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Here are the few patents that I and my colleagues have obtained:

            Radiation Force Balance

            Thermally Isolated Calibration Device

      Precision Acoustic Source Driver System

      Porous Silicon Fuel Cell Electrode 


Comments Regarding Patent Work:

Over the course of time I have been a named inventor on several patents.  On three of these patents I was either the principal or the only inventor.  Many other patents could have been applied for but often the markets for the invention were so small that I didn't think the costs of patenting would ever be paid back by subsequent licensing or product sales.
 
In several cases, I didn't pursue the invention idea in any form.  In other cases, I just went ahead and manufactured and sold the patentable devices ... thus letting their embodied innovation become part of the public domain. This turned out to be a reasonable strategy for the low volume, high margin, direct sale and direct distribution markets I was typically addressing.
 
When the market for an invention is thought to be large, the profit strategy is different.  If the envisioned product has low cost, low margin and would be sold, in high volume, through established distribution channels, patenting and licensing to established industry leaders is typically a good way to go.

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