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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025
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Robert Higley — 22 Patents

CRCree: 18 patents #93 of 639Top 15%
BSBluestar Silicones France Sas: 1 patents #43 of 108Top 40%
ILIdeal Industries Lighting: 1 patents #128 of 178Top 75%
NUNamic Usa: 1 patents #1 of 11Top 10%
Cary, NC: #266 of 3,681 inventorsTop 8%
North Carolina: #2,027 of 45,564 inventorsTop 5%
Overall (All Time): #189,202 of 4,157,543Top 5%
22 Patents All Time
Robert Higley has been granted 22 US patents while listed as an inventor at Cree. The first was granted in 1994 and the most recent in April 2022. Robert Higley ranks #189,202 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 4.6%). Patent records list Robert Higley in Cary, NC, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1994 to 2022Bar chart with a peak of 4 patents in 2013.peak 41994: 1 patents19942009: 1 patents2010: 3 patents20102011: 3 patents2012: 2 patents20122013: 4 patents2014: 3 patents20142015: 1 patents2016: 2 patents20162017: 1 patents2022: 1 patents2022

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–22 of 22 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
11304276 Glare-reactive lighting apparatus Dante P. Nava, Joshua J. Markle, Edward Steinke 2022-04-12
9664369 LED lamp Charles W. Richards, Shawn Patrick Keeney, Mark Youmans, Michael Leung, Nicholas Desilva +1 more 2017-05-30 $3,002,000
9303857 LED lamp with omnidirectional light distribution Nicholas Desilva, Dante P. Nava, Mark Youmans 2016-04-05 $4,180,000
9249952 Multi-configurable, high luminous output light fixture systems, devices and methods Joshua J. Markle, Russell G. Villard, Nicholas Desilva 2016-02-02 $25,833,000
9212808 LED lighting fixture Yuming Chen, Carleton Coleman 2015-12-15 $3,174,000
8820971 Decorative and functional light-emitting device lighting fixtures Joshua J. Markle, Shawn Patrick Keeney, Greg Bibee, Donald G. Hirsh 2014-09-02 $6,007,000
8746915 Light emitting die (LED) lamps, heat sinks and related methods Russell G. Villard, Shawn Patrick Keeney, Nicholas Desilva, Joshua J. Markle 2014-06-10 $10,110,000
8740663 Light emitting devices and systems having tunable chromaticity and methods of tuning the chromaticity of light emitting devices and systems Wooh Jae Kim, Gregory S. Bibee, Mark McClear, Joshua J. Markle 2014-06-03 $14,874,000
8602611 Decorative and functional light-emitting device lighting fixtures Joshua J. Markle 2013-12-10 $11,467,000
8602593 Lamp assemblies and methods of making the same Joshua J. Markle 2013-12-10 $11,467,000
8454202 Decorative and functional light-emitting device lighting fixtures Joshua J. Markle 2013-06-04 $13,534,000
8408749 Thermal transfer in solid state light emitting apparatus and methods of manufacturing Russell G. Villard 2013-04-02 $5,206,000
8339029 Light emitting devices and systems having tunable chromaticity Wooh Jae Kim, Gregory S. Blbee, Mark McClear, Joshua J. Markle 2012-12-25
8198357 Method for producing molded silicone rubber products using liquid silicone rubber Edward M. Jeram, Reeshemah Beaty Chatham 2012-06-12
8063137 Method for producing molded silicone rubber products using liquid silicone rubber Edward M. Jeram, Reeshemah Beaty Chatham 2011-11-22
D641096 Lighting fixture Joshua J. Markle 2011-07-05
7922360 Thermal transfer in solid state light emitting apparatus and methods of manufacturing Russell G. Villard 2011-04-12 $14,517,000
7824070 LED lighting fixture Yuming Chen, Carleton Coleman 2010-11-02 $18,973,000
7744266 LED socket and replaceable LED assemblies Faramarz Hafezi 2010-06-29 $31,597,000
7690802 Light emitting diode emergency lighting methods and apparatus Mark McClear 2010-04-06 $12,474,000
7549786 LED socket and replaceable LED assemblies Faramarz Hafezi 2009-06-23 $10,489,000
5356375 Positive pressure fluid delivery and waste removal system 1994-10-18 $1,666,000