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Dirk E. Schoellner — 8 Patents

UCUs Conec: 5 patents #15 of 66Top 25%
OPOptimer Photonics: 2 patents #5 of 11Top 50%
Hickory, NC: #100 of 547 inventorsTop 20%
North Carolina: #6,637 of 45,564 inventorsTop 15%
Overall (All Time): #600,572 of 4,157,543Top 15%
8 Patents All Time
Dirk E. Schoellner has been granted 8 US patents while listed as an inventor at Us Conec. The first was granted in 2006 and the most recent in September 2024. Dirk E. Schoellner ranks #600,572 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 14.4%). Patent records list Dirk E. Schoellner in Hickory, NC, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2006 to 2024Bar chart with a peak of 2 patents in 2018.peak 22006: 1 patents20062007: 1 patents20072014: 1 patents20142017: 1 patents20172018: 2 patents20182023: 1 patents20232024: 1 patents2024

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–8 of 8 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDate
12092877 Fiber optic ferrule and method for terminating a fiber optic ferrule to prevent delamination Darrell R. Childers 2024-09-17
11681107 Fiber optic ferrule and method for terminating a fiber optic ferrule to prevent delamination Darrell R. Childers 2023-06-20
10162122 Apparatus for and method of terminating a multi-fiber ferrule Darrell R. Childers, Jillcha F. Wakjira, Michael E. Hughes, Joseph P. Howard, Arnold Deal, III 2018-12-25
10151884 Apparatus for and method of terminating a multi-fiber ferrule Darrell R. Childers, Jillcha F. Wakjira, Michael E. Hughes, Joseph P. Howard, Arnold Deal, III 2018-12-11
9678281 Apparatus for and method of terminating a multi-fiber ferrule Darrell R. Childers, Jillcha F. Wakjira, Michael E. Hughes, Joseph P. Howard, Arnold Deal, III 2017-06-13
8881553 Assembly for precision datum alignment and method of use Darrell R. Childers, Joseph P. Howard, Arnold Deal, III 2014-11-11
7215851 Schemes for controlling optical signals in optically functional waveguide structures David W. Nippa, Richard W. Ridgway, Steven M. Risser, Louis P. Vassy 2007-05-08
7076134 Schemes for controlling optical signals in optically functional waveguide structures David W. Nippa, Richard W. Ridgway, Steven M. Risser, Louis P. Vassy 2006-07-11