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Robert Sprague — 15 Patents

MAMaterion: 11 patents #5 of 190Top 3%
Acton, MA: #182 of 1,334 inventorsTop 15%
Massachusetts: #8,211 of 88,656 inventorsTop 10%
Overall (All Time): #307,048 of 4,157,543Top 8%
15 Patents All Time
Robert Sprague has been granted 15 US patents while listed as an inventor at Materion. The first was granted in 1985 and the most recent in September 2025. Robert Sprague ranks #307,048 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 7.4%). Patent records list Robert Sprague in Acton, MA, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1985 to 2025Bar chart with a peak of 3 patents in 2022.peak 31985: 1 patents19851987: 1 patents1988: 1 patents19881989: 1 patents2017: 1 patents20172018: 2 patents2019: 2 patents20192020: 1 patents2022: 3 patents20222024: 1 patents2025: 1 patents2025

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–15 of 15 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12422605 Near infrared optical interference filters with improved transmission Shengyuan Bai 2025-09-23
12000033 Method of fabricating anisotropic optical interference filter 2024-06-04 $15,840,000
11474422 Reflective color correction for phosphor illumination systems Michael Newell 2022-10-18 $5,712,000
11372144 Near infrared optical interference filters with improved transmission Shengyuan Bai 2022-06-28 $5,765,000
11365471 Method of fabricating anisotropic optical interference filter 2022-06-21 $9,648,000
10871644 Enhancement of output of optically pumped phosphor by use of surface nanostructures Michael Newell 2020-12-22 $13,027,000
10502880 Method of fabricating anisotropic optical interference filter 2019-12-10 $4,978,000
10437042 Enhancement of output of optically pumped phosphor by use of surface nanostructures Michael Newell 2019-10-08 $5,041,000
9989684 Near infrared optical interference filters with improved transmission 2018-06-05 $7,067,000
9927369 Automated defect detection and mapping for optical filters 2018-03-27 $6,252,000
9804310 Method of fabricating anisotropic optical interference filter 2017-10-31 $3,198,000
4795349 Coded font keyboard apparatus Joan Sprague 1989-01-03
4768959 Method of teaching and transcribing of language through the use of a periodic code of language elements Joan Sprague 1988-09-06
4650423 Method of teaching and transcribing of language through the use of a periodic code of language elements Joan Sprague 1987-03-17
4515566 Flip card apparatus for forming units of speech 1985-05-07