Inventor

Gerald F. Sauter

Inventor

Eagan, MN, US

Overview

18→

Patents

1978–2000

Patent span

Physics

Primary field (CPC G)

Patents· 18 as inventor

Public. Assignee & technology derived from the patent record. Each patent links to its LexDana page.

G02Bprimary

G02BOptical elements, systems or apparatus37%

G02FOptical devices or arrangements for the control of light by modification of the optical properties of the media of the elements involved therein17%

A01MCatching, trapping or scaring of animals7%

H04BTransmission7%

H04NPictorial communication, e.g. television7%

Y10STechnical subjects covered by former uspc cross-reference art collections [xracs] and digests7%

A01BSoil working in agriculture or forestry3%

G01NInvestigating or analysing materials by determining their chemical or physical properties3%

G01RMeasuring electric variables3%

G01VGeophysics3%

PatentTitleYear

6,056,448'Vertical cavity surface emitting laser array packaging'2000 5,883,998'Backplane connectors with separable electrical and optical connectors'1999 5,809,191'Optical connector'1998 5,661,817'Single charge-coupled-device camera for detection and differentiation of desired objects from undesired objects'1997 5,636,792'Dye marker for agricultural row guidance'1997 5,621,460'Optical differentiation between plants and background utilizing a single CCD camera'1997 5,557,693'Apparatus and method for transmitting optical data'1996 5,488,682'Polymer based optical connector'1996 5,461,229'On-the-go optical spectroscopy soil analyzer'1995 5,245,680'Grin lens optical backplane with dual transmitter-receiver repeaters'1993 5,218,654'Grin rod lens optical backplane bus'1993 5,076,658'Non-linear optical polymeric fiber waveguides'1991 5,061,048'Apparatus for optical beam steering using non-linear optical polymers'1991 4,689,559'Apparatus and method to reduce the thermal response of SQUID sensors'1987 4,168,107'Multimode optic device'1979 4,148,556'Multimode optic device'1979 4,084,260'Best match content addressable memory'1978 4,082,424'Integrated optic device'1978

Career & activity timeline

Assembled from patent assignee/location history and declaration credentials.

1978–1979Patents assigned to SPERRY RAND CORP (4)· patent assignee history

1978Based in St. Paul, MN, US· patent location history

1979–2000Based in Eagan, MN, US· patent location history

1987Patents assigned to SPERRY CORP (1)· patent assignee history

1991–1996Patents assigned to UNISYS CORP (7)· patent assignee history

1997–2000Patents assigned to LOCKHEED CORP (6)· patent assignee history

Inventor activity

Assignee and location history derived from the patent record.

Assignees

Assignee	Patents	Span
UNISYS CORP	7	1991–1996
LOCKHEED CORP	6	1997–2000
SPERRY RAND CORP	4	1978–1979
SPERRY CORP	1	1987

Locations

Location	Patents	Span
Eagan, Minnesota, US	16	1979–2000
St. Paul, Minnesota, US	2	1978