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Robert William Tait — 20 Patents

GE: 13 patents #2,462 of 36,430Top 7%
Intel: 3 patents #10,444 of 30,777Top 35%
PSProgress Rail Services: 1 patents #55 of 125Top 45%
SBSabic Innovative Plastics B.V.: 1 patents #445 of 817Top 55%
Niskayuna, NY: #198 of 949 inventorsTop 25%
New York: #7,014 of 115,490 inventorsTop 7%
Overall (All Time): #214,803 of 4,157,543Top 6%
20 Patents All Time
Robert William Tait has been granted 20 US patents while listed as an inventor at GE. The first was granted in 2000 and the most recent in November 2020. Robert William Tait ranks #214,803 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 5.2%). Patent records list Robert William Tait in Niskayuna, NY, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2000 to 2020Bar chart with a peak of 2 patents in 2008.peak 22000: 1 patents20002001: 1 patents2003: 1 patents20032007: 1 patents2008: 2 patents20082009: 1 patents2010: 1 patents20102011: 1 patents2012: 2 patents20122014: 1 patents2015: 1 patents20152016: 2 patents2017: 2 patents20172019: 2 patents2020: 1 patents2020

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–20 of 20 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
10842046 Densified foam for thermal insulation in electronic devices Richard M. Hartman, Paul J. Macioce, George H. Ransford 2020-11-17
10448541 Densified foam for thermal insulation in electronic devices Richard M. Hartman, Paul J. Macioce, George A. Ransford 2019-10-15
10192298 System and method for monitoring tape ends of a composite layup machine Kevin George Harding, Christopher Allen Nafis 2019-01-29 $22,532,000
9724876 Operational performance assessment of additive manufacturing Mark Allen Cheverton, Christopher Allen Nafis, Russell Ryder Dennison 2017-08-08 $19,150,000
9719766 Method and system for measurement using a telescopic gauge Juntao Wu, Chun Zhan, Maxine Marie Gibeau, John Brandon Laflen 2017-08-01 $13,832,000
9441937 Method and apparatus for measuring thickness of an object Yakov Polishchuk, William Judson Hendrix, Michael Francis Strong 2016-09-13 $24,812,000
9255779 Wireless taper gauge and method of using same John Brandon Laflen, John William Herbold, William Judson Hendrix, Jason Harris Karp, Yakov Polishchuk +2 more 2016-02-09 $27,679,000
9007689 Method and apparatus for forming multiple images Gil Abramovich, Kevin George Harding, Mark Marshall Meyers, Qingying Hu 2015-04-14 $17,698,000
8919004 Digital feeler gauge and method of using same Juntao Wu, Cheryl Zhan, John Brandon Laflen, Steven William Wik, John William Herbold +1 more 2014-12-30 $11,819,000
8244488 Thermal inspection systems Jason Randolph Allen, Jared Michael Crosby, Christopher Joseph Uhl, Michael Orlando Cimini, Bianca Mary McCartt +3 more 2012-08-14 $23,441,000
8160832 Apparatus and method for identifying a defect and/or operating characteristic of a system Huageng Luo, Michael Richard Durling, Andrew Lawrence Ruggiero, Zongqi Sun, Harry Kirk Mathews, Jr. +2 more 2012-04-17
8063385 Method and apparatus for ultraviolet scan planning Robert John Filkins, Kevin Bernard Kenny, Christina Chirappuram Royce 2011-11-22 $13,652,000
7693673 Apparatus and method for identifying a defect and/or operating characteristic of a system Huageng Luo, Michael Richard Durling, Andrew Lawrence Ruggiero, Zongqi Sun, Harry Kirk Mathews, Jr. +2 more 2010-04-06 $29,769,000
7492450 Methods and apparatus for inspecting an object Kevin George Harding, Russell Stephen DeMuth 2009-02-17 $46,801,000
7466426 Phase shifting imaging module and method of imaging Shu-Guo Tang, Kevin George Harding, Craig Alan Cantello 2008-12-16 $43,932,000
7435986 System and method for detecting repeating defects in a light-management film Kevin Capaldo, Mark Allen Cheverton, Kevin George Harding 2008-10-14
7199386 System and method for detecting defects in a light-management film Kevin Capaldo, Mark Allen Cheverton, Kevin George Harding 2007-04-03 $54,828,000
6598994 Multi-angle inspection of manufactured products Alvaro D. Lewin, Mark R. DeYong 2003-07-29
6286978 Light array system and method for illumination of objects imaged by imaging systems Alvaro D. Lewin, Mark R. DeYong 2001-09-11
6161941 Light array system and method for illumination of objects imaged by imaging systems Alvaro D. Lewin, Mark R. DeYong 2000-12-19