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2021
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IBM
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James A. Busby
JB
James A. Busby
— 6 Patents in 2021
IBM
:
6
patents
#871
of
11,638
Top 8%
New Paltz, NY
:
#3
of
25
inventors
Top 15%
New York
:
#548
of
12,766
inventors
Top 5%
Overall
(2021):
#22,958
of
548,734
Top 5%
6
Patents 2021
Issued Patents
2021
Showing
1–6
of
6
patents
Patent #
Title
Co-Inventors
Date
Approx Value ⓘ
11147158
Tamper-respondent assembly with interconnect characteristic(s) obscuring circuit layout
John R. Dangler
,
Michael J. Fisher
,
David C. Long
2021-10-12
$3,967,000
11122682
Tamper-respondent sensors with liquid crystal polymer layers
John R. Dangler
,
Mark K. Hoffmeyer
,
William L. Brodsky
,
William Santiago-Fernandez
,
David C. Long
+3 more
2021-09-14
$2,674,000
11083082
Enclosure-to-board interface with tamper-detect circuit(s)
Kathleen Ann Fadden
,
David C. Long
,
John R. Dangler
,
Alexandra Echegaray
,
Michael J. Fisher
+1 more
2021-08-03
$4,187,000
11026324
Creating a secure volume
Arthur J. Higby
,
David C. Long
,
Michael J. Fisher
,
John R. Dangler
,
Robert Weiss
+2 more
2021-06-01
$4,052,000
10956623
Enclosure with tamper respondent sensor
Silvio Dragone
,
Michael J. Fisher
,
William Santiago Fernandez
,
Ryan Elsasser
,
John R. Dangler
+3 more
2021-03-23
$2,115,000
10932374
3-D flex circuit forming
Arthur J. Higby
,
David C. Long
,
Robert Weiss
,
Michael J. Fisher
,
Tristen Gaudette
2021-02-23
$3,028,000
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