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Douglas S. Steele — 15 Patents

GE: 15 patents #2,042 of 36,430Top 6%
Mechanicville, NY: #18 of 102 inventorsTop 20%
New York: #9,821 of 115,490 inventorsTop 9%
Overall (All Time): #307,048 of 4,157,543Top 8%
15 Patents All Time
Douglas S. Steele has been granted 15 US patents while listed as an inventor at GE. The first was granted in 1982 and the most recent in April 1991. Douglas S. Steele ranks #307,048 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 7.4%). Patent records list Douglas S. Steele in Mechanicville, NY, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1982 to 1991Bar chart with a peak of 4 patents in 1989.peak 41982: 1 patents19821986: 3 patents19861987: 2 patents19871988: 3 patents19881989: 4 patents19891990: 1 patents19901991: 1 patents1991

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–15 of 15 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
5010252 Ionization detector 1991-04-23 $16,752,000
4973794 Cable assembly for an electrical signal transmission system 1990-11-27 $8,681,000
4835394 Cable assembly for an electrical signal transmission system 1989-05-30 $10,744,000
4809314 Method of aligning a linear array X-ray detector John P. Keaveney, David Oliver 1989-02-28 $4,890,000
4803639 X-ray inspection system Larry C. Howington, James W. Schuler, Joseph J. Sostarich, Charles R. Wojciechowski, Theodore W. Sippel +13 more 1989-02-07 $13,060,000
4802195 Device for method for manipulating a part Charles R. Wojcienchowski, Henry J. Scudder, III 1989-01-31 $8,694,000
4763008 Ionization detector with conductive signal and ground traces 1988-08-09 $18,932,000
4735451 Method and device for gripping parts in an X-ray inspection system Charles R. Wojciechowski, Theodore W. Sippel, Joseph J. Sostarich 1988-04-05 $10,642,000
4734988 Method of aligning a collimator to a linear array X-ray detector Casmir R. Trzaskos 1988-04-05 $10,642,000
4691108 Ionization detector 1987-09-01 $32,999,000
4682964 Ionization detector Francis Howard Little, Joseph J. Sostarich, Douglas Ingram 1987-07-28 $17,301,000
4613313 Ionization detector 1986-09-23 $10,318,000
4613314 Ionization detector 1986-09-23 $10,318,000
4570071 Ionization detector Theodore W. Sippel 1986-02-11 $7,725,000
4349274 Optical triangulation apparatus and method 1982-09-14 $3,410,000