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John D. Grade — 24 Patents

IOIolon: 13 patents #2 of 26Top 8%
STSeagate Technology: 8 patents #797 of 4,701Top 20%
Mountain View, CA: #849 of 11,022 inventorsTop 8%
California: #23,266 of 386,348 inventorsTop 7%
Overall (All Time): #168,038 of 4,157,543Top 5%
24 Patents All Time
John D. Grade has been granted 24 US patents while listed as an inventor at Iolon. The first was granted in 1999 and the most recent in January 2012. John D. Grade ranks #168,038 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 4.0%). Patent records list John D. Grade in Mountain View, CA, US.

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Showing 1–24 of 24 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
8098209 Systems, methods and devices for improved imaging Daniel W. van der Weide 2012-01-17
8059037 Broadband antennas and related systems, devices, and methods Daniel W. van der Weide 2011-11-15
7768458 Systems, methods and devices for improved imaging Daniel W. van der Weide 2010-08-03
6903486 Balanced microdevice John H. Jerman 2005-06-07
6882083 Miniature device with bossed suspension member John H. Jerman 2005-04-19
6847661 Tunable laser with microactuator John H. Jerman, Jill Berger, John Heanue 2005-01-25
6847151 Rotary electrostatic microactuator John H. Jerman 2005-01-25
6836584 Optical microswitch John H. Jerman, Joseph D. Drake, Kurt E. Petersen 2004-12-28
6787969 Damped micromechanical device John H. Jerman, Kevin Yasumura, Joseph D. Drake 2004-09-07
6759734 Miniature device with increased insulative spacing and method for making same John H. Jerman 2004-07-06
6664707 Miniature device with translatable member John H. Jerman 2003-12-16
6657360 Micromechanical device John H. Jerman 2003-12-02
6625101 Apparatus for finely adjusting optical components John H. Jerman, Albert L. Tervalon 2003-09-23 $22,491,000
6594057 Micromachined device with stretchable restoring force member Joseph D. Drake, John H. Jerman 2003-07-15 $9,971,000
6473553 Apparatus for holding and engaging micro-machined objects and method for making same John H. Jerman 2002-10-29
6469415 Balanced microdevice and rotary electrostatic microactuator use therewith John H. Jerman 2002-10-22
6384510 Electrostatic microactuator with offset and/or inclined comb drive fingers John H. Jerman 2002-05-07
6333584 Tiltable electrostatic microactuator and method for using same John H. Jerman 2001-12-25
6329737 Rotary electrostatic microactuator John H. Jerman 2001-12-11
6134207 Optical data storage system having optical microswitch John H. Jerman, Joseph D. Drake, Kurt E. Petersen 2000-10-17 $36,233,000
6128122 Micromachined mirror with stretchable restoring force member Joseph D. Drake, John H. Jerman 2000-10-03 $74,593,000
6076256 Method for manufacturing magneto-optical data storage system Joseph D. Drake, John H. Jerman, Kathy J. Jackson 2000-06-20 $28,102,000
6049650 Structure for micro-machine optical tooling and method for making and using John H. Jerman 2000-04-11 $34,467,000
5998906 Electrostatic microactuator and method for use thereof John H. Jerman, Joseph D. Drake 1999-12-07 $7,717,000