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Clair A. Samhammer — 7 Patents

MIMeade Instruments: 6 patents #5 of 22Top 25%
MTMultiplex Technology: 1 patents #3 of 6Top 50%
Orange, CA: #168 of 1,105 inventorsTop 20%
California: #83,669 of 386,348 inventorsTop 25%
Overall (All Time): #680,018 of 4,157,543Top 20%
7 Patents All Time
Clair A. Samhammer has been granted 7 US patents while listed as an inventor at Meade Instruments. The first was granted in 1994 and the most recent in April 2000. Clair A. Samhammer ranks #680,018 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 16.4%). Patent records list Clair A. Samhammer in Orange, CA, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1994 to 2000Bar chart with a peak of 3 patents in 1999.peak 31994: 1 patents19941998: 2 patents19981999: 3 patents19992000: 1 patents2000

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–7 of 7 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDate
D422610 Automated telescope John C. Diebel, John E. Smith, David M. Hines 2000-04-11
D417881 Automated telescope John C. Diebel, John E. Smith, David M. Hines 1999-12-21
D417680 Spotting scope John C. Diebel, John E. Smith, David M. Hines 1999-12-14
D412920 Telescope mount John C. Diebel, John E. Smith, David M. Hines 1999-08-17
D392657 Telescope John C. Diebel, Jeffrey R. Buss 1998-03-24
D390583 Spotting scope John C. Diebel, Jeffrey R. Buss 1998-02-10
D343786 Video camera wall mounting bracket David M. Hines, Rey P. Harju 1994-02-01