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Larry J. Hornbeck — 37 Patents

TITexas Instruments: 37 patents #239 of 12,488Top 2%
Howe, TX: #2 of 59 inventorsTop 4%
Texas: #2,836 of 125,132 inventorsTop 3%
Overall (All Time): #88,321 of 4,157,543Top 3%
37 Patents All Time
Larry J. Hornbeck has been granted 37 US patents while listed as an inventor at Texas Instruments. The first was granted in 1981 and the most recent in November 2014. Larry J. Hornbeck ranks #88,321 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 2.1%). Patent records list Larry J. Hornbeck in Howe, TX, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1981 to 2014Bar chart with a peak of 5 patents in 1992.peak 51981: 3 patents19811984: 1 patents1986: 4 patents19861987: 2 patents1990: 1 patents19901991: 4 patents1992: 5 patents19921993: 1 patents1994: 2 patents19941995: 1 patents1996: 2 patents19961997: 3 patents1998: 1 patents19982001: 1 patents2002: 1 patents20022004: 1 patents2008: 1 patents20082011: 1 patents2013: 1 patents20132014: 1 patents2014

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 37 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
8891149 Microelectromechanical system (MEMS) devices with dielectric microstructure motion stopper 2014-11-18 $7,681,000
8472100 Multilayered deformable element with reduced memory properties in a MEMS device Patrick Ian Oden, Simon Joshua Jacobs 2013-06-25 $4,096,000
8059323 Stabilizer for MEMS devices having deformable elements 2011-11-15 $8,164,000
7365898 Sloping electrodes in a spatial light modulator Cuiling Gong, Jason M. Neidrich 2008-04-29 $18,663,000
6775174 Memory architecture for micromirror cell James D. Huffman, Richard L. Knipe 2004-08-10 $9,424,000
6447126 Support post architecture for micromechanical devices 2002-09-10 $22,764,000
6323982 Yield superstructure for digital micromirror device 2001-11-27 $57,394,000
5784212 Method of making a support post for a micromechanical device 1998-07-21 $23,011,000
5650881 Support post architecture for micromechanical devices 1997-07-22 $15,967,000
5602671 Low surface energy passivation layer for micromechanical devices 1997-02-11 $8,884,000
5600383 Multi-level deformable mirror device with torsion hinges placed in a layer different from the torsion beam layer 1997-02-04 $11,113,000
5583688 Multi-level digital micromirror device 1996-12-10 $21,937,000
5535047 Active yoke hidden hinge digital micromirror device 1996-07-09 $7,617,000
5411769 Method of producing micromechanical devices 1995-05-02 $9,963,000
5331454 Low reset voltage process for DMD 1994-07-19 $7,997,000
5280277 Field updated deformable mirror device 1994-01-18 $8,073,000
5216537 Architecture and process for integrating DMD with control circuit substrates 1993-06-01 $4,464,000
5172262 Spatial light modulator and method 1992-12-15 $3,967,000
5142405 Bistable DMD addressing circuit and method 1992-08-25 $2,647,000
5099353 Architecture and process for integrating DMD with control circuit substrates 1992-03-24 $3,050,000
5096279 Spatial light modulator and method William E. Nelson 1992-03-17 $2,413,000
5083857 Multi-level deformable mirror device 1992-01-28 $3,406,000
5061049 Spatial light modulator and method 1991-10-29 $5,671,000
5028939 Spatial light modulator system William E. Nelson 1991-07-02 $2,833,000
5021663 Infrared detector 1991-06-04 $2,583,000