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Robert D. Meadows — 12 Patents

Tektronix: 9 patents #111 of 1,698Top 7%
ATAxcelis Technologies: 1 patents #165 of 300Top 60%
Portland, OR: #1,498 of 9,213 inventorsTop 20%
Oregon: #3,634 of 28,073 inventorsTop 15%
Overall (All Time): #396,045 of 4,157,543Top 10%
12 Patents All Time
Robert D. Meadows has been granted 12 US patents while listed as an inventor at Tektronix. The first was granted in 1987 and the most recent in March 2004. Robert D. Meadows ranks #396,045 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 9.5%). Patent records list Robert D. Meadows in Portland, OR, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1987 to 2004Bar chart with a peak of 3 patents in 1987.peak 31987: 3 patents19871989: 1 patents19891990: 3 patents19901991: 1 patents19911993: 1 patents19932001: 1 patents20012004: 2 patents2004

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–12 of 12 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
6710317 Current to voltage converter with optical gain mechanism 2004-03-23
6695886 Optical path improvement, focus length change compensation, and stray light reduction for temperature measurement system of RTP tool Douglas Brown, David Tao, Mathias Koch 2004-02-24 $16,853,000
6319732 Method for controlling the temperature of a layer growing on a wafer Ray R. Dils 2001-11-20
5223784 Method and circuit for triggering an electronic instrument only once during a period of a signal Theodore G. Nelson, Calvin D. Diller 1993-06-29 $1,542,000
5053757 Touch panel with adaptive noise reduction 1991-10-01 $3,264,000
4962380 Method and apparatus for calibrating an interleaved digitizer 1990-10-09 $1,761,000
4939672 Method and apparatus for classifying graphics segments to facilitate pick and display operation 1990-07-03 $1,663,000
4916308 Integrated liquid crystal display and optical touch panel 1990-04-10 $369,000
4853498 Position measurement apparatus for capacitive touch panel system Roger McCoy 1989-08-01 $677,000
4707845 Touch panel with automatic nulling Philip T. Krein, Bruce Murdock, Daniel G. Teichmer 1987-11-17 $1,699,000
4698460 Touch panel system Philip T. Krein, Bruce Murdock, Daniel G. Teichmer 1987-10-06 $2,213,000
4698461 Touch panel with automatic frequency control Philip T. Krein, Bruce Murdock 1987-10-06 $2,213,000