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Stephan Knappmann — 18 Patents

TLThomson Licensing: 18 patents #107 of 2,575Top 5%
Zimmern ob Rottweil, DE: #1 of 4 inventorsTop 25%
Overall (All Time): #245,716 of 4,157,543Top 6%
18 Patents All Time
Stephan Knappmann has been granted 18 US patents while listed as an inventor at Thomson Licensing. The first was granted in 2008 and the most recent in April 2014. Stephan Knappmann ranks #245,716 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 5.9%). Patent records list Stephan Knappmann in Zimmern ob Rottweil, DE.

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Showing 1–18 of 18 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
8693301 High data density optical recording medium Joachim Knittel 2014-04-08
8630154 Apparatus comprising a pickup providing multiple beams Herbert Hoelzemann 2014-01-14
8619534 Apparatus for reading from and/or writing to a near-field optical recording medium Frank Przygodda 2013-12-31
8599674 Method for storing data on an optical recording medium Hartmut Richter, Holger Hofmann, Christof Ballweg, Christian Buchler 2013-12-03
8588049 Optical storage medium comprising a phase shift compensation Gael Pilard, Herbert Hoelzemann, Dietmar Hepper 2013-11-19
8493832 Optical storage medium having different dimension of recorded marks and spaces on different tracks Gael Pilard, Herbert Hoelzemann, Alois Kern, Frank Przygodda 2013-07-23
8432781 Method and apparatus for reading from a near-field optical recording medium, and near-field lens for the apparatus Frank Przygodda 2013-04-30
8377537 Recordable optical storage medium comprising a semiconductor layer, and respective manufacturing method Christophe Fery, Larisa von Riewel 2013-02-19
8259558 Optical storage medium and apparatus for reading of respective data Joachim Knittel 2012-09-04
8213278 System comprising an optical disc and an apparatus for reading of respective data Michael Krause, Stefan Kimmelmann 2012-07-03
8203925 Apparatus for recording angular multiplexed pits Joachim Knittel, Hartmut Richter 2012-06-19
8067079 Optical storage medium comprising a mask layer with a super resolution near field structure Christophe Fery, Larisa von Riewel, Gael Pilard 2011-11-29
8054734 Objective lens and optical pickup comprising the objective lens Joachim Knittel, Juergen Moessner 2011-11-08
8027241 Optical storage medium, mastering method and apparatus for reading of respective data Michael Krause, Stefan Kimmelmann 2011-09-27
8023395 Optical storage medium comprising tracks with positive and negative marks, and stampers and production methods for manufacturing of the optical storage medium Joachim Knittel 2011-09-20
7876650 Apparatus comprising a pickup providing three beams for reading data from or writing data to an optical storage medium, and respective optical storage medium 2011-01-25 $37,000
7660078 Slider with a constant flying height Juergen Moessner 2010-02-09 $583,000
7440152 Holographic disk medium with servo marks Joachim Knittel, Hartmut Richter 2008-10-21 $171,000