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Michael J. Vild — 29 Patents

GLGlasstech: 28 patents #3 of 71Top 5%
Toledo, OH: #24 of 1,470 inventorsTop 2%
Ohio: #1,898 of 73,341 inventorsTop 3%
Overall (All Time): #127,851 of 4,157,543Top 4%
29 Patents All Time
Michael J. Vild has been granted 29 US patents while listed as an inventor at Glasstech. The first was granted in 1992 and the most recent in September 2024. Michael J. Vild ranks #127,851 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 3.1%). Patent records list Michael J. Vild in Toledo, OH, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1992 to 2024Bar chart with a peak of 4 patents in 2017.peak 41992: 1 patents19921995: 1 patents1997: 1 patents19971998: 1 patents1999: 2 patents19992000: 2 patents2001: 1 patents20012002: 2 patents2011: 2 patents20112012: 1 patents2016: 1 patents20162017: 4 patents2018: 4 patents20182019: 2 patents2020: 1 patents20202022: 1 patents2024: 2 patents2024

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 29 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDate
12079980 System and method for measuring a surface in contoured glass sheets Jason C. Addington, Benjamin L. Moran 2024-09-03
11867630 Fixture and method for optical alignment in a system for measuring a surface in contoured glass sheets Benjamin L. Moran, Jason C. Addington 2024-01-09
11465928 Glass sheet acquisition and positioning system and associated method for an inline system for measuring the optical characteristics of a glass sheet Jason C. Addington, Benjamin L. Moran 2022-10-11
10851013 Glass sheet acquisition and positioning system and associated method for an inline system for measuring the optical characteristics of a glass sheet Jason C. Addington, Benjamin L. Moran 2020-12-01
10289930 System and associated for online measurement of the optical characteristics of a glass sheet Benjamin L. Moran, Jason C. Addington 2019-05-14
10267750 System and associated method for online detection of small defects on/in a glass sheet Benjamin L. Moran, Jason C. Addington 2019-04-23
9952037 System and method for developing three-dimensional surface information corresponding to a contoured sheet Jason C. Addington, Benjamin L. Moran 2018-04-24
9952039 System and method for measuring reflected optical distortion in contoured panels having specular surfaces Jason C. Addington, Benjamin L. Moran 2018-04-24
9933373 Glass sheet acquisition and positioning mechanism for an inline system for measuring the optical characteristics of a glass sheet Stephen D. Snyder 2018-04-03
9933251 Non-contact gaging system and method for contoured glass sheets Jason C. Addington, Benjamin L. Moran 2018-04-03
9851200 Non-contact gaging system and method for contoured panels having specular surfaces Jason C. Addington, Benjamin L. Moran 2017-12-26
9846129 System and method for measuring reflected optical distortion in contoured glass sheets Jason C. Addington, Benjamin L. Moran 2017-12-19
9841276 System and method for developing three-dimensional surface information corresponding to a contoured glass sheet Jason C. Addington, Benjamin L. Moran 2017-12-12
9745147 Glass sheet forming system David B. Nitschke, Dean M. Nitschke, David M. Luttrell, Rusty J. Vannewhouse 2017-08-29
9470641 System and method for measuring reflected optical distortion in contoured glass sheets Jason C. Addington, Benjamin L. Moran 2016-10-18
8132428 Glass sheet forming method David B. Nitschke, Dean M. Nitschke, James P. Schnabel, Jr. 2012-03-13
8049879 Method and apparatus for measuring transmitted optical distortion in glass sheets Donivan M. Shetterly, Jason C. Addington 2011-11-01
7958750 Glass sheet forming system David B. Nitschke, Dean M. Nitschke, James P. Schnabel, Jr. 2011-06-14
6425269 Method for glass sheet forming Ronald A. McMaster, Donivan M. Shetterly, Paul D. Ducat 2002-07-30
6422040 Method for forming glass sheets Ronald A. McMaster, Donivan M. Shetterly, Paul D. Ducat 2002-07-23
6263705 Hot glass sheet handling apparatus including overlapping roll conveyor and topside transfer platen 2001-07-24
6038887 Apparatus and method for forming glass sheets Paul D. Ducat 2000-03-21
6013375 Coated glass sheet Robert J. Maltby, Jr., Kenneth H. Wetmore 2000-01-11
5948132 Glass sheet strip annealing method Robert E. Maltby, Jr., Harold A. McMaster, Philip J. Breno, James W. Buckingham 1999-09-07
5876474 Method for coating glass sheet ribbon Robert J. Maltby, Jr., Kenneth H. Wetmore 1999-03-02