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Michael B. Shields — 2 Patents

Sony: 2 patents #13,023 of 25,231Top 55%
Redwood City, CA: #2,815 of 5,061 inventorsTop 60%
California: #187,151 of 386,348 inventorsTop 50%
Overall (All Time): #1,709,992 of 4,157,543Top 45%
2 Patents All Time
Michael B. Shields has been granted 2 US patents while listed as an inventor at Sony. All of these patents were granted in 1989. Michael B. Shields ranks #1,709,992 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 41.1%). Patent records list Michael B. Shields in Redwood City, CA, US.

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–2 of 2 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
4866719 System and method for performing error correction on still frame audio tape format video signals Donald E. Morgan 1989-09-12 $206,000
4816723 Variable speed motor control method and apparatus Barrett E. Guisinger 1989-03-28 $218,000