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John P. Ertel — 28 Patents

HP: 19 patents #855 of 16,619Top 6%
CSCorning Cable Systems: 5 patents #126 of 575Top 25%
ATAgilent Technologies: 2 patents #1,067 of 3,411Top 35%
AIAptina Imaging: 1 patents #187 of 332Top 60%
CICorning Incorporated: 1 patents #2,646 of 3,890Top 70%
Rue de l'Église, CA: #31 of 378 inventorsTop 9%
California: #19,067 of 386,348 inventorsTop 5%
Overall (All Time): #134,628 of 4,157,543Top 4%
28 Patents All Time
John P. Ertel has been granted 28 US patents while listed as an inventor at HP. The first was granted in 1991 and the most recent in September 2018. John P. Ertel ranks #134,628 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 3.2%). Patent records list John P. Ertel in Rue de l'Église, CA, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1991 to 2018Bar chart with a peak of 4 patents in 2004.peak 41991: 2 patents19911992: 2 patents1997: 1 patents19971998: 3 patents1999: 1 patents19992003: 3 patents2004: 4 patents20042005: 3 patents2006: 1 patents20062008: 1 patents2012: 1 patents20122014: 2 patents2015: 2 patents20152016: 1 patents2018: 1 patents2018

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 28 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
10078048 Refractometer assemblies, methods of calibrating the same, and methods of determining unknown refractive indices using the same Colin Daly, Jeffrey Stapleton King 2018-09-18 $14,936,000
9389374 Fiber optic sub-assembly with low profile 2016-07-12 $10,719,000
9170387 Optical component assemblies Gary Richard Trott 2015-10-27 $13,666,000
8979394 Self-contained total internal reflection sub-assembly 2015-03-17 $8,876,000
8913858 Total-internal-reflection fiber optic interface modules and assemblies Mathieu Charbonneau-Lefort, Gary Richard Trott 2014-12-16 $23,934,000
8834041 Ferrule-based optical component assemblies Gary Richard Trott 2014-09-16 $23,877,000
8210788 Systems and methods of attaching a cover to a text body Raymond G. Schuder, Robert Cobene, Steven W. Trovinger, Ross R. Allen 2012-07-03 $6,483,000
7468753 Use of telephone-specific components to provide refocusing in a camera-ready device Mark Melvin Butterworth 2008-12-23
6986631 Systems and methods of binding a text body Robert Cobene, Steven W. Trovinger, Ross R. Allen, Raymond G. Schuder 2006-01-17 $20,427,000
6921676 Wafer-scale manufacturing method Peter Robrish, Charles W. Hoke 2005-07-26 $8,982,000
6866459 Systems and methods of registering a cover with respect to a text body Robert Cobene, Steven W. Trovinger, Raymond G. Schuder 2005-03-15 $10,054,000
6842286 Optical system and methods that compensate for changes in atmospheric conditions William Trutna 2005-01-11 $6,370,000
6752578 Binding sheets by activating a microencapsulated binding agent Akinobu Kuramoto, Robert Cobene 2004-06-22 $12,284,000
6739816 Systems and methods of attaching a cover to a text body Raymond G. Schuder, Robert Cobene, Steven W. Trovinger, Ross R. Allen 2004-05-25 $10,520,000
6732777 Dispensing adhesive in a bookbinding system Akinobu Kuramoto, Robert Cobene 2004-05-11 $13,185,000
6698743 Determining when adhesive in a replaceable adhesive dispenser is nearly spent Akinobu Kuramoto, Robert Cobene 2004-03-02 $13,437,000
6641345 Systems and methods of increasing binding strength of a bound text body Robert Cobene, Steven W. Trovinger, Christopher A. Schantz, Raymond G. Schuder 2003-11-04 $16,518,000
6619900 Systems and methods of binding a text body Robert Cobene, Steven W. Trovinger, Ross R. Allen, Raymond G. Schuder 2003-09-16 $12,250,000
6572318 Managing bookbinding consumables Robert Cobene, Akinobu Kuramoto 2003-06-03 $25,357,000
5923412 Encapsulated liquid toner printing apparatus 1999-07-13 $59,603,000
5771254 Integrated controlled intensity laser-based light source Richard R. Baldwin, Scott W. Corzine, William D. Holland, Leif Larson, David M. Sears +4 more 1998-06-23 $40,800,000
5761229 Integrated controlled intensity laser-based light source Richard R. Baldwin, Scott W. Corzine, William D. Holland, Leif Larson, David M. Sears +4 more 1998-06-02 $20,710,000
5727014 Vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser generating light with a defined direction of polarization Shih-Yuan Wang, Michael R. T. Tan, William D. Holland, Scott W. Corzine 1998-03-10 $39,105,000
5650808 Color ink jet pen having nozzle group spacing to prevent color bleed Kent D. Vincent 1997-07-22 $48,562,000
5149980 Substrate advance measurement system using cross-correlation of light sensor array signals William D. Holland, Kent D. Vincent, Rueiming Jamp, Richard R. Baldwin 1992-09-22 $17,622,000