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Home
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2021
›
IBM
›
Garfield W. Vaughn
GV
Garfield W. Vaughn
— 10 Patents in 2021
IBM
:
10
patents
#428
of
11,638
Top 4%
Southbury, CT
:
#4
of
34
inventors
Top 15%
Connecticut
:
#64
of
4,045
inventors
Top 2%
Overall
(2021):
#8,429
of
548,734
Top 2%
10
Patents 2021
Issued Patents
2021
Showing
1–10
of
10
patents
Patent #
Title
Co-Inventors
Date
Approx Value ⓘ
11210059
Audible command modification
Craig M. Trim
,
Shubhadip Ray
,
Sarbajit K. Rakshit
2021-12-28
$7,175,000
11122024
Chat session dynamic security
Gandhi Sivakumar
,
Vasanthi M. Gopal
2021-09-14
$2,674,000
11108583
Collaborative learning and enabling skills among smart devices within a closed social network group
Shubhadip Ray
,
Sarbajit K. Rakshit
,
Craig M. Trim
2021-08-31
$6,618,000
11093274
Open interface management of virtual agent nodes
Vasanthi M. Gopal
,
Gandhi Sivakumar
2021-08-17
$3,119,000
11088562
Vehicle implemented wireless charging
Bryan A. Barone
,
Moncef Benboubakeur
,
Julija Narodicka
2021-08-10
$4,960,000
11075007
Dynamic selection of virtual agents in a mutli-domain expert system
Gandhi Sivakumar
,
Vasanthi M. Gopal
2021-07-27
$4,187,000
11074090
Virtual action-based troubleshooter
Gandhi Sivakumar
,
Vasanthi M. Gopal
2021-07-27
$4,187,000
10970347
Managing user activity context using an activity context graph
Akram Bou-Ghannam
,
Yahia Chemlal
,
Moncef Benboubakeur
2021-04-06
$3,234,000
10950254
Producing comprehensible subtitles and captions for an effective group viewing experience
Moncef Benboubakeur
,
Julija Narodicka
,
Aaron K. Baughman
2021-03-16
$6,230,000
10904616
Filtering of content in near real time
Julija Narodicka
,
Moncef Benboubakeur
,
Anuradha Bhamidipaty
2021-01-26
$1,788,000
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