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John C. Christenson — 40 Patents

Delphi Technologies: 20 patents #72 of 4,124Top 2%
CACarrier: 5 patents #420 of 2,507Top 20%
RARosemount Aerospace: 4 patents #96 of 433Top 25%
DEDelco Electronics: 4 patents #87 of 908Top 10%
PEPacker Engineering: 1 patents #2 of 14Top 15%
UUUniversity Of Utah: 1 patents #787 of 1,848Top 45%
General Motors: 1 patents #9,441 of 18,328Top 55%
Google: 1 patents #14,887 of 22,993Top 65%
Prior Lake, MN: #12 of 425 inventorsTop 3%
Minnesota: #1,294 of 52,454 inventorsTop 3%
Overall (All Time): #78,057 of 4,157,543Top 2%
40 Patents All Time
John C. Christenson has been granted 40 US patents while listed as an inventor at Delphi Technologies. The first was granted in 1981 and the most recent in April 2025. John C. Christenson ranks #78,057 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 1.9%). Patent records list John C. Christenson in Prior Lake, MN, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1981 to 2025Bar chart with a peak of 6 patents in 2004.peak 61981: 1 patents19811988: 1 patents1989: 1 patents1993: 1 patents19931995: 1 patents1996: 1 patents1998: 1 patents19981999: 1 patents2002: 3 patents2003: 1 patents20032004: 6 patents2005: 1 patents2006: 3 patents20062007: 3 patents2008: 1 patents2009: 1 patents20092010: 2 patents2011: 1 patents2012: 1 patents20122013: 1 patents2015: 1 patents2017: 1 patents20172019: 1 patents2020: 1 patents2021: 1 patents20212022: 2 patents2025: 1 patents2025

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 40 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12264063 Three-dimensional stress-sensitive device 2025-04-01
11513091 Gas detection device and method of manufacturing the same David P. Potasek, Roger Alan Backman 2022-11-29
11391709 Isolated sensor and method of isolating a sensor David P. Potasek, Roger Alan Backman 2022-07-19
11035815 System and method for mobile ion surface trapping in a gas detection device David P. Potasek 2021-06-15
10823692 MEMS die with sensing structures David P. Potasek, Marcus Allen Childress 2020-11-03
10273149 Gas detector with a thermally uniform MEMS die David P. Potasek, Marcus Allen Childress 2019-04-30
9541394 MEMS gyros with quadrature reducing springs David P. Potasek, Marcus Allen Childress 2017-01-10
9010190 Stress isolated MEMS structures and methods of manufacture David P. Potasek, Bruce H. Satterlund, Randy Phillips, Dave Holmquist 2015-04-21
8539832 MEMS gyros with quadrature reducing springs David P. Potasek, Marcus Allen Childress 2013-09-24
8256465 Microfluidic valve structure Dan W. Chilcott 2012-09-04 $22,110,000
7908922 Silicon integrated angular rate sensor Seyed R. Zarabadi, Dan W. Chilcott, Richard G. Forestal, Jack D. Johnson 2011-03-22
7833428 Processes and apparatuses for producing porous materials Peter J. Schubert 2010-11-16
7645627 Method for manufacturing a sensor device Dan W. Chilcott, Richard G. Forestal, Jack L. Glenn, Seyed R. Zarabadi 2010-01-12
7510894 Post-logic isolation of silicon regions for an integrated sensor Dan W. Chilcott 2009-03-31
7461046 Method for creating and using a treatment protocol Carrie L. Byington, Andrew T. Pavia 2008-12-02
7293460 Multiple-axis linear accelerometer Seyed R. Zarabadi 2007-11-13
7294552 Electrical contact for a MEMS device and method of making 2007-11-13
7250322 Method of making microsensor Seyed R. Zarabadi, Dan W. Chilcott 2007-07-31
7134179 Process of forming a capacitative audio transducer John E. Freeman, William J. Baney, Timothy M. Betzner, Dan W. Chilcott, Timothy A. Vas +2 more 2006-11-14
7077007 Deep reactive ion etching process and microelectromechanical devices formed thereby David B. Rich 2006-07-18
7026645 Leak detection method and micro-machined device assembly David B. Rich 2006-04-11
6894836 Diffraction grating, method of making and method of using 2005-05-17 $1,594,000
6829814 Process of making an all-silicon microphone John E. Freeman, William J. Baney, Timothy M. Betzner, Dan W. Chilcott, Timothy A. Vas +2 more 2004-12-14 $3,567,000
6828172 Process for a monolithically-integrated micromachined sensor and circuit Abhijeet V. Chavan, James Logsdon, Dan W. Chilcott, Robert K. Speck 2004-12-07 $2,869,000
6761070 Microfabricated linear accelerometer Seyed R. Zarabadi 2004-07-13 $2,843,000