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James R. Edwards — 38 Patents

CCCompaq Computer: 11 patents #77 of 1,604Top 5%
BABarnstead/Thermolyne: 10 patents #3 of 29Top 15%
HEHelmer: 3 patents #2 of 12Top 20%
ESEska: 3 patents #1 of 6Top 20%
HSHelmer Scientific: 2 patents #5 of 14Top 40%
CGChrysler Group: 1 patents #1,051 of 2,641Top 40%
VUVanderbilt University: 1 patents #725 of 1,609Top 50%
VTVlsi Technology: 1 patents #349 of 594Top 60%
AMD: 1 patents #8,481 of 9,280Top 95%
Smiths, IA: #2 of 7 inventorsTop 30%
Iowa: #189 of 15,303 inventorsTop 2%
Overall (All Time): #84,675 of 4,157,543Top 3%
38 Patents All Time
James R. Edwards has been granted 38 US patents while listed as an inventor at Compaq Computer. The first was granted in 1988 and the most recent in March 2025. James R. Edwards ranks #84,675 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 2.0%). Patent records list James R. Edwards in Smiths, IA, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1988 to 2025Bar chart with a peak of 8 patents in 1999.peak 81988: 2 patents19881989: 3 patents1995: 2 patents19951997: 1 patents1998: 6 patents19981999: 8 patents2000: 2 patents20002001: 2 patents2002: 1 patents20022006: 1 patents2008: 1 patents20082011: 2 patents2015: 1 patents20152017: 1 patents2020: 1 patents20202021: 1 patents2022: 1 patents20222024: 1 patents2025: 1 patents2025

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 38 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12251342 Medical products storage device including access control Thomas J. Larkner, David A. Ferrer, Jesse M. Smith, Dennis H. Smith, Adam A. Cloud +2 more 2025-03-18
11883335 Medical products storage device including access control Thomas J. Larkner, David A. Ferrer, Jesse M. Smith, Dennis H. Smith, Adam A. Cloud +2 more 2024-01-30
11534356 Medical products storage device including access control Thomas J. Larkner, David A. Ferrer, Jesse M. Smith, Dennis H. Smith, Adam A. Cloud +2 more 2022-12-27
11192945 Anti-TGF-β induction of bone cell function and bone growth Gregory R. Mundy 2021-12-07
10821044 Medical products storage device including access control Thomas J. Larkner, David A. Ferrer, Jesse M. Smith, Dennis H. Smith, Adam A. Cloud +2 more 2020-11-03
9579245 Medical products storage device including access control Thomas J. Larkner, David A. Ferrer, Jesse M. Smith, Dennis H. Smith, Adam A. Cloud +2 more 2017-02-28
9211013 Resistive support mechanism Patrick N. Harrison, Ken W. Vandervelden, Thomas N. Banks, David R. Gater 2015-12-15
8054676 Memory system such as a dual-inline memory module (DIMM) and computer system using the memory system Kevin B. Tanguay, David W. Frodin, Marshall A. Dawson, Scott B. Hoot 2011-11-08 $4,445,000
7919731 Stirring hot plate Curt McFadden, Kenneth Hermsen, Roger Earle, Kerry W. Leppert, Eric Jackson +3 more 2011-04-05
7326885 Hot plate with stainless steel top Mark D. Lockwood, Peter Riniker 2008-02-05
7075040 Stirring hot plate Curt McFadden, Kenneth Hermsen, Roger Earle, Kerry W. Leppert, Eric Jackson +3 more 2006-07-11
6356963 Long latency interrupt handling and input/output write posting David J. Maguire 2002-03-12 $35,034,000
6273134 Sterilizer valve Francis J. Lahey, Kerry W. Leppert 2001-08-14
6186128 Apparatus for treatment of crankcase emissions materials in a positive crankcase ventilation system Ronald A. Diotte, Charles T. Nachtman, Robert L. Gregory, Frank Winter 2001-02-13
6154798 Computer system implementing hot docking and undocking capabilities by employing a local bus arbiter idle stats in which the arbiter is parked on a first input/output bus portion Richard S. Lin, David J. Maguire, David J. DeLisle 2000-11-28 $99,736,000
6088517 Interfacing direct memory access devices to a non-ISA bus Christopher C. Wanner, Jeffrey C. Stevens, Robert A. Lester, Dwight D. Riley, David J. Maguire 2000-07-11 $108,418,000
6000383 Apparatus for the treatment of crankcase emissions materials in a positive crankcase ventilation system Ronald A. Diotte, Charles T. Nachtman, Robert L. Gregory 1999-12-14
5988435 Fluid dispensing system Chester E. Chomka, Lawrence J. Fenske, Kerry W. Leppert, Charles T. Nachtman 1999-11-23
5954809 Circuit for handling distributed arbitration in a computer system having multiple arbiters Dwight D. Riley, David J. Maguire 1999-09-21 $81,668,000
5943500 Long latency interrupt handling and input/output write posting David J. Maguire 1999-08-24 $238,627,000
5873000 System incorporating hot docking and undocking capabilities without requiring a standby or suspend mode by placing local arbiters of system and base into idle state Richard S. Lin, David J. Maguire, David J. DeLisle 1999-02-16 $117,137,000
5868924 Water purifier Charles T. Nachtman, Chester E. Chomka 1999-02-09
5864688 Apparatus and method for positively and subtractively decoding addresses on a bus Gregory N. Santos, David J. Maguire, Dwight D. Riley 1999-01-26 $138,096,000
5862958 Bottle top dispenser Chester E. Chomka 1999-01-26
D399917 Fluid dispenser Chester E. Chomka, Lawrence J. Fenske 1998-10-20