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John J. Trainor — 39 Patents

CRCree: 18 patents #93 of 639Top 15%
SASiemens Energy & Automation: 11 patents #14 of 424Top 4%
EUEast Carolina University: 4 patents #22 of 125Top 20%
SDSiemens Power Transmission & Distribution: 3 patents #9 of 57Top 20%
ILIdeal Industries Lighting: 2 patents #93 of 178Top 55%
HAHitachi Energy Switzerland Ag: 1 patents #120 of 445Top 30%
Durham, NC: #87 of 4,103 inventorsTop 3%
North Carolina: #875 of 45,564 inventorsTop 2%
Overall (All Time): #81,245 of 4,157,543Top 2%
39 Patents All Time
John J. Trainor has been granted 39 US patents while listed as an inventor at Cree. The first was granted in 1995 and the most recent in December 2023. John J. Trainor ranks #81,245 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 2.0%). Patent records list John J. Trainor in Durham, NC, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1995 to 2023Bar chart with a peak of 10 patents in 2017.peak 101995: 2 patents19951996: 3 patents1997: 4 patents19971998: 2 patents1999: 1 patents19992000: 1 patents2001: 1 patents20012014: 4 patents2017: 10 patents20172018: 5 patents2019: 3 patents20192022: 1 patents2023: 2 patents2023

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 39 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
11849512 Lighting fixture that transmits switch module information to form lighting networks Brian Carrigan, Joseph P. Chobot, Matthew Deese, Keith Bryan 2023-12-19
11792898 Enhanced fixtures for area lighting Christopher P. Hussell, Brian Carrigan, Joseph P. Chobot, Matthew Deese, Keith Bryan 2023-10-17
11372462 Protected power and data bus connection of peripheral device and host device Russell Taylor 2022-06-28
10271405 Lighting fixture sensor network Matthew Deese, James McBryde, William L. Dungan, Robert Bowser, Nathan Snell 2019-04-23 $9,011,000
10206270 Switch module for controlling lighting fixtures in a lighting network Brian Carrigan, Joseph P. Chobot, Matthew Deese, Keith Bryan 2019-02-12 $14,174,000
10172218 Master/slave arrangement for lighting fixture modules Arnold Motley, Joseph P. Chobot, Daniel J. Pope, Michael James Harris 2019-01-01
10064251 Updatable lighting fixtures and related components Daniel J. Pope, Arnold Motley 2018-08-28 $40,141,000
10008125 Methods, systems, and devices for multi-user treatment for improvement of reading comprehension using frequency altered feedback Michael Rastatter, Todd Carter, Mark Allen, Ricardo Rodriguez 2018-06-26
D819126 Multi-user reading comprehension therapy device Michael Rastatter, Todd Carter, Mark Allen, Ricardo Rodriguez 2018-05-29
9888546 Lighting fixture sensor network Matthew Deese, James McBryde, William L. Dungan, Robert Bowser, Nathan Snell 2018-02-06 $9,645,000
9872367 Handheld device for grouping a plurality of lighting fixtures Brian Carrigan, Joseph P. Chobot, Matthew Deese, Keith Bryan 2018-01-16 $6,022,000
9835691 Emergency lighting systems and methods for solid state lighting apparatus James McBryde, Randall L. Powers, Michael James Harris, Patrick John O'Flaherty 2017-12-05 $6,873,000
9795016 Master/slave arrangement for lighting fixture modules Arnold Motley, Joseph P. Chobot, Daniel J. Pope, Michael James Harris 2017-10-17 $6,909,000
9750112 Lighting fixture sensor network Matthew Deese, James McBryde, Bill Dungan, Rob Bowser, Nathan Snell 2017-08-29 $8,143,000
9723673 Handheld device for merging groups of lighting fixtures Brian Carrigan, Joseph P. Chobot, Matthew Deese, Keith Bryan 2017-08-01 $5,526,000
9723696 Handheld device for controlling settings of a lighting fixture Brian Carrigan, Joseph P. Chobot, Matthew Deese, Keith Bryan 2017-08-01 $5,526,000
9717125 Enhanced lighting fixture Brian Carrigan, Joseph P. Chobot, Matthew Deese, Keith Bryan 2017-07-25 $9,507,000
9706617 Handheld device that is capable of interacting with a lighting fixture Brian Carrigan, Joseph P. Chobot, Matthew Deese, Keith Bryan 2017-07-11 $3,291,000
9572226 Master/slave arrangement for lighting fixture modules Arnold Motley, Joseph P. Chobot, Daniel J. Pope, Michael James Harris 2017-02-14 $3,587,000
9560703 Dimming control for emergency lighting systems James McBryde, Randall L. Powers 2017-01-31 $5,624,000
9547997 Methods, systems, and devices for multi-user improvement of reading comprehension using frequency altered feedback Michael Rastatter, Todd Carter, Mark Allen, Ricardo Rodriguez 2017-01-17
8912735 Commissioning for a lighting network Joseph P. Chobot 2014-12-16 $16,484,000
D716375 Multi-user reading comprehension therapy device Michael Rastatter, Todd Carter, Mark Allen, Ricardo Rodriguez 2014-10-28
8829821 Auto commissioning lighting fixture Joseph P. Chobot 2014-09-09 $7,722,000
8823272 Emergency lighting systems including bidirectional booster/charger circuits James McBryde, Randall L. Powers, Joseph P. Chobot 2014-09-02 $6,007,000