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John Hoot — 9 Patents

MIMeade Instruments: 9 patents #3 of 22Top 15%
San Clemente, CA: #131 of 775 inventorsTop 20%
California: #67,547 of 386,348 inventorsTop 20%
Overall (All Time): #535,341 of 4,157,543Top 15%
9 Patents All Time
John Hoot has been granted 9 US patents while listed as an inventor at Meade Instruments. The first was granted in 2001 and the most recent in January 2009. John Hoot ranks #535,341 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 12.9%). Patent records list John Hoot in San Clemente, CA, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2001 to 2009Bar chart with a peak of 2 patents in 2006.peak 22001: 1 patents20012002: 1 patents20022005: 1 patents20052006: 2 patents20062007: 2 patents20072008: 1 patents20082009: 1 patents2009

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–9 of 9 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
7482564 High definition telescope Kenneth W. Baun 2009-01-27 $123,000
7339731 Self-aligning telescope Kenneth W. Baun 2008-03-04 $411,000
7221527 Systems and methods for automated telescope alignment and orientation Kenneth W. Baun 2007-05-22 $457,000
7209229 Wavelength selectable spectroheliograph 2007-04-24 $440,000
7092156 Automated telescope alignment and orientation method Kenneth W. Baun 2006-08-15 $477,000
7079317 Automated telescope with distributed orientation and operation processing Kenneth W. Baun, Brian Tingey 2006-07-18 $471,000
6922283 Systems and methods for automated telescope alignment and orientation Kenneth W. Baun 2005-07-26 $500,000
6392799 Fully automated telescope system with distributed intelligence Kenneth W. Baun 2002-05-21 $1,866,000
6304376 Fully automated telescope system with distributed intelligence Kenneth W. Baun, John E. Smith, Michael Wachala, Brian Tingey, Brent G. Duchon +1 more 2001-10-16 $1,709,000