Inventor

Milton Russell Latta

Inventor

San Jose, CA, US

Overview

1981–2021

Patent span

Physics

Primary field (CPC G)

Patents· 23 as inventor

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

G01Nprimary

G01NInvestigating or analysing materials by determining their chemical or physical properties39%

G11BInformation storage based on relative movement between record carrier and transducer21%

G03FPhotomechanical production of textured or patterned surfaces, e.g. for printing, for processing of semiconductor devices12%

G02BOptical elements, systems or apparatus9%

Y10STechnical subjects covered by former uspc cross-reference art collections [xracs] and digests6%

G01BMeasuring length, thickness or similar linear dimensions3%

G06FElectric digital data processing3%

G06KGraphical data reading3%

G06TImage data processing or generation, in general3%

PatentTitleYear

10,949,469Obtainment and display of real-time information for a set of block-faces2021 6,704,435'Surface inspection tool'2004 6,624,884'Surface inspection tool'2003 6,614,519'Surface inspection tool using a parabolic mirror'2003 6,117,620'Method of producing a calibration disk'2000 6,100,971'Surface inspection tool'2000 5,986,761'Laser-based inspection tool for disk defects and curvature'1999 5,969,370'Surface inspection tool'1999 5,945,685'Glass substrate inspection tool having a telecentric lens assembly'1999 5,933,230'Surface inspection tool'1999 5,917,589'Surface inspection tool'1999 5,898,492'Surface inspection tool using reflected and scattered light'1999 5,867,261'Surface inspection tool'1999 5,847,823'Surface inspection tool'1998 5,625,609'Multiple data layer optical disk drive system with fixed aberration correction and optimum interlayer spacing'1997 5,253,236'Optical beam focusing and tracking system for an optical disk information storage device'1993 5,233,175'Laser power control independent of beamsplitter transmissivity'1993 4,784,447'Holographic objective mirror for optical storage'1988 4,645,338'Optical system for focus correction for a lithographic tool'1987 4,547,044'Beam-folding wedge tunnel'1985 4,516,832'Apparatus for transformation of a collimated beam into a source of _required shape and numerical aperture'1985 4,444,456'Holographic method and apparatus for transformation of a light beam into a line source of required curvature and finite numerical aperture'1984 4,295,145'Acousto-optically modulated laser scanning arrangement for correcting for interference appearing therein'1981

Career & activity timeline

Assembled from patent assignee/location history and declaration credentials.

1981–2004Patents assigned to IBM (22)· patent assignee history

1981–2004Based in San Jose, CA, US· patent location history

2021Patents assigned to VERIZON PATENT & LICENSING INC (1)· patent assignee history

2021Based in Louisville, CO, US· patent location history

Inventor activity

Assignee and location history derived from the patent record.

Assignees

Assignee	Patents	Span
IBM	22	1981–2004
VERIZON PATENT & LICENSING INC	1	2021

Locations

Location	Patents	Span
San Jose, California, US	22	1981–2004
Louisville, CO, US	1	2021