 Vision coprocessing Steven Rosenthal, William M. Silver, Jean-Pierre Schott 1997-08-12 $22,681,000
5526050 Methods and apparatus for concurrently acquiring video data from multiple video data sources David King 1996-06-11 $11,689,000
5398824 Paper towel holder John F. Troxell, Jr. 1995-03-21
D331585 Grinding instrument 1992-12-08
D322324 Corner fitting John F. Troxell, Jr. 1991-12-10
5069350 Backsplash system John F. Troxell, Jr. 1991-12-03
5067535 Worktable 1991-11-26
D321804 Combined cooling rack and cookbook holder John F. Troxell, Jr. 1991-11-26
5056268 Accessory device for angle grinder 1991-10-15
D317845 Utensil holder John F. Troxell, Jr. 1991-07-02
D317385 Paper towel holder John F. Troxell, Jr. 1991-06-11