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Timothy Rust — 7 Patents

MSMonolithic Power Systems: 7 patents #26 of 198Top 15%
Fremont, CA: #2,410 of 9,298 inventorsTop 30%
California: #83,669 of 386,348 inventorsTop 25%
Overall (All Time): #680,018 of 4,157,543Top 20%
7 Patents All Time
Timothy Rust has been granted 7 US patents while listed as an inventor at Monolithic Power Systems. The first was granted in 2005 and the most recent in April 2013. Timothy Rust ranks #680,018 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 16.4%). Patent records list Timothy Rust in Fremont, CA, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2005 to 2013Bar chart with a peak of 2 patents in 2005.peak 22005: 2 patents20052007: 2 patents20072008: 1 patents20082011: 1 patents20112013: 1 patents2013

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–7 of 7 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
RE44133 Fixed operating frequency inverter for cold cathode fluorescent lamp having strike frequency adjusted by voltage to current phase relationship James C. Moyer 2013-04-09
7880397 Method for starting a discharge lamp using high energy initial pulse James C. Moyer, David Joseph Christy 2011-02-01 $796,000
7355354 Method for starting a discharge lamp using high energy initial pulse James C. Moyer, David Joseph Christy 2008-04-08 $7,561,000
7294974 Fixed operating frequency inverter for cold cathode fluorescent lamp having strike frequency adjusted by voltage to current phase relationship James C. Moyer 2007-11-13 $6,133,000
7164240 Method and apparatus for driving an external electrode fluorescent lamp James C. Moyer 2007-01-16 $4,422,000
6919694 Fixed operating frequency inverter for cold cathode fluorescent lamp having strike frequency adjusted by voltage to current phase relationship James C. Moyer 2005-07-19 $3,899,000
6900600 Method for starting a discharge lamp using high energy initial pulse James C. Moyer, David Joseph Christy 2005-05-31 $3,143,000