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David Kappel — 19 Patents

PRProxima: 7 patents #4 of 32Top 15%
CCCompaq Computer: 2 patents #518 of 1,604Top 35%
Johnson & Johnson: 1 patents #4,783 of 7,810Top 65%
PCPackard Instrument Company: 1 patents #28 of 52Top 55%
ZSZiehl-Abegg Se: 1 patents #25 of 40Top 65%
Oceanside, CA: #74 of 1,008 inventorsTop 8%
California: #31,067 of 386,348 inventorsTop 9%
Overall (All Time): #229,345 of 4,157,543Top 6%
19 Patents All Time
David Kappel has been granted 19 US patents while listed as an inventor at Proxima. The first was granted in 1994 and the most recent in October 2023. David Kappel ranks #229,345 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 5.5%). Patent records list David Kappel in Oceanside, CA, US.

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–19 of 19 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
11795958 Method for determining operating states of a fan Bjoern WENGER, Matthias Kammerer, Xenia GAIDA, Joachim Knorr, Raphael Simon Obst +2 more 2023-10-24
7554737 Illumination device and method using adaptable source and output format Richard M. Knox, Kevin Joseph Hathaway, Robert E. Fischer, Biljana Tadic-Galeb 2009-06-30
6870650 Illumination device and method for laser projector Robert E. Fischer, Biljana Tadic-Galeb 2005-03-22
6819506 Optical lens system for projecting light in a lambertion pattern from a high power led light source Wilfrid E. Taylor, Wilfrid L. Taylor, James R. Taylor, Paul Nam-Kwan Wu 2004-11-16
6795189 Universal microplate analyzer David Dickson Booker, Robert E. Fischer, Michael Newell, Scott Moritz, Jerome Oleksy 2004-09-21
6746124 Flashlight producing uniform high brightness Robert E. Fischer, Greg Moeller 2004-06-08
6606173 Illumination device and method for laser projector Robert E. Fischer, Biljana Tadic-Galeb 2003-08-12
6577387 Inspection of ophthalmic lenses using absorption Denwood F. Ross, III, Mary L. Dolan, Ranganath Raja, Brian Rice, Craig William Walker +2 more 2003-06-10 $169,030,000
6407864 Automated system for testing two dimensional detector arrays and optical systems using sequential filters Arash Ghorbani, Arnold Daniels 2002-06-18
6362922 Projection lens and system Biljana Tadic-Galeb, Robert E. Fischer, Neil L. Condra, Ann M. Muscato, Sean M. Donnelly 2002-03-26 $33,188,000
6220713 Projection lens and system Biljana Tadic-Galeb, Robert E. Fischer, Neil L. Condra, Ann M. Muscato, Sean M. Donnelly 2001-04-24 $47,835,000
6052214 System and method for producing an enhanced image Chih-Li Chuang 2000-04-18
5704700 Laser illuminated image projection system and method of using same David E. Hargis 1998-01-06 $898,000
5700076 Laser illuminated image producing system and method of using same Arthur P. Minich, David E. Hargis, Shlomo Assa 1997-12-23 $873,000
5510861 Compact projector and method of using same Arthur P. Minich 1996-04-23 $1,762,000
5483382 Projection lens and method of using same 1996-01-09 $2,125,000
5453803 Low profile liquid crystal projector and method of using same Leonid Shapiro 1995-09-26 $1,700,000
5400095 Display projection method and apparatus an optical input device therefor Arthur P. Minich, Lane T. Hauck 1995-03-21 $2,197,000
5321450 Low profile liquid crystal projector and method of using same Leonid Shapiro 1994-06-14 $956,000