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Sam E. Kinney, Jr. — 25 Patents

ARAriba: 14 patents #4 of 129Top 4%
FRFreemarkets: 7 patents #1 of 13Top 8%
CCCleveland Clinic: 1 patents #483 of 972Top 50%
Moreland Hills, OH: #6 of 83 inventorsTop 8%
Ohio: #2,369 of 73,341 inventorsTop 4%
Overall (All Time): #158,593 of 4,157,543Top 4%
25 Patents All Time
Sam E. Kinney, Jr. has been granted 25 US patents while listed as an inventor at Ariba. The first was granted in 1989 and the most recent in April 2011. Sam E. Kinney, Jr. ranks #158,593 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 3.8%). Patent records list Sam E. Kinney, Jr. in Moreland Hills, OH, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1989 to 2011Bar chart with a peak of 5 patents in 2001.peak 51989: 1 patents19892001: 5 patents2002: 2 patents20022003: 1 patents2005: 1 patents20052006: 2 patents2007: 3 patents20072008: 2 patents2009: 2 patents20092010: 4 patents2011: 2 patents2011

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 25 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
7921053 Method and system for conducting electronic auctions with multi-parameter price equalization bidding Vincent F. Rago, Glen T. Meakem, Robert G. Stevens, David J. Becker, Anthony F. Bernard +7 more 2011-04-05 $25,453,000
7870034 Method and apparatus for multiple variable bidding in an online auction William D. Rupp, Daniel Abeshouse, Robert G. Stevens, Vincent F. Rago, Scott W. Atkinson 2011-01-11 $5,628,000
7835957 Method and system for correcting market failures with participant isolation in dutch style online auctions 2010-11-16 $13,559,000
7813966 Method and system for controlling the initiation and duration of overtime interval in electronic auctions Marc Alaia, David J. Becker, Anthony F. Bernard, Daniel C. Heckmann, Glen T. Meakem +5 more 2010-10-12 $13,837,000
7792707 Method and system for controlling the initiation and duration of overtime interval in electronic auctions Marc Alaia, David J. Becker, Anthony F. Bernard, Daniel C. Heckmann, Glen T. Meakem +5 more 2010-09-07 $5,780,000
7792713 Method and system for disguised price bidding in online auctions Robert G. Stevens, John P. Levis, III 2010-09-07 $5,780,000
7571137 Method and system for controlling an electronic auction during the transition to a closed state Marc Alaia, David J. Becker, Anthony F. Bernard, Daniel C. Heckmann, Glen T. Meakem +5 more 2009-08-04 $13,401,000
7558746 Method and system for dynamically controlling overtime in electronic auctions Marc Alaia, David J. Becker, Anthony F. Bernard, Daniel C. Heckmann, Glen T. Meakem +5 more 2009-07-07 $6,050,000
7395238 Method and system for controlling an electronic auction during the transition to a closed state Marc Alaia, David J. Becker, Anthony F. Bernard, Daniel C. Heckmann, Glen T. Meakem +5 more 2008-07-01 $13,810,000
7383206 Method and apparatus for multiple variable bidding in an online auction William D. Rupp, Daniel Abeshouse, Robert G. Stevens, Vincent F. Rago, Scott W. Atkinson 2008-06-03 $13,757,000
7283980 Method and system for controlling the initiation and duration of overtime intervals in electronic auctions Marc Alaia, David J. Becker, Anthony F. Bernard, Daniel C. Heckmann, Glen T. Meakem +5 more 2007-10-16 $4,537,000
7249085 Method and system for conducting electronic auctions with multi-parameter price equalization bidding Vincent F. Rago, Glen T. Meakem, Robert G. Stevens, David J. Becker, Anthony F. Bernard +7 more 2007-07-24 $7,062,000
7225152 Method, apparatus, and system for varying an award volume in an auction Scott W. Atkinson, Boaz Maor, Tao. Wang 2007-05-29 $3,571,000
7152043 Method and system for dynamically controlling overtime in electronic auctions Marc Alaia, David J. Becker, Anthony F. Bernard, Daniel C. Heckmann, Glen T. Meakem +5 more 2006-12-19 $6,127,000
7010511 Method and system for conducting electronic auctions with net present value bidding Vincent F. Rago, Glen T. Meakem, Robert G. Stevens, David J. Becker, Anthony F. Bernard +2 more 2006-03-07
6871191 Method and system for partial quantity evaluated rank bidding in online auctions Robert G. Stevens, John P. Levis, III 2005-03-22
6564192 Method and system for differential index bidding in online auctions Vincent F. Rago, Glen T. Meakem, Robert G. Stevens, David J. Becker, Anthony F. Bernard +4 more 2003-05-13 $5,954,000
6499018 Method and system for controlling bidding in electronic auctions using bidder-specific bid limitations Marc Alaia, David J. Becker, Vincent F. Rago, William D. Rupp 2002-12-24 $5,952,000
6408283 Method and system for maintaining the integrity of electronic auctions using a configurable bid monitoring agent Marc Alaia, David J. Becker, Vincent F. Rago, William D. Rupp, Robert G. Stevens 2002-06-18 $11,615,000
6230147 Method and system for controlling an electronic auction during the transition to a closed state Marc Alaia, David J. Becker, Anthony F. Bernard, Daniel C. Heckmann, Glen T. Meakem +5 more 2001-05-08 $7,207,000
6230146 Method and system for controlling closing times of electronic auctions involving multiple lots Marc Alaia, David J. Becker, Anthony F. Bernard, Daniel C. Heckmann, Glen T. Meakem +5 more 2001-05-08 $7,207,000
6223167 Method and system for handling disruptions in the management of electronic auctions Marc Alaia, David J. Becker, Anthony F. Bernard, Daniel C. Heckmann, Glen T. Meakem +5 more 2001-04-24 $11,762,000
6216114 Method and system for controlling the initiation and duration of overtime intervals in electronic auctions Marc Alaia, David J. Becker, Anthony F. Bernard, Daniel C. Heckmann, Glen T. Meakem +5 more 2001-04-10 $11,471,000
6199050 Method and system for bidding in electronic auctions using flexible bidder-determined line-item guidelines Marc Alaia, David J. Becker, Anthony F. Bernard, Daniel C. Heckmann, Glen T. Meakem +5 more 2001-03-06 $20,921,000
4888017 Apparatus of controlling eustachian tube function Richard A. DeVore 1989-12-19