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John Powers, III — 24 Patents

Apple: 14 patents #2,362 of 18,612Top 15%
GE: 2 patents #13,632 of 36,430Top 40%
VMVermeer Manufacturing: 1 patents #206 of 366Top 60%
Chevron: 1 patents #2,625 of 4,788Top 55%
Phoenix, AZ: #229 of 6,660 inventorsTop 4%
Arizona: #1,316 of 32,909 inventorsTop 4%
Overall (All Time): #168,038 of 4,157,543Top 5%
24 Patents All Time
John Powers, III has been granted 24 US patents while listed as an inventor at Apple. The first was granted in 1980 and the most recent in December 2021. John Powers, III ranks #168,038 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 4.0%). Patent records list John Powers, III in Phoenix, AZ, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1980 to 2021Bar chart with a peak of 2 patents in 1995.peak 21980: 1 patents19801995: 2 patents1996: 1 patents19961997: 2 patents1998: 2 patents19981999: 2 patents2002: 2 patents20022004: 1 patents2006: 1 patents20062008: 1 patents2010: 1 patents20102013: 1 patents2016: 1 patents20162017: 1 patents2018: 1 patents20182019: 2 patents2020: 1 patents20202021: 1 patents2021

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–24 of 24 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
11198164 Two-axis roll forming apparatus 2021-12-14
10815731 Method and apparatus for emplacing columns 2020-10-27
10323377 Method and apparatus for emplacing steel columns 2019-06-18
10246944 Method and apparatus for emplacing columns 2019-04-02
10039239 Method and apparatus for controlling the operation of a stump cutter Ivan R. Brand, Brent A. Bartels, Douglas E. Ammons 2018-08-07 $1,424,000
9540942 Shaft sealing system for steam turbines Xiaoqing Zheng, Daniel Robert Coffey, Guoqiang Lu, Steven Paul Scarlata, Christopher David Suttles 2017-01-10 $27,458,000
9476203 Column/beam maufacturing apparatus and methods 2016-10-25
8425180 Systems and apparatus relating to steam turbine operation Kristan Brice Sears, Michael John Bowman 2013-04-23 $20,888,000
7827552 System and method for performing context checks 2010-11-02 $116,210,000
7441250 Computer system for automatically instantiating tasks designated by a user Glenn Katz, Michael L. Gough, Josh Jacobs, Patricia J. Coleman, James Miyake +2 more 2008-10-21 $186,354,000
7016891 System and method for performing context checks 2006-03-21 $106,928,000
6757902 Computer system for automatically instantiating tasks designated by a user Glenn Katz, Michael L. Gough, Josh Jacobs, Patricia J. Coleman, James Miyake +2 more 2004-06-29 $32,090,000
6496872 Computer system for automatically instantiating tasks designated by a user Glenn Katz, Michael L. Gough, Josh Jacobs, Patricia J. Coleman, James Miyake +2 more 2002-12-17 $16,529,000
6453311 System and method for performing context checks 2002-09-17 $14,619,000
5860314 Stretch bend forming apparatus, method and product formed thereby 1999-01-19
5859638 Method and apparatus for displaying and scrolling data in a window-based graphic user interface Patricia J. Coleman, James E. Palmer, Matthew Justin Powers, Jeffrey A. Herman, Eli Cochran 1999-01-12 $6,901,000
5828374 Method and apparatus for selecting characters along a scroll bar with a slider Patricia J. Coleman, James E. Palmer, Matthew Justin Powers, Jeffrey A. Herman, Eli Cochran 1998-10-27 $7,395,000
5825355 Method and apparatus for providing a help based window system using multiple access methods James E. Palmer, Patricia J. Coleman, Jeffrey A. Herman, Eli Cochran 1998-10-20 $8,430,000
5602996 Method and apparatus for determining window order when one of multiple displayed windows is selected James E. Palmer, Patricia J. Coleman, Jeffrey A. Herman, Eli Cochran 1997-02-11 $4,684,000
5600779 Method and apparatus for providing visual cues in a graphic user interface James E. Palmer, Patricia J. Coleman, Gregory Scott Brewer, Jeffrey A. Herman, Eli Cochran 1997-02-04 $2,396,000
5488685 Method and apparatus for providing visual cues in a graphic user interface James E. Palmer, Patricia J. Coleman, Gregory Scott Brewer, Jeffrey A. Herman, Eli Cochran 1996-01-30 $33,332,000
5469540 Method and apparatus for generating and displaying multiple simultaneously-active windows James E. Palmer, Patricia J. Coleman, Jeffrey A. Herman, Eli Cochran 1995-11-21 $8,955,000
5428731 Interactive multimedia delivery engine 1995-06-27 $14,050,000
4192835 Triple seal bubble cap assembly with kidney shaped inner tubular sleeve for a gas and liquid contact apparatus 1980-03-11 $8,018,000