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Ralph C. Wolf — 24 Patents

SISynaptics Incorporated: 14 patents #52 of 606Top 9%
Kla-Tencor: 4 patents #552 of 2,049Top 30%
TITencor Instruments: 3 patents #9 of 50Top 20%
UNUnknown: 1 patents #29,356 of 83,584Top 40%
Palo Alto, CA: #1,027 of 9,675 inventorsTop 15%
California: #23,266 of 386,348 inventorsTop 7%
Overall (All Time): #168,038 of 4,157,543Top 5%
24 Patents All Time
Ralph C. Wolf has been granted 24 US patents while listed as an inventor at Synaptics Incorporated. The first was granted in 1986 and the most recent in July 2016. Ralph C. Wolf ranks #168,038 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 4.0%). Patent records list Ralph C. Wolf in Palo Alto, CA, US.

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–24 of 24 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
9389166 Enhanced high-speed logarithmic photo-detector for spot scanning system Grace Hsiu-Ling Chen, Kai Cao, Jamie M. Sullivan, Paul Donders, Derek Mackay 2016-07-12
7911456 Object position detector with edge motion feature and gesture recognition David W. Gillespie, Timothy P. Allen, Shawn P. Day 2011-03-22 $6,073,000
7907127 Object position detector with edge motion feature and gesture recognition David W. Gillespie, Timothy P. Allen, Shawn P. Day 2011-03-15 $3,112,000
7812829 Object position detector with edge motion feature and gesture recognition David W. Gillespie, Timothy P. Allen, Shawn P. Day 2010-10-12 $3,511,000
7532205 Object position detector with edge motion feature and gesture recognition David W. Gillespie, Timothy P. Allen, Shawn P. Day 2009-05-12 $14,472,000
7450113 Object position detector with edge motion feature and gesture recognition David W. Gillespie, Timothy P. Allen, Shawn P. Day 2008-11-11 $3,598,000
7109978 Object position detector with edge motion feature and gesture recognition David W. Gillespie, Timothy P. Allen, Shawn P. Day 2006-09-19 $5,759,000
7106434 Inspection tool Evan R. Mapoles 2006-09-12 $14,851,000
7012683 Apparatus and methods for optically inspecting a sample for anomalies Eva L. Benitez, Dongsheng (Don) Chen, John D. Greene, Jamie M. Sullivan, Eric Vella +1 more 2006-03-14 $17,050,000
6833913 Apparatus and methods for optically inspecting a sample for anomalies Eva L. Benitez, Dongsheng Chen, John D. Greene, Jamie M. Sullivan, Eric Vella +1 more 2004-12-21 $63,159,000
6750852 Object position detector with edge motion feature and gesture recognition David W. Gillespie, Timothy P. Allen, Shawn P. Day 2004-06-15 $7,958,000
6610936 Object position detector with edge motion feature and gesture recognition David W. Gillespie, Timothy P. Allen, Shawn P. Day 2003-08-26 $4,575,000
6414671 Object position detector with edge motion feature and gesture recognition David W. Gillespie, Timothy P. Allen, Shawn P. Day 2002-07-02 $3,268,000
6380931 Object position detector with edge motion feature and gesture recognition David W. Gillespie, Timothy P. Allen, Shawn P. Day 2002-04-30 $3,128,000
6177665 High-speed logarithmic photo-detector 2001-01-23
6028271 Object position detector with edge motion feature and gesture recognition David W. Gillespie, Timothy P. Allen, Shawn P. Day 2000-02-22
6002122 High-speed logarithmic photo-detector 1999-12-14
5880411 Object position detector with edge motion feature and gesture recognition David W. Gillespie, Timothy P. Allen, Shawn P. Day 1999-03-09
5543591 Object position detector with edge motion feature and gesture recognition David W. Gillespie, Timothy P. Allen 1996-08-06
5488204 Paintbrush stylus for capacitive touch sensor pad Carver A. Mead, Timothy P. Allen 1996-01-30
5276498 Adaptive spatial filter for surface inspection Lee K. Galbraith, John L. Vaught, Brian C. Leslie, Armand P. Neukermans 1994-01-04 $1,186,000
5241366 Thin film thickness monitor Christopher F. Bevis, Armand P. Neukermans, Stanley Stokowski, Matthew B. Lutzker 1993-08-31 $1,132,000
5076692 Particle detection on a patterned or bare wafer surface Armand P. Neukermans, Peter C. Jann, David A. Wolze, Stanley Stokowski 1991-12-31
4601504 Safety mechanism for high security lock 1986-07-22