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James B. Carpenter — 18 Patents

3M: 17 patents #866 of 11,543Top 8%
CDCorning Research & Development: 1 patents #233 of 440Top 55%
Austin, TX: #1,808 of 18,064 inventorsTop 15%
Texas: #7,913 of 125,132 inventorsTop 7%
Overall (All Time): #245,716 of 4,157,543Top 6%
18 Patents All Time
James B. Carpenter has been granted 18 US patents while listed as an inventor at 3M. The first was granted in 1992 and the most recent in November 2019. James B. Carpenter ranks #245,716 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 5.9%). Patent records list James B. Carpenter in Austin, TX, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1992 to 2019Bar chart with a peak of 4 patents in 1998.peak 41992: 3 patents19921996: 1 patents19961998: 4 patents19982004: 1 patents20042005: 2 patents20052006: 1 patents20062007: 1 patents20072008: 3 patents20082009: 1 patents20092019: 1 patents2019

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–18 of 18 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
10488597 Connector for connecting two bare optical fibers Rutesh D. Parikh, Dennis G. Brannan 2019-11-26 $11,836,000
7558459 Splice holder device Douglas P. Hills, Chansool Park, Donald K. Larson, Paul N. Winberg 2009-07-07 $26,653,000
7454117 Fiber splicing and gripping device Akihiko Yazaki, Takaya Yamauchi 2008-11-18 $35,447,000
7369738 Optical connector and fiber distribution unit Donald K. Larson, Paul N. Winberg, Wesley A. Raider, Chansool Park, Wai-Fung Mak +1 more 2008-05-06 $20,632,000
7333709 Splice holder device Douglas P. Hills, Chansool Park, Donald K. Larson, Paul N. Winberg 2008-02-19 $17,550,000
7194179 Assembly tool and optical connector assembly method Johnny P. Bryant, James R. Bylander, Steven L. Johnson 2007-03-20 $18,737,000
7001084 Fiber splice device Dale Elder 2006-02-21 $31,223,000
6898360 Sectionally photosensitive optical waveguides Nirmal Viswanathan, Dora M. Paolucci 2005-05-24 $25,877,000
6857293 Apparatus for selective photosensitization of optical fiber John P. Stedman, James R. Bylander, Gordon Wiegand, Nicholas A. Stacey, Anthony William Gatica +2 more 2005-02-22 $20,060,000
6763686 Method for selective photosensitization of optical fiber John P. Stedman, James R. Bylander, Gordon Wiegand, Nicholas A. Stacey, Anthony William Gatica +3 more 2004-07-20 $35,733,000
5812718 Method for connecting optical fibers and the interconnection Gordon D. Henson, Michael A. Meis, Richard A. Patterson 1998-09-22 $24,672,000
5734770 Cleave and bevel fiber optic connector Richard A. Patterson, Ronald P. Pepin 1998-03-31 $13,977,000
5732173 Microreplicated optical module James R. Bylander, Donald G. Doss, Douglas P. Hills, Richard A. Patterson, Laura A. Weller-Brophy 1998-03-24 $24,255,000
5732174 Bare fiber connector Alexander R. Mathews, Richard A. Patterson, Ronald P. Pepin 1998-03-24 $24,255,000
5563974 Tool for connector with cleaved optical fiber Joseph A. Paparella 1996-10-08 $19,091,000
5159653 Optical fiber splice Haregoppa S. Gopalakrishna, Donald K. Larson, Richard A. Patterson 1992-10-27 $7,742,000
5155787 Multiple optical fiber splice element having ramped porch Donald K. Larson, Charles M. Mansfield, Richard A. Patterson 1992-10-13 $11,432,000
5151964 Wedge-actuated multiple optical fiber splice Donald G. Doss, Frank J. Glatzl 1992-09-29 $9,936,000