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Robert Sheppard — 6 Patents

APApogee: 3 patents #5 of 11Top 50%
IEInternational Standard Electric: 1 patents #147 of 567Top 30%
SUSakura Finetek U.S.A.: 1 patents #25 of 43Top 60%
Overall (All Time): #779,687 of 4,157,543Top 20%
6 Patents All Time
Robert Sheppard has been granted 6 US patents while listed as an inventor at Apogee. The first was granted in 1987 and the most recent in August 2023. Robert Sheppard ranks #779,687 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 18.8%). Patent records list Robert Sheppard in Sawbridgeworth, CA, GB.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1987 to 2023Bar chart with a peak of 2 patents in 1989.peak 21987: 1 patents19871989: 2 patents19891990: 1 patents19902003: 1 patents20032023: 1 patents2023

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–6 of 6 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
11719604 Forceps with replaceable tips Joshua Greenlee, Erico Von Bueren 2023-08-08
6619597 Keyboard wrist support 2003-09-16
D306189 Flapper driven toy balloon Robin Reilly, John Dykstra, Grant McCune, Thomas Valentine 1990-02-20
D301347 Propeller driven toy balloon Robin Reilly, John Dykstra, Grant McCune, Thomas Valentine 1989-05-30
D301257 Propeller driven toy balloon Robin Reilly, John Dykstra, Grant McCune, Thomas Valentine 1989-05-23
4691117 Switch device John C. Greenwood, Robert J. Hodges 1987-09-01 $13,804,000