Inventor

Paul M. Gerlach

Inventor

Beaverton, OR, US

Overview

1987–2013

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.

G01Rprimary

G01RMeasuring electric variables70%

H04NPictorial communication, e.g. television9%

B01DSeparation4%

B21BRolling of metal4%

F02MSupplying combustion engines in general with combustible mixtures or constituents thereof4%

G01LMeasuring force, stress, torque, work, mechanical power, mechanical efficiency, or fluid pressure4%

G06TImage data processing or generation, in general4%

PatentTitleYear

8,374,811'High waveform throughput with a large acquisition memory'2013 8,102,396'Apparatus and method for improved measurement speed in test and measurement instruments'2012 7,834,780'Waveform compression and display'2010 7,723,976'Self-adjusting hold-off trigger'2010 7,545,377'Method and apparatus for digitized waveform display'2009 7,359,810'Characterizing newly acquired waveforms for identification of waveform anomalies'2008 7,219,174'Inter-demux communication through a point to point interface'2007 7,158,137'Architecture for improved display performance in a signal acquisition and display device'2007 7,139,426'Histogram data collector for applying progressively adjusted histogram equalization to an oscilloscope image'2006 6,847,905'Architecture providing increased information display for long acquisitions or constrained memory bandwidth'2005 6,384,825'Method of controlling a sparse vector rasterizer'2002 6,333,732'Multi-function digital persistence decay'2001 6,249,115'Method of controlling brightness and contrast in a raster scan digital oscilloscope'2001 6,219,094'Non-linear filter for extracting luminance component from a composite video signal'2001 6,188,384'Reacting to unusual waveforms'2001 6,163,758'Detection of unusual waveforms'2000 6,104,374'Sparse vector rasterization'2000 4,688,511'Dirt accumulation indicator for air intake filters'1987

Career & activity timeline

Assembled from patent assignee/location history and declaration credentials.

1987Patents assigned to MANN & HUMMEL FILTER (1)· patent assignee history

1987Based in Ludwigsburg, DE· patent location history

2000–2013Patents assigned to TEKTRONIX INC (17)· patent assignee history

2000–2013Based in Beaverton, OR, US· patent location history

2012–2013Patents assigned to GERLACH PAUL M (2)· patent assignee history

2012Patents assigned to DOBYNS KENNETH P (1)· patent assignee history

2013Patents assigned to BEALE TERRANCE R (1)· patent assignee history

Inventor activity

Assignee and location history derived from the patent record.

Assignees

Assignee	Patents	Span
TEKTRONIX INC	17	2000–2013
GERLACH PAUL Mself	2	2012–2013
BEALE TERRANCE R	1	2013
DOBYNS KENNETH P	1	2012
MANN & HUMMEL FILTER	1	1987

Locations

Location	Patents	Span
Beaverton, OR, US	17	2000–2013
Ludwigsburg, DE	1	1987