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Robert Downs — 36 Patents

IRIrm: 15 patents #4 of 277Top 2%
General Motors: 12 patents #1,261 of 18,328Top 7%
SASaturn: 9 patents #4 of 112Top 4%
WTWildcat Discovery Technologies: 1 patents #25 of 36Top 70%
Ortonville, MI: #4 of 227 inventorsTop 2%
Michigan: #1,626 of 86,293 inventorsTop 2%
Overall (All Time): #92,222 of 4,157,543Top 3%
36 Patents All Time
Robert Downs has been granted 36 US patents while listed as an inventor at Irm. The first was granted in 1987 and the most recent in August 2010. Robert Downs ranks #92,222 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 2.2%). Patent records list Robert Downs in Ortonville, MI, US.

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 36 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDate
7767151 High throughput mechanical alloying and screening — 2010-08-03
7578206 Sample deposition method and system Ansgar Brock, Christopher M. Shaw 2009-08-25
7422411 Gripping mechanisms, apparatus and methods Mark Weselak, James Mainquist 2008-09-09
7390458 High throughput processing system and method of using Kristina Burow, Jeremy Caldwell, Scott Lesley, James Mainquist, Andrew Meyer +2 more 2008-06-24
7329394 High throughput incubation devices Mark Weselak 2008-02-12
6964867 Method and apparatus for performing multiple processing steps on a sample in a single vessel — 2005-11-15
6932557 Gripping mechanisms, apparatus, and methods Mark Weselak, James Mainquist 2005-08-23
6918309 Sample deposition method and system Ansgar Brock, Christopher M. Shaw 2005-07-19
6869792 Method and apparatus for performing multiple processing steps on a sample in a single vessel — 2005-03-22
6827113 Massively parallel fluid dispensing systems and methods Mark Weselak 2004-12-07
6723555 Multi-sample fermentor and method of using same Scott Lesley, James Mainquist, Daniel McMullan, Andrew Meyer, Marc Nasoff 2004-04-20
6709872 Method and apparatus for dispensing low nanoliter volumes of liquid while minimizing waste Mark Weselak 2004-03-23
6659142 Apparatus and method for preparing fluid mixtures Mark Weselak 2003-12-09
6635441 Multi-sample fermentor and method of using same Scott Lesley, James Mainquist, Daniel McMullan, Andrew Meyer, Marc Nasoff 2003-10-21
6616569 Torque control system for a hybrid vehicle with an automatic transmission Tony T. Hoang, Goro Tamai, Kenneth R. Kridner 2003-09-09
6592324 Gripper mechanism Mark Weselak 2003-07-15
6534014 Specimen plate lid and method of using James Mainquist, Mark Weselak, Andrew Meyer, Kristina Burow, Daniel G. Sipes +1 more 2003-03-18
6488610 Hydraulic control for a 5-speed automatic transmission Kenneth James Micklash, II, James Mainquist, David Allen Blenc 2002-12-03
6453864 Crankshaft rotation control in a hybrid electric vehicle Goro Tamai, Tony T. Hoang, Dennis T. Richey 2002-09-24
6443277 Clutch valving circuit for automatic transmission Joel A. Taylor, David Allen Blenc, James Mainquist, Goro Tamai, Kyle K. Kinsey 2002-09-03
6376927 Hybrid electric drive and control method therefor Goro Tamai, Tony T. Hoang 2002-04-23
6307277 Apparatus and method for a torque and fuel control system for a hybrid vehicle Goro Tamai, Tony T. Hoang, Dennis T. Richey 2001-10-23
6286474 Engine balancer Arvo J. Siismets 2001-09-11
6254507 Reverse one-way torque converter clutch — 2001-07-03
5588327 Multiplexed hydraulic clutch control James Mainquist, Larry T. Nitz, William L. Aldrich, III 1996-12-31

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