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Daniel E. Andrews — 20 Patents

NONational Optronics: 17 patents #1 of 34Top 3%
UFUS Air Force: 1 patents #6,232 of 16,312Top 40%
San Diego, CA: #2,128 of 23,606 inventorsTop 10%
California: #29,208 of 386,348 inventorsTop 8%
Overall (All Time): #214,803 of 4,157,543Top 6%
20 Patents All Time
Daniel E. Andrews has been granted 20 US patents while listed as an inventor at National Optronics. The first was granted in 1991 and the most recent in February 2014. Daniel E. Andrews ranks #214,803 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 5.2%). Patent records list Daniel E. Andrews in San Diego, CA, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1991 to 2014Bar chart with a peak of 3 patents in 2005.peak 31991: 1 patents19911998: 1 patents2000: 1 patents20002001: 1 patents2003: 1 patents20032004: 1 patents2005: 3 patents20052006: 3 patents2007: 2 patents20072008: 1 patents2009: 1 patents20092011: 1 patents2012: 2 patents20122014: 1 patents2014

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–20 of 20 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDate
8656602 Holding mechanism for use with an ophthalmic tracer, and method David Gerding, Kurt Schaeffer 2014-02-25
8322042 Holding mechanism for use with an ophthalmic tracer, and method David Gerding, Kurt Schaeffer 2012-12-04
8091244 Holding mechanism for use with an ophthalmic tracer, and method David Gerding, Kurt Schaeffer 2012-01-10
7874079 Holding mechanism for use with an ophthalmic tracer, and method David Gerding, Kurt Schaeffer 2011-01-25
7544038 Tray stacking and unstacking corner grippers and handler David Gerding 2009-06-09
7369238 Lens blank alignment and blocking device and method Mark Wagner, David Gerding, Henrik Arthur Schutz, Jennifer Snyder Shanks, David M. Smith +1 more 2008-05-06
D545848 Alignment markings for lens blanks Jennifer Snyder Shanks 2007-07-03
7193714 Lens blank alignment and blocking device and method Mark Wagner, David Gerding, Henrik Arthur Schutz, Jennifer Snyder Shanks, David M. Smith +1 more 2007-03-20
D527031 Alignment markings for lens blanks Jennifer Snyder Shanks 2006-08-22
7080907 System and method for aligning reference marks on a lens blank using adjustable alignment marks Jennifer Snyder Shanks 2006-07-25
D519134 Alignment markings for lens blanks Jennifer Snyder Shanks 2006-04-18
D505141 Computer generated alignment markings for lens blank displayed on a display Jennifer Snyder Shanks 2005-05-17
6869333 Lens blank alignment and blocking device and method Mark Wagner, David Gerding, Henrik Arthur Schutz, Jennifer Snyder Shanks, David M. Smith +1 more 2005-03-22
6846078 System and method for aligning reference marks on a lens blank using adjustable alignment marks Jennifer Snyder Shanks 2005-01-25
D489825 Lens blocker Mark Wagner, David Gerding, Henrik Arthur Schutz, Jennifer Snyder Shanks, David M. Smith 2004-05-11
6618952 Tracer, clamp, and object engager for holding and tracing a lens mount of an eyeglass frame, a lens, and/or a lens pattern, to reliably detect a shape thereof even when the shape includes high wrap Guenter G. Fietzke, David L. Kountz, Andrew W. Doan, Kimber W. Rarick, Don S. Wills +3 more 2003-09-16
6243960 Tracer, clamp and object engager for holding and tracing a lens mount of an eyeglass frame, a lens, and/or a lens pattern, to reliably detect a shape thereof even when the shape includes high wrap Guenter G. Fietzke, David L. Kountz, Andrew W. Doan, Kimber W. Rarick, Don S. Wills +3 more 2001-06-12
D435053 Eyeglass frame tracer Andrew W. Doan, David L. Kountz, Guenter G. Fietzke 2000-12-12
5805635 Secure communication system William E. Klund, Robert D. Isaak 1998-09-08
5062085 Vibration isolation module for towed seismic arrays — 1991-10-29

Frequent Collaborators

Jennifer Snyder Shanks10 shared
David Gerding9 shared
Kurt Schaeffer4 shared
Henrik Arthur Schutz4 shared
David M. Smith4 shared
Mark Wagner4 shared

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