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Daniel L. Birx — 30 Patents

CYCymer: 13 patents #35 of 339Top 15%
UEUS Dept of Energy: 8 patents #27 of 5,099Top 1%
SLScience Research Laboratory: 4 patents #7 of 33Top 25%
UFUS Air Force: 2 patents #3,485 of 16,312Top 25%
Lompoc, CA: #54 of 2,245 inventorsTop 3%
California: #17,345 of 386,348 inventorsTop 5%
Overall (All Time): #121,623 of 4,157,543Top 3%
30 Patents All Time
Daniel L. Birx has been granted 30 US patents while listed as an inventor at Cymer. The first was granted in 1980 and the most recent in April 2004. Daniel L. Birx ranks #121,623 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 2.9%). Patent records list Daniel L. Birx in Lompoc, CA, US.

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 30 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
6728284 High power solid state laser modulator Don G. Ball, Edward G. Cook 2004-04-27 $6,690,000
6566667 Plasma focus light source with improved pulse power system William N. Partlo, Igor V. Fomenkov, I. Roger Oliver, Richard M. Ness 2003-05-20 $4,469,000
6566668 Plasma focus light source with tandem ellipsoidal mirror units John Rauch, William N. Partlo, Igor V. Fomenkov, Richard M. Ness, Richard L. Sandstrom +1 more 2003-05-20 $4,469,000
6541786 Plasma pinch high energy with debris collector William N. Partlo, Igor V. Fomenkov 2003-04-01 $11,809,000
6452199 Plasma focus high energy photon source with blast shield William N. Partlo, Igor V. Fomenkov 2002-09-17 $10,317,000
6442181 Extreme repetition rate gas discharge laser I. Roger Oliver, William N. Partlo, Richard M. Ness, Richard L. Sandstrom, Stuart L. Anderson +4 more 2002-08-27 $12,750,000
6300720 Plasma gun and methods for the use thereof 2001-10-09
6240112 High pulse rate pulse power system with liquid cooling William N. Partlo, Deborah L. Birx, Richard M. Ness, Daniel A. Rothweil, Paul C. Melcher +1 more 2001-05-29 $6,001,000
6172324 Plasma focus radiation source 2001-01-09
6151346 High pulse rate pulse power system with fast rise time and low current William N. Partlo, Richard M. Ness, Daniel A. Rothweil, Paul C. Melcher, Brett D. Smith 2000-11-21 $6,194,000
6084198 Plasma gun and methods for the use thereof 2000-07-04
6064072 Plasma focus high energy photon source William N. Partlo, Igor V. Fomenkov 2000-05-16 $16,818,000
6028872 High pulse rate pulse power system with resonant power supply William N. Partlo, Richard M. Ness, Daniel A. Rothweil, Paul C. Melcher, Brett D. Smith 2000-02-22 $8,451,000
5940421 Current reversal prevention circuit for a pulsed gas discharge laser William N. Partlo, Richard M. Ness 1999-08-17 $16,921,000
5936988 High pulse rate pulse power system William N. Partlo, Richard M. Ness, Daniel A. Rothweil, Paul C. Melcher, Brett D. Smith 1999-08-10 $8,304,000
5914974 Method and apparatus for eliminating reflected energy due to stage mismatch in nonlinear magnetic compression modules William N. Partlo, Richard L. Sandstrom, Richard M. Ness 1999-06-22 $12,817,000
5866871 Plasma gun and methods for the use thereof 1999-02-02
5729562 Pulse power generating circuit with energy recovery Palash P. Das, Igor V. Fomenkov, William N. Partlo, Tom A. Watson 1998-03-17 $9,557,000
5448580 Air and water cooled modulator Phillip A. Arnold, Don G. Ball, Edward G. Cook 1995-09-05
5319665 High power electromagnetic pulse driver using an electromagnetic shock line 1994-06-07
5315611 High average power magnetic modulator for metal vapor lasers Don G. Ball, Edward G. Cook, John L. Miller 1994-05-24
5313481 Copper laser modulator driving assembly including a magnetic compression laser Edward G. Cook, Don G. Ball 1994-05-17
5142166 High voltage pulsed power source 1992-08-25
5124629 Post regulation circuit with energy storage Don G. Ball, Edward G. Cook 1992-06-23
4996495 Method and apparatus for generating pulsed RF power 1991-02-26