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Claude E. Tew — 22 Patents

TITexas Instruments: 21 patents #563 of 12,488Top 5%
RTX (Raytheon): 1 patents #8,290 of 15,912Top 55%
Dallas, TX: #278 of 7,543 inventorsTop 4%
Texas: #6,095 of 125,132 inventorsTop 5%
Overall (All Time): #189,202 of 4,157,543Top 5%
22 Patents All Time
Claude E. Tew has been granted 22 US patents while listed as an inventor at Texas Instruments. The first was granted in 1983 and the most recent in December 2009. Claude E. Tew ranks #189,202 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 4.6%). Patent records list Claude E. Tew in Dallas, TX, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1983 to 2009Bar chart with a peak of 4 patents in 2003.peak 41983: 1 patents19831986: 1 patents1987: 3 patents19871988: 1 patents1993: 1 patents19931995: 1 patents1996: 1 patents19961998: 2 patents2000: 1 patents20002001: 1 patents2002: 2 patents20022003: 4 patents2004: 1 patents20042005: 1 patents2009: 1 patents2009

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–22 of 22 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
7630135 Two-dimensional blazed MEMS granting Benjamin L. Lee, Walter M. Duncan 2009-12-08 $14,110,000
6943950 Two-dimensional blazed MEMS grating Benjamin L. Lee, Walter M. Duncan 2005-09-13 $22,193,000
6816640 Optical add drop multiplexer 2004-11-09 $20,594,000
6642969 Color wheel for a falling raster scan 2003-11-04 $20,166,000
6633694 Micromirror optical switch 2003-10-14 $37,015,000
6618520 Micromirror optical switch 2003-09-09 $16,608,000
RE38126 Large die photolithography Frank J. Poradish 2003-05-27
6466358 Analog pulse width modulation cell for digital micromechanical device 2002-10-15 $19,609,000
6398389 Solid state light source augmentation for SLM display systems Christopher Lee Bohler, Frank J. Poradish 2002-06-04 $28,261,000
6232963 Modulated-amplitude illumination for spatial light modulator Dana Dudley, Keith H. Elliott, Mark L. Burton 2001-05-15 $64,295,000
6121613 Forward looking infrared device 2000-09-19
5745088 Time multiplexed addressing circuitry Kevin Kornher, James L. Conner, Hiep V. Tran, Joseph H. Neal, Ngai H. Hong 1998-04-28 $19,612,000
5705299 Large die photolithography Frank J. Poradish 1998-01-06 $17,596,000
5481118 On-chip light sensor 1996-01-02 $29,782,000
5444566 Optimized electronic operation of digital micromirror devices Richard O. Gale, Randall Lawson, Harlan Paul Cleveland, Henry C. Chu, Carl W. Davis +1 more 1995-08-22 $10,559,000
5182446 Circuit with reset noise cancellation 1993-01-26 $3,371,000
4779004 Infrared imager Adam J. Lewis 1988-10-18 $5,165,000
4686373 Infrared imager Adam J. Lewis 1987-08-11 $4,249,000
4684812 Switching circuit for a detector array Adam J. Lewis 1987-08-04 $3,361,000
4659928 Focal plane array infrared device 1987-04-21 $2,640,000
4580051 Infrared imaging systems with pseudo AC coupling circuit 1986-04-01 $6,506,000
4405230 Heterodyne laser ranging system Fred Ellis 1983-09-20 $9,312,000