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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025
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Christopher Brophy — 22 Patents

CICorning Incorporated: 7 patents #767 of 3,890Top 20%
JTJohnson Controls Technology: 6 patents #235 of 2,110Top 15%
TGTyco Fire & Security Gmbh: 3 patents #139 of 829Top 20%
JUJds Uniphase: 1 patents #393 of 940Top 45%
RIRam Photonics Industrial: 1 patents #6 of 6Top 100%
JLJohnson Controls Tyco Ip Holdings Llp: 1 patents #414 of 843Top 50%
QIQed Technologies International: 1 patents #8 of 19Top 45%
Pittsford, NY: #90 of 976 inventorsTop 10%
New York: #6,196 of 115,490 inventorsTop 6%
Overall (All Time): #189,202 of 4,157,543Top 5%
22 Patents All Time
Christopher Brophy has been granted 22 US patents while listed as an inventor at Corning Incorporated. The first was granted in 2001 and the most recent in October 2025. Christopher Brophy ranks #189,202 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 4.6%). Patent records list Christopher Brophy in Pittsford, NY, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2001 to 2025Bar chart with a peak of 4 patents in 2025.peak 42001: 1 patents20012002: 2 patents2003: 3 patents20032004: 1 patents2007: 1 patents20072012: 1 patents2017: 1 patents20172019: 2 patents2020: 1 patents20202021: 2 patents2023: 2 patents20232024: 1 patents2025: 4 patents2025

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–22 of 22 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12442556 Flowrate determination system and method for a flow control valve Jason J. Raasch, Kevin A. Weiss, Duane S. Freimuth 2025-10-14
12379545 Method and system for aligning and positioning an optical fiber and microlens array Joseph Lawson, Jordan Leidner 2025-08-05
12354795 Solenoid systems and methods for achieving lower cost Jason J. Raasch, Kevin Dixon 2025-07-08
12271164 Modular controller for a building management system Daniel Disch, Kim K. Weller, Julie Ahl, Nathan Emlen 2025-04-08
12019413 System and method for power arbitration of devices connected to a bus Kraig D. Ritmanich, Mark G. Freund 2024-06-25
11770453 HVAC controller with integrated wireless network processor chip Kim K. Weller, Daniel R. Gottschalk, Ryan J. Bykowski, Tom Z. Zhuang 2023-09-26
11740601 Building management system with universal serial bus (USB) building devices Justin J. Seifi, Alan J. Bronikowski 2023-08-29 $14,896,000
11196814 HVAC controller with integrated wireless network processor chip Kim K. Weller, Daniel R. Gottschalk, Ryan J. Bykowski, Tom Z. Zhuang 2021-12-07
10968579 Avalanche control device Evan J. Neumann 2021-04-06
10798177 HVAC controller with integrated wireless network processor chip Kim K. Weller, Daniel R. Gottschalk, Ryan J. Bykowski, Tom Z. Zhuang 2020-10-06
10484478 HVAC controller with integrated wireless network processor chip Kim K. Weller, Daniel R. Gottschalk, Ryan J. Bykowski, Tom Z. Zhuang 2019-11-19
10278048 Systems and methods for enhancing building management system interaction and visualization Vikas Sharma, Sudhanshu Dixit, Ashok Sridharan, Shubhankar S. Roychoudhury, Jeeva S +3 more 2019-04-30
9571986 Systems and methods for detecting and using equipment location in a building management system Donald A. Gottschalk, Troy A. Goldschmidt 2017-02-14
8203719 Stitching of near-nulled subaperture measurements Paul Murphy, Gary Devries, Greg Forbes 2012-06-19
7162115 Multiport wavelength-selective optical switch Dale Buralli, Steve Chakmakjian, Eliseo Ranalli 2007-01-09 $10,508,000
6735008 MEMS mirror and method of fabrication Xiaodong Fu, David W. Lambert, Paul Merchant 2004-05-11 $27,377,000
6654175 Integrated LED/photodiode collimator array Marc G. Brun, Mark Francis Krol 2003-11-25 $23,187,000
6567586 Dual fiber collimator Anita K. Thompson 2003-05-20 $24,017,000
6532318 Symmetric wavelength selective switch for interconnecting two WDM rings Robert G. Lindquist 2003-03-11 $53,115,000
6404942 Fluid-encapsulated MEMS optical switch Victoria Ann Edwards, Bernard Eid, Darol Chamberlain 2002-06-11 $5,394,000
6389189 Fluid-encapsulated MEMS optical switch Victoria Ann Edwards, Bernard Eid, Darol Chamberlain 2002-05-14 $7,443,000
6275623 Dynamically configurable spectral filter Yongqian Liu, Peter Gerard Wigley 2001-08-14 $66,147,000