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Brian Melody — 75 Patents

KEKemet Electronics: 65 patents #3 of 180Top 2%
Medtronic: 10 patents #1,039 of 6,367Top 20%
EMEmhart: 2 patents #204 of 310Top 70%
ALAlta: 1 patents #5 of 16Top 35%
MEMetronic: 1 patents #5 of 8Top 65%
Greencastle, IN: #1 of 40 inventorsTop 3%
Indiana: #127 of 33,936 inventorsTop 1%
Overall (All Time): #25,505 of 4,157,543Top 1%
75 Patents All Time
Brian Melody has been granted 75 US patents while listed as an inventor at Kemet Electronics. The first was granted in 1985 and the most recent in January 2013. Brian Melody ranks #25,505 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 0.61%). Patent records list Brian Melody in Greencastle, IN, US.

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 75 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
8346355 Capacitor reformation method and apparatus John D. Norton, John Tony Kinard 2013-01-01
8339769 Method of producing a capacitor Joachim Schott, John Tony Kinard 2012-12-25
8036740 Wet-tantalum reformation method and apparatus John D. Norton, John Tony Kinard 2011-10-11
7917217 Wet tantalum reformation method and apparatus John D. Norton, John Tony Kinard 2011-03-29
7780835 Method of making a capacitor by anodizing aluminum foil in a glycerine-phosphate electrolyte without a pre-anodizing hydration step John Tony Kinard, David Alexander Wheeler, Duane Earl Stenzinger, Albert Kennedy Harrington 2010-08-24 $3,432,000
7678259 Method of anodizing valve metal derived anode bodies and electrolyte therefore John Tony Kinard, David Alexander Wheeler 2010-03-16
7667954 Capacitor Philip M. Lessner, John Tony Kinard, Joachim Schott 2010-02-23 $78,188,000
7544218 Method for fabricating a medical device that includes a capacitor that does not require oxide reformation John D. Norton, Joachim Hossick-Schott, Mark E. Viste, John Tony Kinard 2009-06-09 $57,307,000
7499260 Capacitor and method for producing a capacitor Joachim Schott, John Tony Kinard 2009-03-03 $35,069,000
7348194 Electrode compositions containing carbon nanotubes for solid electrolyte capacitors Antony P. Chacko, Qingping Chen, Randy S. Hahn, John Tony Kinard, Philip M. Lessner 2008-03-25 $2,642,000
7342773 Capacitor containing aluminum anode foil anodized in low water content glycerine-phosphate electrolyte Albert Kennedy Harrington, John Tony Kinard, David Alexander Wheeler, Duane Earl Stenzinger 2008-03-11 $1,241,000
7256982 Electrolytic capacitor Philip M. Lessner, John Tony Kinard, Joachim Schott 2007-08-14
7248462 Method of anodizing valve metal derived anode bodies and electrolyte therefore John Tony Kinard, David Alexander Wheeler 2007-07-24 $4,150,000
7125429 Protecting resin-encapsulated components John Tony Kinard, Daniel F. Persico, Chris Stolarski, Phillip Michael Lessner, Qingping Chen +3 more 2006-10-24 $2,952,000
7125610 Capacitor containing aluminum anode foil anodized in low water content glycerine-phosphate electrolyte without a pre-anodizing hydration step David Alexander Wheeler, Duane Earl Stenzinger, Albert Kennedy Harrington, John Tony Kinard 2006-10-24 $2,952,000
7090762 Method of passing electric current through highly resistive anodic oxide films Terrance B. Tripp, John Tony Kinard, David Alexander Wheeler, Duane Earl Stenzinger 2006-08-15 $6,471,000
7081141 Electrolyte for electrolytic capacitor Joachim Hossick-Schott, John Tony Kinard 2006-07-25 $28,364,000
7079377 Capacitor and method for producing a capacitor Joachim Schott, John Tony Kinard 2006-07-18
6939774 Low freezing electrolyte for an electrolytic capacitor Mark E. Viste, Joachim Hossick-Schott, Zhi Fang, John Tony Kinard 2005-09-06
6896782 Capacitor prepared from a non-aqueous electrolyte John Tony Kinard, David Alexander Wheeler, Philip M. Lessner 2005-05-24 $4,364,000
6888717 Working electrolyte for electrolytic capacitors John Tony Kinard, David Alexander Wheeler 2005-05-03 $4,063,000
6859354 Low freezing electrolyte for an electrolytic capacitor Mark E. Viste, Joachim Hossick-Schott, Zhi Fang, John Tony Kinard 2005-02-22 $98,689,000
6849134 Minimum volume oven for producing uniform pyrolytic oxide coatings on capacitor anodes John Henley, John Tony Kinard, Randolph S. Hahn 2005-02-01 $4,933,000
6845004 Protecting resin-encapsulated components John Tony Kinard, Daniel F. Persico, Chris Stolarski, Phillip Michael Lessner, Qingping Chen +3 more 2005-01-18 $5,223,000
6842328 Capacitor and method for producing a capacitor Joachim Schott, John Tony Kinard, John D. Norton, Mark E. Viste, Anthony W. Rorvick +1 more 2005-01-11