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Donald K. Mitchell — 12 Patents

MIMicroe: 5 patents #1 of 4Top 25%
TGThe Gsi Group: 4 patents #30 of 181Top 20%
Tulsa, OK: #129 of 2,344 inventorsTop 6%
Oklahoma: #840 of 12,736 inventorsTop 7%
Overall (All Time): #396,045 of 4,157,543Top 10%
12 Patents All Time
Donald K. Mitchell has been granted 12 US patents while listed as an inventor at Microe. The first was granted in 1991 and the most recent in March 2008. Donald K. Mitchell ranks #396,045 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 9.5%). Patent records list Donald K. Mitchell in Tulsa, OK, US.

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Showing 1–12 of 12 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
7343693 Scale assembly for optical encoder having affixed optical reference markers Donald L. Grimes, William G. Thorburn, Stuart A. Dodson, II, Keith M. Hinrichs, Andrew Goldman +2 more 2008-03-18 $2,856,000
7324212 Optical encoder having slanted optical detector elements for harmonic suppression William G. Thorburn 2008-01-29 $1,777,000
7193204 Multi-track optical encoder employing beam divider 2007-03-20 $971,000
7067797 Optical position encoder having alignment indicators providing quantitative alignment indications William G. Thorburn, Andrew Goldman, Keith M. Hinrichs 2006-06-27 $1,460,000
6686585 Position encoder with scale calibration Donald L. Grimes, Stuart Schechter 2004-02-03
5783752 Diffuse surface interference position sensor William G. Thorburn, Bruce A. Horwitz 1998-07-21
5754295 Non-contacting torque sensor and displacement measuring apparatus and method 1998-05-19
5646730 Relative movement detecting apparatus using a detector positioned in a region of natural interference William G. Thorburn 1997-07-08
5559600 Apparatus for detecting relative movement 1996-09-24
5486923 Apparatus for detecting relative movement wherein a detecting means is positioned in the region of natural interference William G. Thorburn 1996-01-23
5022485 Method and apparatus for detonation of distributed charges 1991-06-11
4991684 Method and apparatus for detonation of distributed charges 1991-02-12