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Ken David Sauer — 27 Patents

GE: 26 patents #900 of 36,430Top 3%
ULUniversity Of Notre Dame Du Lac: 19 patents #2 of 437Top 1%
PFPurdue Research Foundation: 17 patents #34 of 3,174Top 2%
University of Michigan: 3 patents #689 of 4,352Top 20%
PUPurdue University: 2 patents #1 of 23Top 5%
South Bend, IN: #13 of 809 inventorsTop 2%
Indiana: #938 of 33,936 inventorsTop 3%
Overall (All Time): #142,059 of 4,157,543Top 4%
27 Patents All Time
Ken David Sauer has been granted 27 US patents while listed as an inventor at GE. The first was granted in 2004 and the most recent in May 2025. Ken David Sauer ranks #142,059 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 3.4%). Patent records list Ken David Sauer in South Bend, IN, US.

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 27 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12299849 Noise preserving models and methods for resolution recovery of x-ray computed tomography images Roman Melnyk, Madhuri Mahendra Nagare, Jie Tang, Obaidullah Rahman, Brian Edward Nett +1 more 2025-05-13
11126914 Image generation using machine learning Jean-Baptiste Thibault, Somesh Srivastava, Jiang Hsieh, Charles A. Bouman, Dong Ye 2021-09-21 $37,393,000
9538974 Methods and systems for correcting table deflection Guangzhi Cao, Jiang Hsieh, Jean-Baptiste Thibault, Jiahua Fan 2017-01-10 $27,458,000
9466136 Methods and systems for performing model-based image processing Jean-Baptiste Thibault, Ruoqiao Zhang, Charles A. Bouman 2016-10-11 $18,366,000
9460485 Systems and methods for guided de-noising for computed tomography Jean-Baptiste Thibault, Debashish Pal, Jie Tang, Charles A. Bouman, Ruoqiao Zhang 2016-10-04 $28,885,000
9261467 System and method of iterative image reconstruction for computed tomography Jean-Baptiste Thibault, Xue Rui, Somesh Srivastava, Lin Fu, Charles A. Bouman 2016-02-16 $26,015,000
9020230 Method and apparatus for iterative reconstruction Zhou Yu, Evgeny Drapkin, Bruno Kristiaan Bernard De Man, Jean-Baptiste Thibault, Kai Zeng +6 more 2015-04-28 $26,905,000
8923583 Methods and systems for performing model-based iterative reconstruction Jean-Baptiste Thibault, Charles A. Bouman, Ruoqiao Zhang, Jiang Hsieh 2014-12-30 $11,819,000
8885975 Method and apparatus for iterative reconstruction Zhou Yu, Bruno Kristiaan Bernard De Man, Jean-Baptiste Thibault, Debashish Pal, Lin Fu +4 more 2014-11-11 $19,590,000
8787521 System and method of iterative image reconstruction for computed tomography Jean-Baptiste Thibault, Bruno Kristiaan Bernard De Man, Kai Zeng, Zhou Yu, Charles A. Bouman 2014-07-22 $17,332,000
8655033 Iterative reconstruction Kai Zeng, Charles A. Bouman, Bruno Kristiaan Bernard De Man, Jiang Hsieh, Jean-Baptiste Thibault +1 more 2014-02-18 $14,966,000
8416914 System and method of iterative image reconstruction for computed tomography Jean-Baptiste Thibault, Zhou Yu, Jiao Wang, Charles A. Bouman 2013-04-09 $23,374,000
8233682 Methods and systems for improving spatial and temporal resolution of computed images of moving objects Jeffrey A. Fessler, Charles A. Bouman, Jiang Hsieh, Jean-Baptiste Thibault, Samit Kumar Basu +1 more 2012-07-31 $23,457,000
8218715 Methods and systems to facilitate correcting gain fluctuations in iterative image reconstruction Charles A. Bouman, Jiang Hsieh, Jean-Baptiste Thibault 2012-07-10 $21,644,000
8175115 Method and system for iterative reconstruction Jean-Baptiste Thibault, Jiang Hsieh, Bruno Kristiaan Bernard De Man, Samit Kumar Basu, Zhou Yu +1 more 2012-05-08 $13,545,000
8135186 Method and system for image reconstruction Charles A. Bouman, Jean-Baptiste Thibault, Zhou Yu 2012-03-13 $36,345,000
7983462 Methods and systems for improving quality of an image Charles A. Bouman, Jiang Hsieh, Jean-Baptiste Thibault 2011-07-19 $32,943,000
7885371 Method and system for image reconstruction Jean-Baptiste Thibault, Charles A. Bouman, Jeffrey A. Fessler 2011-02-08 $36,008,000
7676074 Systems and methods for filtering data in a medical imaging system Charles A. Bouman, Jiang Hsieh, Jean-Baptiste Thibault 2010-03-09 $76,995,000
7583780 Systems and methods for improving a resolution of an image Jiang Hsieh, Jean-Baptiste Thibault, Charles A. Bouman 2009-09-01 $86,598,000
7440602 Methods, apparatus, and software to compensate for failed or degraded components Jiang Hsieh, Charles A. Bouman, Jean-Baptiste Thibault 2008-10-21 $75,307,000
7327822 Methods, apparatus, and software for reconstructing an image Charles A. Bouman, Jiang Hsieh, Jean-Baptiste Thibault 2008-02-05 $30,171,000
7308071 Methods, apparatus, and software for reconstructing an image Charles A. Bouman, Jiang Hsieh, Jean-Baptiste Thibault 2007-12-11 $45,748,000
7272205 Methods, apparatus, and software to facilitate computing the elements of a forward projection matrix Jean-Baptiste Thibault, Charles A. Bouman, Jiang Hsieh 2007-09-18 $32,847,000
7251306 Methods, apparatus, and software to facilitate iterative reconstruction of images Jean-Baptiste Thibault, Charles A. Bouman, Jiang Hsieh 2007-07-31 $49,315,000