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John Todd Elson — 20 Patents

ASAmtech Systems: 11 patents #8 of 36Top 25%
FIFiore Industries: 3 patents #1 of 5Top 20%
Albuquerque, NM: #139 of 4,547 inventorsTop 4%
New Mexico: #254 of 9,035 inventorsTop 3%
Overall (All Time): #214,803 of 4,157,543Top 6%
20 Patents All Time
John Todd Elson has been granted 20 US patents while listed as an inventor at Amtech Systems. The first was granted in 2006 and the most recent in December 2025. John Todd Elson ranks #214,803 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 5.2%). Patent records list John Todd Elson in Albuquerque, NM, US.

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Showing 1–20 of 20 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12505322 Vehicle tracking system using smart-phone as active transponder Kent Douglas Gravelle, Greg Lantz, Michael Melville, Paul Hamel 2025-12-23
12483870 Vehicle tracking system using smart-phone as active transponder Kent Douglas Gravelle, Greg Lantz, Michael Melville, Paul Hamel 2025-11-25
12461869 Adjustable periodicity of burst access operations Praveen Gurrala, Aniket Bhandare 2025-11-04
12438560 Filler symbols for data bursts Praveen Gurrala, Bryan D. Butler 2025-10-07
12069552 Vehicle tracking system using smart-phone as active transponder Kelly Gravelle, Greg Lantz, Michael Melville, Paul Hamel, Yousuf Kamal 2024-08-20 $1,537,000
12015969 Vehicle tracking system using smart-phone as active transponder Kelly Gravelle, Greg Lantz, Michael Melville, Paul Hamel 2024-06-18 $1,286,000
11836569 Vehicle tracking system using smart-phone as active transponder Kelly Gravelle, Greg Lantz, Michael Melville, Paul Hamel 2023-12-05 $1,074,000
11529977 Radar enabled determination of presence, axle count, speed, and direction of a rail car Michael Melville, Nicolas Martinez, Richard Skotnicki 2022-12-20
11323865 Vehicle tracking system using smart-phone as active transponder Kelly Gravelle, Greg Lantz, Michael Melville, Paul Hamel, Yousuf Kamal 2022-05-03 $1,566,000
11039284 Vehicle tracking system using smart-phone as active transponder Kelly Gravelle, Greg Lantz, Michael Melville, Paul Hamel 2021-06-15 $1,794,000
10708745 Vehicle tracking system using smart-phone as active transponder Kelly Gravelle, Greg Lantz, Michael Melville, Paul Hamel, Yousuf Kamal 2020-07-07 $825,000
10302756 System and method for estimating range to an RFID tag Michael Melville 2019-05-28 $962,000
10134210 Vehicle tracking system using smart-phone as active transponder Kelly Gravelle, Greg Lantz, Michael Melville, Paul Hamel, Yousuf Kamal 2018-11-20 $1,028,000
9841500 System and method for estimating range to an RFID tag Michael Melville 2017-12-12 $2,672,000
9316728 System and method for estimating range to an RFID tag Michael Melville 2016-04-19 $1,438,000
9081088 System and method for estimating range to an RFID tag Michael Melville 2015-07-14 $1,382,000
8905176 Method and apparatus for remotely disabling vehicles 2014-12-09
8387735 Method and apparatus for remotely disabling vehicles 2013-03-05
8236237 Method and apparatus for destruction of biological and chemical agents David E. Lane, II 2012-08-07
D525962 Hands-free telephone system 2006-08-01