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Kurt E. Petersen — 61 Patents

DADanaher: 29 patents #29 of 2,950Top 1%
IBM: 8 patents #13,181 of 70,183Top 20%
STSeagate Technology: 7 patents #928 of 4,722Top 20%
LNLucas Novasensor: 3 patents #1 of 13Top 8%
SSSchlumberger Industires, S.A.: 2 patents #53 of 272Top 20%
TDTransensory Devices: 2 patents #2 of 5Top 40%
IOIolon: 1 patents #13 of 26Top 50%
BLB. D. Wait Co. Limited: 1 patents #4 of 5Top 80%
HKHauni-Werke Korber & Co. K.G.: 1 patents #94 of 157Top 60%
PRProfusa: 1 patents #15 of 18Top 85%
Santa Clara, CA: #145 of 9,301 inventorsTop 2%
California: #5,709 of 386,348 inventorsTop 2%
Overall (All Time): #37,626 of 4,157,543Top 1%
61 Patents All Time
Kurt E. Petersen has been granted 61 US patents while listed as an inventor at Danaher. The first was granted in 1980 and the most recent in July 2018. Kurt E. Petersen ranks #37,626 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 0.91%). Patent records list Kurt E. Petersen in Santa Clara, CA, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1980 to 2018Bar chart with a peak of 7 patents in 2002.peak 71980: 1 patents19801981: 1 patents1982: 3 patents1984: 1 patents19841985: 3 patents1986: 2 patents1987: 1 patents19871988: 1 patents1989: 2 patents1990: 1 patents19901991: 2 patents1994: 1 patents1999: 1 patents19992000: 4 patents2001: 2 patents2002: 7 patents20022003: 3 patents2004: 3 patents2005: 5 patents20052006: 2 patents2007: 2 patents2008: 1 patents20082009: 1 patents2011: 2 patents2012: 3 patents20122013: 2 patents2014: 1 patents2016: 1 patents20162017: 1 patents2018: 1 patents2018

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 61 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
10010272 Tissue-integrating electronic apparatus Natalie Wisniewski, Kristen Helton, William A. McMillan 2018-07-03
9789481 Device for extracting nucleic acid from a sample Michael T. Taylor, Farzad Pourahmadi, William A. McMillan, Ronald Chang, Stanley H. Sakai +4 more 2017-10-17
9322052 Cartridge for conducting a chemical reaction William A. McMillan, Farzad Pourahmadi, Ronald Chang, Douglas B. Dority 2016-04-26 $27,518,000
8709363 Cartridge for conducting a chemical reaction William A. McMillan, Farzad Pourahmadi, Ronald Chang, Douglas B. Dority 2014-04-29 $21,068,000
8592157 Method for separating an analyte from a sample William A. McMillan, Lee A. Christel, Ronald Chang, Farzad Pourahmadi, Jesus Ching +2 more 2013-11-26 $19,273,000
8580559 Device for extracting nucleic acid from a sample Michael T. Taylor, Farzad Pourahmadi, William A. McMillan, Ronald Chang, Stanley H. Sakai +4 more 2013-11-12 $18,069,000
8303895 Apparatus for performing heat-exchanging chemical reactions Ronald Chang, Douglas B. Dority, Lee A. Christel, Robert Yuan 2012-11-06
8247176 Method for separating an analyte from a sample William A. McMillan, Lee A. Christel, Ronald Chang, Farzad Pourahmadi, Jesus Ching +2 more 2012-08-21 $26,421,000
8168442 Cartridge for conducting a chemical reaction William A. McMillan, Farzad Pourahmadi, Ronald Chang, Douglas B. Dority 2012-05-01 $30,676,000
8029733 Thermal cycler with optical detector Ronald Chang, Lee A. Christel, Gregory T. Kovacs, William A. McMillan, M. Allen Northrup +4 more 2011-10-04 $25,689,000
7914994 Method for separating an analyte from a sample William A. McMillan, Lee A. Christel, Ronald Chang, Farzad Pourahmadi, Jesus Ching +2 more 2011-03-29 $15,207,000
7569346 Method for separating analyte from a sample William A. McMillan, Lee A. Christel, Ronald Chang, Farzad Pourahmadi, Jesus Ching +2 more 2009-08-04 $10,901,000
7462323 Apparatus for performing heat-exchanging chemical reactions Ronald Chang, Douglas B. Dority, Lee A. Christel, Robert Yuan 2008-12-09 $9,587,000
7255833 Apparatus and reaction vessel for controlling the temperature of a sample Ronald Chang, Lee A. Christel, Gregory T. Kovacs, William A. McMillan, M. Allen Northrup +4 more 2007-08-14 $10,887,000
7188001 System and method for temperature control Steven Jay Young, Gregory T. Kovacs, M. Allen Northrup, William A. McMillan, Konstantin Othmer +1 more 2007-03-06 $4,353,000
7135144 Method for the manipulation of a fluid sample Lee A. Christel, Gregory T. Kovacs, William A. McMillan, M. Allen Northrup, Farzad Pourahmadi 2006-11-14 $5,309,000
7101509 Reaction vessel and temperature control system Ronald Chang, Douglas B. Dority, Lee A. Christel 2006-09-05 $4,951,000
6979424 Integrated sample analysis device M. Allen Northrup, William A. McMillan, Gregory T. Kovacs 2005-12-27 $4,127,000
6940598 Multi-channel optical detection system Lee A. Christel, M. Allen Northrup, William A. McMillan, Gregory T. Kovacs, Steven Jay Young +4 more 2005-09-06 $3,160,000
6893879 Method for separating analyte from a sample William A. McMillan, Lee A. Christel, Ronald Chang, Farzad Pourahmadi, Jesus Ching +2 more 2005-05-17 $4,189,000
6887693 Device and method for lysing cells, spores, or microorganisms William A. McMillan, Lee A. Christel, Ronald Chang, Farzad Pourahmadi, Jesus Ching +2 more 2005-05-03 $3,884,000
6881541 Method for analyzing a fluid sample Michael T. Taylor, Farzad Pourahmadi, William A. McMillan, Ronald Chang, Stanley H. Sakai +4 more 2005-04-19 $4,776,000
6836584 Optical microswitch John H. Jerman, John D. Grade, Joseph D. Drake 2004-12-28
6818185 Cartridge for conducting a chemical reaction William A. McMillan, Farzad Pourahmadi, Ronald Chang, Douglas B. Dority 2004-11-16 $2,599,000
6798729 Optical head using micro-machined elements Jerry E. Hurst, Jr., Joseph D. Drake, Jeffrey P. Wilde, Joseph E. Davis, John Heanue +2 more 2004-09-28 $8,723,000