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Andreas Kirchner — 20 Patents

GE: 16 patents #1,876 of 36,430Top 6%
CGCarl Zeiss Smt Gmbh: 3 patents #370 of 1,189Top 35%
Salzbergen, DE: #3 of 33 inventorsTop 10%
Overall (All Time): #214,803 of 4,157,543Top 6%
20 Patents All Time
Andreas Kirchner has been granted 20 US patents while listed as an inventor at GE. The first was granted in 1982 and the most recent in October 2016. Andreas Kirchner ranks #214,803 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 5.2%). Patent records list Andreas Kirchner in Salzbergen, DE.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1982 to 2016Bar chart with a peak of 4 patents in 2009.peak 41982: 1 patents19822008: 1 patents20082009: 4 patents20092010: 1 patents20102011: 4 patents20112012: 3 patents20122013: 2 patents20132014: 2 patents20142015: 1 patents20152016: 1 patents2016

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–20 of 20 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
9466984 Power ramp rate control for renewable variable power generation systems Mark Edward Cardinal, Jignesh Gandhi 2016-10-11 $18,366,000
9046077 Reactive power controller for controlling reactive power in a wind farm Enno Ubben, Thomas Braam 2015-06-02 $27,610,000
8744635 Power production control method based on power production rate requirement Enno Ubben 2014-06-03 $15,090,000
8664800 System and method for distribution of inverter VAR support Anthony William Galbraith, Owen Jannis Schelenz, Mark Edward Cardinal, Nicholas Wright Miller, Kara Clark 2014-03-04 $16,351,000
8610306 Power plant control system and method for influencing high voltage characteristics 2013-12-17 $38,172,000
8427118 Systems and methods for regulating power in renewable energy sources Mark Edward Cardinal, Jignesh Gandhi 2013-04-23 $20,888,000
8258746 Charger and charging method 2012-09-04 $21,680,000
8185249 Wind farm power production control system Enno Ubben 2012-05-22 $17,277,000
8175755 Systems and methods for monitoring power devices Enno Ubben 2012-05-08 $13,545,000
8058740 Wind turbine cable twist prevention Markus Altenschulte 2011-11-15 $14,348,000
8018082 Method and apparatus for controlling a wind turbine Hartmut Scholte-Wassink, Enno Ubben 2011-09-13 $18,381,000
7908036 Power production control system and method Enno Ubben 2011-03-15 $23,027,000
7890217 Integrated real-time power and solar farm control system Mark Edward Cardinal, Minesh Ashok Shah, Timothy Botsford Cribbs, Anthony William Galbraith, Enno Ubben 2011-02-15 $37,156,000
7720639 Automatic remote monitoring and diagnostics system and communication method for communicating between a programmable logic controller and a central unit Victor Weimer 2010-05-18 $32,231,000
7613548 Systems and methods for controlling a ramp rate of a wind farm Mark Edward Cardinal, Reinhard Brugger 2009-11-03 $83,392,000
7605905 Method for distortion correction in a microlithographic projection exposure apparatus Bernhard Kneer, Hans-Jurgen Mann 2009-10-20
7573160 Methods and apparatus for controlling windfarms and windfarms controlled thereby Mark Edward Cardinal, Jignesh Gandhi, Reinhard Brugger 2009-08-11 $50,513,000
7522260 Method for correcting astigmatism in a microlithography projection exposure apparatus, a projection objective of such a projection exposure apparatus, and a fabrication method for micropatterned components Hans-Juergen Mann, Bernhard Kneer 2009-04-21
7372539 Method for distortion correction in a microlithographic projection exposure apparatus Bernhard Kneer, Hans-Jurgen Mann 2008-05-13
4334825 Elastomeric damping device especially for the neck of helicopter wing blades Dieter Braun, Wolfgang Buchs 1982-06-15