Michael J. Vild
30Patents
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18Co-inventors
72Inventor score
Filing activity: Jan 30, 1992 → Aug 9, 2022
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US5762674A | Apparatus for coating glass sheet ribbon | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 30 | Expired |
| US10267750B2 | System and associated method for online detection of small defects on/in a glass sheet | Physics | 12 | Active |
| US5156664A | Delivery apparatus for newly formed glass sheet strip | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 11 | Expired |
| US8049879B2 | Method and apparatus for measuring transmitted optical distortion in glass sheets | Physics | 11 | Active |
| US6038887A | Apparatus and method for forming glass sheets | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 10 | Expired |
| US10289930B2 | System and associated for online measurement of the optical characteristics of a glass sheet | Physics | 10 | Active |
| US6422040B1 | Method for forming glass sheets | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 9 | Expired |
| US9470641B1 | System and method for measuring reflected optical distortion in contoured glass sheets | Physics | 9 | Active |
| US5411128A | Heated glass sheet positioning on roll conveyor | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 9 | Expired |
| US8132428B2 | Glass sheet forming method | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 8 | Active |
| US5700306A | Glass sheet strip forming system including annealing lehr | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 8 | Expired |
| US5876474A | Method for coating glass sheet ribbon | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 7 | Expired |
| US9933373B2 | Glass sheet acquisition and positioning mechanism for an inline system for measuring the optical characteristics of a glass sheet | Physics | 7 | Active |
| US6263705A | Hot glass sheet handling apparatus including overlapping roll conveyor and topside transfer platen | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 4 | Expired |
| US6425269B1 | Method for glass sheet forming | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 4 | Expired |
| US6013375A | Coated glass sheet | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 3 | Expired |
| US7958750B2 | Glass sheet forming system | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 3 | Active |
| US5948132A | Glass sheet strip annealing method | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 3 | Expired |
| US10851013B2 | Glass sheet acquisition and positioning system and associated method for an inline system for measuring the optical characteristics of a glass sheet | Physics | 2 | Active |
| US9952039B2 | System and method for measuring reflected optical distortion in contoured panels having specular surfaces | Physics | 2 | Active |
| US9933251B2 | Non-contact gaging system and method for contoured glass sheets | Physics | 0 | Active |
| US12079980B2 | System and method for measuring a surface in contoured glass sheets | Physics | 0 | Active |
| US12020416B2 | System and method for measuring a surface in contoured glass sheets | General | 0 | Revoked |
| US11465928B2 | Glass sheet acquisition and positioning system and associated method for an inline system for measuring the optical characteristics of a glass sheet | Physics | 0 | Active |
| US9846129B2 | System and method for measuring reflected optical distortion in contoured glass sheets | Physics | 0 | Active |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.