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David Forehand — 11 Patents

TITexas Instruments: 7 patents #2,112 of 12,488Top 20%
RTX (Raytheon): 2 patents #5,352 of 15,912Top 35%
Wylie, TX: #29 of 277 inventorsTop 15%
Texas: #13,915 of 125,132 inventorsTop 15%
Overall (All Time): #435,149 of 4,157,543Top 15%
11 Patents All Time
David Forehand has been granted 11 US patents while listed as an inventor at Texas Instruments. The first was granted in 1995 and the most recent in November 2012. David Forehand ranks #435,149 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 10.5%). Patent records list David Forehand in Wylie, TX, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1995 to 2012Bar chart with a peak of 3 patents in 2004.peak 31995: 2 patents19951997: 2 patents19972001: 1 patents20012004: 3 patents20042006: 1 patents20062009: 1 patents20092012: 1 patents2012

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–11 of 11 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
8309387 Improving back-contact performance of group VI containing solar cells by utilizing a nanoscale interfacial layer 2012-11-13
7498911 Membrane switch components and designs 2009-03-03
7002441 Micro-electro-mechanical switch, and methods of making and using it Brandon W. Pillans 2006-02-21 $6,263,000
6791441 Micro-electro-mechanical switch, and methods of making and using it Brandon W. Pillans 2004-09-14 $8,431,000
6731420 Optical switching apparatus John W. Orcutt, Andrew Dewa, Herzel Laor, James A. Sisco 2004-05-04 $10,969,000
6709948 Process for manufacturing a two-axis mirror Andrew Dewa, John W. Orcutt 2004-03-23 $19,901,000
6295154 Optical switching apparatus Herzel Laor, Philip A. Congdon, Andrew Dewa, Tsen-Hwang Lin, John W. Orcutt +1 more 2001-09-25 $84,202,000
5665998 Geometric enhancement of photodiodes for low dark current operation Peter D. Dreiske, Arthur Monroe Turner 1997-09-09 $20,846,000
5593902 Method of making photodiodes for low dark current operation having geometric enhancement Peter D. Dreiske, Arthur Monroe Turner 1997-01-14 $7,359,000
5462882 Masked radiant anneal diffusion method Michael F. Chisholm 1995-10-31 $16,668,000
5420445 Aluminum-masked and radiantly-annealed group II-IV diffused region Michael F. Chisholm 1995-05-30 $5,607,000