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Norbert Hiller — 23 Patents

CRCree: 20 patents #80 of 639Top 15%
GGGebrueder Heller, Maschinenfabrik, Gmbh: 2 patents #2 of 5Top 40%
Chapel Hill, NC: #148 of 1,999 inventorsTop 8%
North Carolina: #1,915 of 45,564 inventorsTop 5%
Overall (All Time): #178,160 of 4,157,543Top 5%
23 Patents All Time
Norbert Hiller has been granted 23 US patents while listed as an inventor at Cree. The first was granted in 1982 and the most recent in October 2016. Norbert Hiller ranks #178,160 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 4.3%). Patent records list Norbert Hiller in Chapel Hill, NC, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1982 to 2016Bar chart with a peak of 4 patents in 2011.peak 41982: 1 patents19821988: 2 patents2006: 1 patents20062008: 1 patents2009: 2 patents20092010: 1 patents2011: 4 patents20112012: 2 patents2013: 4 patents20132014: 2 patents2015: 2 patents20152016: 1 patents2016

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–23 of 23 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
9470373 LED lamp 2016-10-18 $3,830,000
9195095 LED lighting devices incorporating waveguides Nicholas W. Medendorp, Jr., Russell G. Villard 2015-11-24 $8,058,000
RE45796 Light emitting diode arrays for direct backlighting of liquid crystal displays Gerald H. Negley, Antony Paul Van De Ven 2015-11-10
8847257 Semiconductor light emitting devices and submounts Bernd Keller, James Ibbetson, Peter Scott Andrews, Gerald H. Negley 2014-09-30 $5,264,000
8791491 Semiconductor light emitting device packages and methods Ban P. Loh, Nathaniel O. Cannon, John Edmond, Mitch Jackson, Nicholas W. Medendorp, Jr. 2014-07-29 $10,013,000
8564739 LED backlight system for LCD displays Nicholas W. Medendorp, Jr., Russell G. Villard 2013-10-22 $9,185,000
8564737 LED backlight system for LCD displays Nicholas W. Medendorp, Jr., Russell G. Villard 2013-10-22 $9,185,000
8564742 LED backlight system for LCD displays Nicholas W. Medendorp, Jr., Russell G. Villard 2013-10-22 $9,185,000
8476091 Methods of selectively applying luminous material to light emitting devices based on measured output thereof Scott D. Schwab, Gerald H. Negley 2013-07-02 $19,024,000
8210717 Light emitting device (LED) lighting systems for emitting light in multiple directions and related methods Nicholas W. Medendorp, Jr. 2012-07-03 $4,921,000
8138000 Methods for forming semiconductor light emitting devices and submounts Bernd Keller, James Ibbetson, Peter Scott Andrews, Gerald H. Negley 2012-03-20 $14,625,000
8042971 Light emitting device (LED) lighting systems for emitting light in multiple directions and related methods Nicholas W. Medendorp, Jr. 2011-10-25 $6,006,000
RE42598 Light emitting diode arrays for direct backlighting of liquid crystal displays Gerald H. Negley, Antony Paul Van De Ven 2011-08-09
7964888 Semiconductor light emitting device packages and methods Ban P. Loh, Nathaniel O. Cannon, John Edmond, Mitch Jackson, Nicholas W. Medendorp, Jr. 2011-06-21 $18,159,000
7872705 LED backlight system for LCD displays Nicholas W. Medendorp, Jr., Russell G. Villard 2011-01-18 $18,930,000
7858403 Methods and systems for fabricating broad spectrum light emitting devices Scott D. Schwab, Gerald H. Negley 2010-12-28 $17,928,000
7638013 Systems for assembling components on submounts and methods therefor Peter Scott Andrews, David B. Slater, Jr., Gerald H. Negley 2009-12-29 $18,925,000
7518158 Semiconductor light emitting devices and submounts Bernd Keller, James Ibbetson, Peter Scott Andrews, Gerald H. Negley 2009-04-14 $10,071,000
7322732 Light emitting diode arrays for direct backlighting of liquid crystal displays Gerald H. Negley, Antony Paul Van De Ven 2008-01-29 $7,912,000
7147739 Systems for assembling components on submounts and methods therefor Peter Scott Andrews, David B. Slater, Jr., Gerald H. Negley 2006-12-12 $4,077,000
4787785 Machine tool with a spindle head Erwin Deuschle, Heinz Vogel 1988-11-29
4744596 Gripping device Walter Horny 1988-05-17
4363166 Automatic tool exchanger 1982-12-14