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2017
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IBM
›
Wei L. Chan
WC
Wei L. Chan
— 3 Patents in 2017
IBM
:
3
patents
#2,216
of
10,852
Top 25%
Cary, NC
:
#104
of
700
inventors
Top 15%
North Carolina
:
#619
of
5,755
inventors
Top 15%
Overall
(2017):
#55,136
of
506,227
Top 15%
3
Patents 2017
Issued Patents
2017
Showing
1–3
of
3
patents
Patent #
Title
Co-Inventors
Date
Approx Value ⓘ
9747286
Acquiring information dynamically regarding a hardware component in the cloud computing system while on the floor of the data center
Rohith K. Ashok
,
Hugh E. Hockett
,
Shu Chao Wan
2017-08-29
$2,195,000
9600476
Acquiring information dynamically regarding a hardware component in the cloud computing system while on the floor of the data center
Rohith K. Ashok
,
Hugh E. Hockett
,
Shu Chao Wan
2017-03-21
$2,195,000
9600477
Acquiring information dynamically regarding a hardware component in the cloud computing system while on the floor of the data center
Rohith K. Ashok
,
Hugh E. Hockett
,
Shu Chao Wan
2017-03-21
$2,195,000
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