Licensed or Sold
New Products designed by Pfanstiehl that are already successfully commercialized
PrepPen First successful spot sanding pen, distributed by 3M to both retail and trade markets. Other distributors included Radio Shack and StarBrite. U.S. Patent No. 5730644 and D370126
ProGauge Delivered improved accuracy at 1/4 the price of the competition and quickly became the world's fastest selling paint thickness gauge; U.S. Patent No. 5,006,799
ChipKit First paint chip repair kit distributed by an automotive manufacturer (General Motors) U.S. Patent No. 6,142,868
Paint and Body Inspection Gauge First pocket-sized electronic auto inspection gauge to provide 1/10 mil (.0001 inch) accuracy at an affordable price.
SpotRot World's first autobody damage gauge. Featured in Newsweek, New York Times, Motortrend, Omni. Used by police auto theft investigators around the world. U.S. Patent No. 5,006,799
ETG First electronic paint gauge chosen exclusively by GM, Ford, Chrysler, Honda, Toyota and BMW dealer equipment programs. Private labeled for Meguiars and industrial distributors.
UV Curing Lamp Developed at the request of PPG, it offered higher performance than current UV lamps at a significantly lowered price.
BSEK Body Shop Evaluation Kit, created to help body shops detect common problems that affect the quality of auto refinishing. Distributed and used by DuPont, BASF, Akzo, PPG, and Sherwin-Williams.
QFM World's first optical DOI instrument that successfully measured Class A finish quality. Developed in association with DuPont because there was no affordable instrument whose measurements highly correlated with human perception of automotive finish quality. U.S. Patent No. 6,088,116.