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Dean Richardson — 11 Patents

MOMolex: 6 patents #286 of 1,726Top 20%
ALAlcon: 5 patents #174 of 866Top 25%
Wilmette, IL: #62 of 495 inventorsTop 15%
Illinois: #8,093 of 84,256 inventorsTop 10%
Overall (All Time): #435,149 of 4,157,543Top 15%
11 Patents All Time
Dean Richardson has been granted 11 US patents while listed as an inventor at Molex. The first was granted in 2012 and the most recent in June 2024. Dean Richardson ranks #435,149 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 10.5%). Patent records list Dean Richardson in Wilmette, IL, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2012 to 2024Bar chart with a peak of 2 patents in 2024.peak 22012: 1 patents20122013: 1 patents20132015: 1 patents20152016: 1 patents20162017: 1 patents20172018: 1 patents20182021: 1 patents20212022: 1 patents20222023: 1 patents20232024: 2 patents2024

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–11 of 11 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12011393 Occlusion sensing in ophthalmic laser probes Gerald David Bacher, Nikki Koe, Bruno Lassalas, Alireza Mirsepassi, Ronald T. Smith 2024-06-18 $112,626,000
11980575 Multi-core fiber for a multi-spot laser probe Chenguang Diao, Mark Harrison Farley, Alireza Mirsepassi, Ronald T. Smith 2024-05-14 $227,182,000
11800620 Light engine calibration systems and methods Jing-Zhe XU, Jason L. Lee, Hari Krishna Kapparapu 2023-10-24 $32,420,000
11385401 Multi-core optical fiber with reduced bubble formation Alireza Mirsepassi 2022-07-12 $40,289,000
11135092 Multi-core fiber for a multi-spot laser probe Chenguang Diao, Mark Harrison Farley, Alireza Mirsepassi, Ronald T. Smith 2021-10-05 $66,104,000
9977194 Wide temperature range optical fiber connector with thermal expansion compensation Mark Waldron, Malcolm H. Hodge, Wenzong Chen, Jannick Armand, Michael J. Gardner 2018-05-22
9759870 Multi-fiber ferrule with a lens plate Wenzong Chen, Malcolm H. Hodge, Thomas Coughlin 2017-09-12
9405076 Multi-fiber ferrule with a lens plate Wenzong Chen, Malcolm H. Hodge, Thomas Coughlin 2016-08-02
9170382 Connector with built-in module Bogdan Andrei, Hideyuki Nasu 2015-10-27
8496385 Connector with built-in module Bogdan Andrei, Hideyuki Nasu 2013-07-30
8254737 System and tapered waveguide for improving light coupling efficiency between optical fibers and integrated planar waveguides and method of manufacturing same Masum Choudhury, Moshe Oron, Thomas R. Stanczyk, Ram Oron, Ariela Donval 2012-08-28