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Steven E. Wheeler — 7 Patents

STSeagate Technology: 5 patents #1,134 of 4,701Top 25%
VIVeeco Instruments: 2 patents #99 of 323Top 35%
Northfield, MN: #26 of 168 inventorsTop 20%
Minnesota: #10,472 of 52,454 inventorsTop 20%
Overall (All Time): #680,018 of 4,157,543Top 20%
7 Patents All Time
Steven E. Wheeler has been granted 7 US patents while listed as an inventor at Seagate Technology. The first was granted in 2006 and the most recent in April 2011. Steven E. Wheeler ranks #680,018 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 16.4%). Patent records list Steven E. Wheeler in Northfield, MN, US.

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Showing 1–7 of 7 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
7920347 Shroud for head gimbal assembly testing Timothy J. Fleming, Klaus Obergfell 2011-04-05 $12,293,000
7529635 Method and apparatus for head gimbal assembly testing Ronald Eldon Anderson, Andrew Michael Blair, Dale Allen Blomgren, Kermit Ray Harmon, Brett R. Herdendorf +8 more 2009-05-05 $17,962,000
7520168 Vibration reduction for head gimbal assembly testing Klaus Obergfell, Charles N. Miller, Brett R. Herdendorf, Ronald Eldon Anderson, Shawn Eric Fosness 2009-04-21 $11,613,000
7509225 Vibration control of rotating disc Ronald Eldon Anderson, Klaus Obergfell 2009-03-24 $6,535,000
7509224 Solderless electrical connection for testing head gimbal assemblies Justin Holwell, Mujahid Akbar Khan, Andrew Michael Blair, Brett R. Herdendorf 2009-03-24 $6,535,000
7065892 Method and apparatus for calibrating a vision system to a parts handling device Timothy J. Fleming, Jeffrey J. Hohn, Christopher Ray Holloman, Charles N. Miller 2006-06-27 $5,488,000
6983547 Goniometer Timothy J. Fleming, Jeffrey J. Hohn, Christopher Ray Holloman, Charles N. Miller 2006-01-10 $2,427,000