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Sheldon J. Kaphan — 9 Patents

Amazon: 9 patents #1,701 of 19,158Top 9%
Seattle, WA: #3,345 of 21,776 inventorsTop 20%
Washington: #11,701 of 76,902 inventorsTop 20%
Overall (All Time): #535,341 of 4,157,543Top 15%
9 Patents All Time
Sheldon J. Kaphan has been granted 9 US patents while listed as an inventor at Amazon. The first was granted in 2000 and the most recent in May 2014. Sheldon J. Kaphan ranks #535,341 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 12.9%). Patent records list Sheldon J. Kaphan in Seattle, WA, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2000 to 2014Bar chart with a peak of 1 patents in 2000.peak 12000: 1 patents20002006: 1 patents20062007: 1 patents20072008: 1 patents20082009: 1 patents20092010: 1 patents20102012: 1 patents20122013: 1 patents20132014: 1 patents2014

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–9 of 9 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
8732011 System for implementing a performance-based customer referral program Jeffrey P. Bezos, Ellen L. Ratajak, Thomas K. Schonhoff 2014-05-20 $65,809,000
8494923 Internet-based customer referral system Jeffrey P. Bezos, Ellen L. Ratajak, Thomas K. Schonhoff 2013-07-23 $63,991,000
8341036 Combining disparate purchases into a single purchase order for billing and shipment Peri Hartman, Jeffrey P. Bezos, Joel R. Spiegel 2012-12-25
7792705 Method and system for placing a purchase order via a communications network Jeffrey P. Bezos, Maryam Mohit, James Prudente, Colleen McQueen, Gene Pope 2010-09-07 $198,776,000
7512548 Use of shopping cart to collect and purchase items selected from multiple web sites Jeffrey P. Bezos, Ellen L. Ratajak, Thomas K. Schonhoff 2009-03-31 $360,256,000
7337133 Internet-based customer referral system Jeffrey P. Bezos, Ellen L. Ratajak, Thomas K. Schonhoff 2008-02-26 $342,783,000
7222087 Method and system for placing a purchase order via a communications network Jeffrey P. Bezos, Maryam Mohit, James Prudente, Colleen McQueen, Gene Pope 2007-05-22 $316,820,000
7006989 Coordinating delivery of a gift Jeffrey P. Bezos 2006-02-28 $109,413,000
6029141 Internet-based customer referral system Jeffrey P. Bezos, Ellen L. Ratajak, Thomas K. Schonhoff 2000-02-22 $499,885,000