Rochester, NY, United States of America

Jerry L Clifton

This inventor holds 1 USPTO granted patent. Top assignee: Eastman-Kodak Company. Active years: 1980.

IDiyas Innovation Intelligence. (2026). Inventor Profile: Jerry L Clifton. Retrieved from https://idiyas.com/inventor/jerry-l-clifton

Data source: USPTO (United States Patent and Trademark Office) public patent records. Weekly synchronization. How IDiyas builds this profile

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% Patents Active = 100.0

Average Co-Inventor Count = 4.0

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Forward Citations = 11(Granted Patents)


Company Filing History:


Years Active: 1980

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1 patent (USPTO):Explore Patents

Title: Jerry L. Clifton: Inventor of a Film Positioning Apparatus.

Introduction

Jerry L. Clifton is an inventor associated with Rochester, New York, and Eastman Kodak Company. His work includes a patent for an apparatus designed to position photographic film during printing.

Latest Patents

The supplied information lists one patent for Clifton: Film Positioning Apparatus. The invention supports a disk-shaped film unit containing multiple images and moves it among spaced work positions on a photographic printer. At the printing gate aperture, the apparatus rotationally indexes the film to place selected images in position for printing. The record provided does not establish when this patent was granted or whether it is his most recent patent.

Career Highlights

Clifton’s listed invention addresses the precise handling and alignment of photographic film in a printing process. The supplied information associates him with Eastman Kodak Company, a company known for photographic imaging technologies.

Collaborations

The supplied information names Ralph Gentile and James L. King as Clifton’s coworkers. It does not specify whether they collaborated with him on the film-positioning patent.

Conclusion

Jerry L. Clifton’s listed patent reflects an engineering contribution to photographic printing, using controlled film positioning and rotational indexing to select images for printing.

Profile summary based on public USPTO records.
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