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Gerhard Pfaff — 62 Patents

Merck: 57 patents #81 of 9,382Top 1%
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft: 3 patents #4,667 of 22,248Top 25%
WGWerner & Pfleiderer Gmbh: 2 patents #21 of 114Top 20%
Munster, DE: #1 of 649 inventorsTop 1%
Overall (All Time): #36,550 of 4,157,543Top 1%
62 Patents All Time
Gerhard Pfaff has been granted 62 US patents while listed as an inventor at Merck. The first was granted in 1984 and the most recent in February 2024. Gerhard Pfaff ranks #36,550 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 0.88%). Patent records list Gerhard Pfaff in Munster, DE.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1984 to 2024Bar chart with a peak of 8 patents in 2002.peak 81984: 2 patents19841988: 1 patents1991: 1 patents1994: 3 patents19941996: 1 patents1997: 2 patents1998: 2 patents19981999: 4 patents2000: 2 patents2001: 7 patents20012002: 8 patents2003: 6 patents2004: 2 patents20042005: 1 patents2006: 2 patents2007: 4 patents20072008: 1 patents2009: 1 patents2010: 2 patents20102012: 1 patents2014: 1 patents2019: 2 patents20192020: 1 patents2021: 2 patents2023: 1 patents20232024: 2 patents2024

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 51–62 of 62 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
5827361 Carbon-containing figments Klaus Bernhardt, Reiner Vogt 1998-10-27 $312,218,000
5753024 Grey pigments containing tin Reiner Vogt, Klaus Bernhard, Matthias Kuntz, Susanne Rudolph, Sylvia Schmidt 1998-05-19 $131,585,000
5702518 Gold pigments Reiner Vogt, Klaus Bernhard 1997-12-30 $100,706,000
5611852 Stabilized conductive pigment Hans-Dieter Bruckner 1997-03-18 $78,728,000
5536447 Substrate-free conductive pigments Gerd Bauer 1996-07-16 $47,913,000
5350448 Electrically conductive pigments Johann Dietz, Klaus-Dieter Franz, Reiner Vogt, Katsuhisa Nitta 1994-09-27 $22,745,000
5320781 Conductive pigment Otto Stahlecker, Manfred Thon, Ralf Glausch, Manfred Kieser, Wilhelm Gobel 1994-06-14 $46,737,000
5286291 Pigments containing carbon black Klaus Bernhardt 1994-02-15 $47,511,000
4984977 Screw-type extruder having a starting valve and throttle Albert Grimminger, Wolfgang Lauser, Franz-Josef Müller, Edgar Schlipf 1991-01-15
4754539 Method and extractor device for separating worm elements of an extruder from a worm shaft Arno Knoll, Wolfgang Worz 1988-07-05
4488215 Method and apparatus for controlling the load current of a pulsed frequency converter Albert Wick 1984-12-11
4480301 Method and apparatus for controlling a pulsed frequency converter Albert Wick 1984-10-30