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Alan Petersen — 17 Patents

SPSpectra-Physics: 11 patents #5 of 257Top 2%
SLSpectra Physics Lasers: 4 patents #11 of 59Top 20%
MIMks Instruments: 1 patents #255 of 442Top 60%
NENewport: 1 patents #74 of 148Top 50%
Palo Alto, CA: #1,439 of 9,675 inventorsTop 15%
California: #35,467 of 386,348 inventorsTop 10%
Overall (All Time): #263,971 of 4,157,543Top 7%
17 Patents All Time
Alan Petersen has been granted 17 US patents while listed as an inventor at Spectra-Physics. The first was granted in 1987 and the most recent in November 2021. Alan Petersen ranks #263,971 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 6.3%). Patent records list Alan Petersen in Palo Alto, CA, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1987 to 2021Bar chart with a peak of 4 patents in 1987.peak 41987: 4 patents19871989: 1 patents19891990: 3 patents19901997: 1 patents19971998: 2 patents19981999: 1 patents19992004: 2 patents20042007: 1 patents20072019: 1 patents20192021: 1 patents2021

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–17 of 17 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
11165218 Low repetition rate infrared tunable femtosecond laser source James D. Kafka, Ching-Yuan Chien, Andrei C. Florean, Travis Petersen 2021-11-02 $71,457,000
10267985 Fiber device and method for amplifying pulses of laser light James D. Kafka 2019-04-23
7292387 Methods and systems to enhance multiple wave mixing process Hanna J. Hoffman, David S. Spence, James D. Kafka 2007-11-06
6816536 Method and apparatus for in situ protection of sensitive optical materials Karin Julliard, Steve Utter 2004-11-09
6697390 Extended lifetime harmonic generator James D. Kafka, Karl Markert 2004-02-24
5999544 Diode pumped, fiber coupled laser with depolarized pump beam 1999-12-07 $5,148,000
5835513 Q-switched laser system providing UV light Jan-Willem Pieterse, Chris Pohalski, Emily Cheng, Randall Lane, William L. Nighan, Jr. 1998-11-10
5812583 Diode pumped, fiber coupled laser with depolarized pump beam 1998-09-22 $1,254,000
5608742 Diode pumped, fiber coupled laser with depolarized pump beam 1997-03-04
4974228 Magnetic field profile for improved ion laser performance 1990-11-27
4972292 Inductor with centertap switching transistor for reduced radio frequency emissions 1990-11-20
4951285 Laser with adjustable mirror for mode control John Cole, David L. Wright, Shinan-Chur S. Sheng, Troy M. Artusy 1990-08-21
4809293 Optical component of a laser Gary W. DeBell, David L. Wright, Kenneth A. Ruddock, Lee R. Carlson, Marc K. Von Gunten 1989-02-28
4706256 Fritless endbell assembly Shinan-Chur S. Sheng, Jeffrey L. Kaiser, Ralph R. Jacobs 1987-11-10
4685110 Optical component of a laser Gary W. DeBell, David L. Wright, Kenneth A. Ruddock, Lee R. Carlson, Marc K. Von Gunten 1987-08-04
4677640 Crystalline quartz laser window assembly Robert C. Rempel, Joseph B. Lastovka, David F. Head, Lee R. Carlson 1987-06-30 $1,286,000
4676634 Detector device for a rotating light beam 1987-06-30 $1,286,000