List of patents granted during my employment

Note: All except a few of this list of my inventions were made while I was employed by a multinational corporation.

I was told that their policy was to encourage the filing of patents which were used in exchanges with other similar companies. These exchanges were based only on the number of patents with no assessment of the “worth” of the idea.

This might make it look more impressive than it is!

 BP numberDateTitleCo-inventors
111380949-6-1967Piezo Resistive Transducer 
211555191-12-1967Electromechanical Transducer 
3118299629-2-1968Accelerometer 
612114997-3-1969A method of manufacturing semiconductor devices 
8121166818-6-1969Piezoresistive transducer 
712350777-5-1969Improvements in or relating to pressure transducers 
4123795929-1-1969Damped wave tone generator 
512391417-3-1969Improvements in or relating to relays 
1012797822-2-1971Semiconductor device mounting arrangement 
9128993230-3-1971Semiconductor device mounting arrangement 
1413529599-11-1972Passivation of semiconductor devices 
12138806710-8-1972Hot rolled capacitorsH F Stirling
1714038374-5-1973Semicondutor device mount capsP R Selway, N D Leggett
15141196819-12-1972Pressure transducer 
13143865930-8-1972Television tube 
23147343027-11-1975Charge coupled hall effect device 
19147897420-9-1973A meter for measuring an input by reference to  two reference quantities 
26148288427-11-1975Coded keyboard 
2714851046-5-1976Fibre optic switch arrangement 
21148901413-5-1975Multicharacter display device manufacture 
2514941509-12-1975Optical switch arrangement 
2215059132-10-1975Measuring gas concentrationsF H Truscott
20151324818-7-1974Improvements relating to electro-acoustic  transducers 
24152081318-11-1975Optical switch arrangement 
3115398561-3-1977Gramophone stylus arrangement 
3015415131-3-1977Semiconductor keyswitch arrangement 
28154208431-8-1976Thin silicon semiconductor devicesJ M Young
34158008722-11-1977Electro acoustic transducer device 
3315849142-3-1978Semiconductor actuated switching devices 
3515849159-5-1978Improvements in or relating to silicon devices 
37158866930-5-1978Silicon transducer 
2915969821-3-1977Mechanical resonator arrangements 
40209591117-3-1981Electrical switch device 
4521078761-10-1981Strain gauges 
4621079241-10-1981Strain gauge pressure transducers 
47211481011-2-1982Electro-mechanical devicesT M Jackson
4421155519-2-1982Load sensors 
48211594923-2-1982Silicon X-ray maskD W Satchell
4321216469-5-1983Transducer 
42212195310-6-1982Improvements in transducers 
49212198010-6-1982X ray masksD W Satchell
41212202713-5-1982Transducer 
5021303731-7-1983Accelerometer deviceD W Satchell, D Wilson
5321393585-5-1983Piezo-resistive device responsive 
   to rotational  movement 
54213981110-5-1983Switch deviceR J Hodges, R Sheppard
56214527918-8-1983Photodetector integrated circuitG H B Thompson
55214656616-9-1983Electrostatic bondingD W Satchell
57214669717-9-1985Flexible hinge deviceD Wilson
58216193111-7-1985Remote sensor systemG D Pitt etc
59216231424-7-1984TransducerD Wilson
62217570524-5-1985Dirigible reflector and mounting made of crystal  materialD P Newstead
6121812472-10-1985Gyroscope device 
63218960131-3-1987Mechanical resonator device 
6521970693-11-1986Optically driven sensor deviceP W Graves, R C Neat
68221505213-2-1988Resonantly vibrating temperature sensorD W Satchell
66221505313-2-1988Electro-mechanical oscillating transducer deviceP N Egginton
67221584026-3-1988An oscillatory transducer which is optically  sensed and electromagnetically excitedJ M Naden
69882324.34-10-1988(Provisional) Pressure sensor 
708825357.029-10-1988(Provisional) Interconnection of integrated circuit chips 
728827436 (Provisional) Fibre optic termination 
718907284.431-3-1989(Provisional) Differential pressure sensor 
738907535 (Provisional) Vibration sensor 
 02013375.719-06-2002Improved sensor