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Inventor

Gerald L. Ballard

Inventor
Brandon, MS, US

Overview

12→
Patents
1996–2010
Patent span
General tagging of new technological developments
Primary field (CPC Y)

Patents· 12 as inventor

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

Y10Sprimary
Y10STechnical subjects covered by former uspc cross-reference art collections [xracs] and digests20%
C23CCoating metallic material17%
H05KPrinted circuits17%
Y10TTechnical subjects covered by former us classification17%
H05BElectric heating10%
F21VFunctional features or details of lighting devices or systems thereof7%
LOC267%
F21WIndexing scheme associated with subclasses f21k, f21l, f21s and f21v, relating to uses or applications of lighting devices or systems3%
G01JMeasurement of intensity, velocity, spectral content, polarisation, phase or pulse characteristics of infrared, visible or ultraviolet light3%
PatentTitleYear
D0615238'Reflector for roadway luminaire'20107,637,766'Photocontrol receptacle'2009D0572857'Roadway luminaire'20086,813,125'Secondary ground fault protected luminous tube transformer'20046,383,617'Method for electroless gold deposition in the presence of a palladium seeder and article produced thereby'20026,086,946'Method for electroless gold deposition in the presence of a palladium seeder and article produced thereby'20006,042,889'Method for electrolessly depositing a metal onto a substrate using mediator ions'20005,818,181'Neon lamp isolation transformer for mid-point commoned neon lamps'19985,751,523'Secondary ground fault protected luminous tube transformer for mid-point connected luminous tubes'19985,735,703'Recessed bushing style luminous tube transformer featuring versatile mounting configuration'19985,616,422'Metallized substrate'19975,562,760'Plating bath, and corresponding method, for electrolessly depositing a metal onto a substrate, and resulting metallized substrate'1996

Career & activity timeline

Assembled from patent assignee/location history and declaration credentials.

1996–2002Patents assigned to IBM (5)· patent assignee history
1996–2000Based in Apalachin, NY, US· patent location history
1998Patents assigned to MAGNETEK INC (2)· patent assignee history
1998Patents assigned to MAGNETEK CORP (1)· patent assignee history
1998–2010Based in Brandon, MS, US· patent location history
2000–2002Based in Wake Forest, NC, US· patent location history
2004Patents assigned to UNIVERSAL LIGHTING TECH INC (1)· patent assignee history
2008–2010Patents assigned to HOWARD IND INC (3)· patent assignee history

Inventor activity

Assignee and location history derived from the patent record.

Assignees
AssigneePatentsSpan
IBM51996–2002
HOWARD IND INC32008–2010
MAGNETEK INC21998
MAGNETEK CORP11998
UNIVERSAL LIGHTING TECH INC12004
Locations
LocationPatentsSpan
Brandon, MS, US71998–2010
Apalachin, New York, US31996–2000
Wake Forest, NC, US22000–2002