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Clifford L. Taylor — 9 Patents

VFViratec Thin Films: 6 patents #3 of 27Top 15%
SESage Electrochromics: 2 patents #32 of 86Top 40%
Northfield, MN: #24 of 168 inventorsTop 15%
Minnesota: #8,400 of 52,454 inventorsTop 20%
Overall (All Time): #535,341 of 4,157,543Top 15%
9 Patents All Time
Clifford L. Taylor has been granted 9 US patents while listed as an inventor at Viratec Thin Films. The first was granted in 1992 and the most recent in April 2019. Clifford L. Taylor ranks #535,341 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 12.9%). Patent records list Clifford L. Taylor in Northfield, MN, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1992 to 2019Bar chart with a peak of 3 patents in 1996.peak 31992: 1 patents19921996: 3 patents19961997: 2 patents19972007: 1 patents20072018: 1 patents20182019: 1 patents2019

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–9 of 9 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
10253549 Insulated glazing units and electrical feed throughs Rino Messere, Christian Muller, Robert J. Anglemier, Bryan D. Greer 2019-04-09
9906187 Window assembly and a method regarding the same Cody VanDerVeen 2018-02-27
7281561 Multi-layered film window system Donald L. Anderson 2007-10-16
5688389 Method and apparatus for thin film coating an article Erik J. Bjornard, Eric W. Kurman, Debra M. Steffenhagen 1997-11-18
5620577 Spring-loaded mount for a rotatable sputtering cathode 1997-04-15 $315,000
5571393 Magnet housing for a sputtering cathode Daniel Theodore Crowley 1996-11-05 $1,430,000
5567289 Rotating floating magnetron dark-space shield and cone end Daniel Theodore Crowley 1996-10-22 $1,357,000
5539272 Rotating floating magnetron dark-space shield Daniel Theodore Crowley 1996-07-23 $750,000
5156727 Film thickness uniformity control apparatus for in-line sputtering systems Erik J. Bjornard, Michael J. Valiska 1992-10-20 $293,000