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Donald E. Davis — 22 Patents

Sony: 10 patents #4,425 of 25,231Top 20%
IBM: 6 patents #16,491 of 70,183Top 25%
RARockwell Automation: 4 patents #983 of 4,211Top 25%
UAUS Army: 2 patents #1,571 of 6,974Top 25%
3M: 1 patents #7,251 of 11,543Top 65%
Los Angeles, CA: #434 of 12,377 inventorsTop 4%
California: #25,951 of 386,348 inventorsTop 7%
Overall (All Time): #189,202 of 4,157,543Top 5%
22 Patents All Time
Donald E. Davis has been granted 22 US patents while listed as an inventor at Sony. The first was granted in 1981 and the most recent in January 2012. Donald E. Davis ranks #189,202 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 4.6%). Patent records list Donald E. Davis in Los Angeles, CA, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1981 to 2012Bar chart with a peak of 4 patents in 1982.peak 41981: 1 patents19811982: 4 patents1984: 1 patents19841987: 1 patents1989: 2 patents19891990: 1 patents1991: 1 patents19911994: 2 patents1995: 4 patents19951996: 3 patents2004: 1 patents20042012: 1 patents2012

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–22 of 22 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
8091460 Missile secure-release mechanism having wheel lock detent Sean A. Hainze 2012-01-10
6761330 Rocket accuracy improvement device David A. Bittle, Robert Glover, Roswell W. Nourse 2004-07-13
5523580 Reticle having a number of subfields 1996-06-04 $9,892,000
5488669 Manual cross fade learn feature for an audio follow video mixer Michael A. Zampini, Alan Flum, Joseph Dombrowski 1996-01-30 $304,000
5485525 VTR configuration of a modular audio follow video mixer Michael A. Zampini, Alan Flum, Joseph Dombrowski 1996-01-16 $200,000
5479519 "Signalization with true ""on air"" event including opto-isolation" 1995-12-26 $397,000
5454041 Mix-minus monitor system 1995-09-26 $113,000
5424490 Twisted lead pairs on PCB to improve common mode rejection Joseph Dombrowski, Alberto Monsalve Gonzalez, Kevin T. Lobb 1995-06-13 $93,000
5420933 Up and down-loadable VTR configuration for an audio follow video mixer Michael A. Zampini, Joseph Dombrowski 1995-05-30 $115,000
5343186 Variable resistor having the capacity to produce a fader start signal output Michael A. Zampini, Joseph S. Dombrowski 1994-08-30 $185,000
5301124 Registration of patterns formed of multiple fields Ken Chan, William A. Enichen, Cecil T. Ho, Edward V. Weber, Guenther O. Langner 1994-04-05 $5,023,000
4992920 Regulated AC power system energized by variable speed prime mover 1991-02-12
4945246 Tri-deflection electron beam system Cecil T. Ho, Jon E. Lieberman, Hans C. Pfeiffer, Maris A. Sturans 1990-07-31 $17,895,000
4818885 Electron beam writing method and system using large range deflection in combination with a continuously moving table Samuel K. Doran, Merlyn H. Perkins, Hans C. Pfeiffer 1989-04-04 $14,290,000
4795332 Telescopic pivoting screed 1989-01-03
4660435 Fiber composite flywheel rim Kenneth T. Ingham 1987-04-28 $49,337,000
4456860 X-Y Positioning subsystem electronics George W. Cann, Ralph R. Trotter 1984-06-26 $14,457,000
4365163 Pattern inspection tool - method and apparatus Richard D. Moore, Philip M. Ryan, Edward V. Weber 1982-12-21 $29,343,000
D263228 Flywheel Frederick P. Nitz, Paul J. Passi, Donald R. Hodson 1982-03-02
D263229 Flywheel Frederick P. Nitz, Paul J. Passi, Donald R. Hodson 1982-03-02
D263230 Flywheel Frederick P. Nitz, Paul J. Passi, Donald R. Hodson 1982-03-02
4249218 Method and apparatus for editing digitally recorded audio signals Robert J. Youngouist 1981-02-03 $6,048,000