Inventor

Nicholas Barton

Inventor

Richmond, CA, US

Overview

18→

Patents

1989–2019

Patent span

Electricity

Primary field (CPC H)

Patents· 18 as inventor

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

F24Sprimary

F24SSolar heat collectors13%

H04NPictorial communication, e.g. television13%

Y02EReduction of greenhouse gas [ghg] emissions, related to energy generation, transmission or distribution13%

F24J11%

H02SGeneration of electric power by conversion of infrared radiation, visible light or ultraviolet light, e.g. using photovoltaic [pv] modules10%

H10FInorganic semiconductor devices sensitive to infrared radiation, light, electromagnetic radiation of shorter wavelength or corpuscular radiation8%

G06TImage data processing or generation, in general6%

Y10TTechnical subjects covered by former us classification6%

H01LSemiconductor devices5%

F16MFrames, casings or beds of engines, machines or apparatus, not specific to engines, machines or apparatus provided for elsewhere3%

PatentTitleYear

10,520,224Drive with integrated inclination sensor2019 10,351,193Holding device for positional control of a shaft2019 9,920,957'Drive with integrated inclination sensor'2018 9,746,655'Locating connectors and methods for mounting solar hardware'2017 9,455,664'Support for solar energy collectors'2016 9,353,970'Drive with integrated inclination sensor'2016 9,035,168'Support for solar energy collectors'2015 8,893,713'Locating connectors and methods for mounting solar hardware'2014 8,881,415'Solar system alignment tool and method'2014 6,337,692'Primary and secondary color manipulations using hue, saturation, luminance and area isolation'2002 6,266,103'Methods and apparatus for generating custom gamma curves for color correction equipment'2001 5,822,015'Providing an accurate tally indication of sources in use for output'1998 5,293,233'Digital video effects with image mapping on to curved surface'1994 5,220,428'Digital video effects apparatus for image transposition'1993 4,922,345'Processing of video image signals'1990 4,918,530'Processing of video image signals'1990 4,879,597'Processing of video image signals'1989 4,847,691'Processing of video image signals'1989

Career & activity timeline

Assembled from patent assignee/location history and declaration credentials.

1989–1998Patents assigned to QUESTECH LTD (6)· patent assignee history

1989–1994Based in Wokingham, GB· patent location history

1998Based in Camberley, GB· patent location history

2001–2002Patents assigned to DA VINCI SYSTEMS INC (2)· patent assignee history

2001–2002Based in Fort Lauderdale, FL, US· patent location history

2014–2019Patents assigned to SUNPOWER CORP (8)· patent assignee history

2014–2015Patents assigned to BARTON NICHOLAS (2)· patent assignee history

2014Patents assigned to ALMY CHARLES (1)· patent assignee history

2014–2019Based in Richmond, CA, US· patent location history

Inventor activity

Assignee and location history derived from the patent record.

Assignees

Assignee	Patents	Span
SUNPOWER CORP	8	2014–2019
QUESTECH LTD	6	1989–1998
BARTON NICHOLASself	2	2014–2015
DA VINCI SYSTEMS INC	2	2001–2002
ALMY CHARLES	1	2014

Locations

Location	Patents	Span
Richmond, California, US	9	2014–2019
Wokingham, GB	6	1989–1994
Fort Lauderdale, Florida, US	2	2001–2002
Camberley, GB	1	1998