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Franz Knopf — 22 Patents

EGEltex Elektrostatik Gmbh: 8 patents #2 of 9Top 25%
UNUnknown: 3 patents #7,366 of 83,584Top 9%
AGAvl List Gmbh: 2 patents #140 of 613Top 25%
WGWoco Industrietechnik Gmbh: 1 patents #13 of 31Top 45%
Illinois Tool Works: 1 patents #4,193 of 4,311Top 100%
EKEbro Electronic Gmbh & Co. Kg: 1 patents #2 of 3Top 70%
EMEltex Elektrostatik Gesellschaft Mbh: 1 patents #4 of 7Top 60%
Asperg, DE: #7 of 205 inventorsTop 4%
Overall (All Time): #189,202 of 4,157,543Top 5%
22 Patents All Time
Franz Knopf has been granted 22 US patents while listed as an inventor at Eltex Elektrostatik Gmbh. The first was granted in 1980 and the most recent in July 2020. Franz Knopf ranks #189,202 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 4.6%). Patent records list Franz Knopf in Asperg, DE.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1980 to 2020Bar chart with a peak of 2 patents in 1984.peak 21980: 1 patents19801984: 2 patents1985: 1 patents19851986: 1 patents1991: 1 patents19911994: 1 patents1996: 1 patents19962000: 1 patents2001: 2 patents20012002: 1 patents2003: 2 patents20032004: 2 patents2008: 2 patents20082012: 1 patents2013: 2 patents20132020: 1 patents2020

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–22 of 22 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
10727651 Emission tip assembly and method for operating same 2020-07-28
8474304 Device for the determination of the concentration of solid particles Helmut Pongratz, Alexander Bergmann 2013-07-02
8444538 Impression roller and use of the same Lukas Hahne, Thomas Litterst 2013-05-21 $17,293,000
8308846 Method and device for precipitating impurities from a stream of gas Marcel Op de Laak 2012-11-13
7431897 Apparatus replacing atmospheric oxygen with an inert gas from a laminar air boundary layer and application of said apparatus Lukas Hahne 2008-10-07
7345766 Measuring chamber for photo-acoustical sensors Wolfgang Schindler, Klaus-Christoph Harms, Harald Grantner 2008-03-18
6827781 Device for humidifying a material web Ernst August Hahne 2004-12-07
6748855 Device and method for blocking a stack of stacked objects Ernst August Hahne, Hermann Kunzig 2004-06-15
6508174 Electrostatic printing aid Ernst August Hahne, Thomas Ludwig 2003-01-21
6504700 Active discharge collector for minimizing positive and/or negative charges on moving material webs Ernst August Hahne 2003-01-07
6445562 Method and device for electrostatic charging Ernst August Hahne, Hermann Kunzig 2002-09-03
6308574 Measuring device to measure the pressure of an atmosphere Wolfgang Klun 2001-10-30
6285032 Device for removing the gaseous laminar boundary layer of a web Ernst August Hahne 2001-09-04
6159555 Method and device for electrostatic charging Ernst August Hahne, Hermann Kunzig 2000-12-12
5517384 Compound surface-charging electrode Ernst August Hahne 1996-05-14
5322011 Pressure cylinder with electrostatically assisted ink transfer Ernst August Hahne 1994-06-21
5044275 Electrostatic printing assist system Ernst August Hahne, Herman Kunzig 1991-09-03
4610326 Air cooling arrangement for encapsulated vehicle engine Karl Kirchweger, Gerhard Thien 1986-09-09
4514140 Axial fan 1985-04-30
4459944 Water-cooled internal combustion engine with a sound-absorbing cover Karl Kirchweger, Gerhard Thien 1984-07-17
4455971 Water-cooled internal combustion engine with a sound absorbing cover Karl Kirchweger 1984-06-26
4208965 Method for electrostatic assistance in printing processes, and printing machines having electrostatic substrate contact pressure Helmut Eichler 1980-06-24