Derek Howard — 17 Patents at Disney

Derek Howard has been granted 17 US patents while listed as an inventor at Disney. The first was granted in 2010 and the most recent in January 2025. Derek Howard ranks #263,971 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 6.3%). Patent records list Derek Howard in Columbia, MO, US.

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Showing 1–17 of 17 patents

Patent #	Title	Co-Inventors	Date	Approx Value ⓘ
12189659	Systems and methods for a multi-hierarchy physical storage architecture for managing program and outcome data	Paxton Riter, Ned Stone, Whitney Kilgore, Krista Galyen, Sam Foster +1 more	2025-01-07
11803573	Systems and methods for a multi-hierarchy physical storage architecture for managing program and outcome data	Paxton Riter, Ned Stone, Whitney Kilgore, Krista Galyen, Sam Foster +1 more	2023-10-31
11593401	Systems and methods for a multi-hierarchy physical storage architecture for managing program and outcome data	Paxton Riter, Ned Stone, Whitney Kilgore, Krista Galyen, Sam Foster +1 more	2023-02-28
11176009	Implementing power up detection in power down cycle to dynamically identify failed system component resulting in loss of resources preventing IPL	Lee N. Helgeson, Russel L. Young, George J. Romano, Mussie T. Negussie	2021-11-16	$1,912,000
10442315	Roller coaster with passenger compartment motion powered through stored onboard energy	Peyton B. Buhler	2019-10-15	$123,050,000
10213701	Passenger restraint for upright, straddle-type seating in an amusement park ride vehicle	—	2019-02-26	$119,074,000
10155171	Track-based swing ride with long arm pendulum	David W. Crawford	2018-12-18	$194,756,000
9744930	Passenger restraint providing lateral leg containment in an amusement park ride vehicle	—	2017-08-29	$61,776,000
9272224	Amusement park ride with cantilevered ride vehicles	Edward A. Nemeth, Spencer T. Banks	2016-03-01	$71,300,000
8636600	Roller coaster vehicle	—	2014-01-28	$198,830,000
8527795	Changing processor performance from a throttled state during a power supply failure	Martha Ann Broyles, Peter A. Wendling, Raymond J. Harrington, Todd J. Rosedahl	2013-09-03	$4,698,000
8490550	Roller coaster with articulable seat backs	David W. Crawford, Thomas J. Fitzgerald, David Durham, James H. Shull	2013-07-23	$391,955,000
8360893	Roller coaster vehicle	—	2013-01-29	$61,968,000
8141495	Amusement park ride with vehicles pivoting about a common chassis to provide racing and other effects	Paul Edmund Baker, Mark W. Sumner, David Durham, Christopher J. Rose, David W. Crawford	2012-03-27	$94,385,000
8132513	Amusement park ride with a vehicle drive that decouples upon loss of power	David W. Crawford, Edward A. Nemeth	2012-03-13	$73,303,000
7921781	Amusement park ride with vehicles pivoting about a common chassis to provide racing and other effects	Paul Edmund Baker, Mark W. Sumner, David Durham, Christopher J. Rose, David W. Crawford	2011-04-12	$276,488,000
7806054	Amusement park ride with vehicles pivoting about a common chassis to provide racing and other effects	Paul Edmund Baker, Mark W. Sumner, David Durham, Christopher J. Rose, David W. Crawford	2010-10-05	$220,188,000

Derek Howard — 17 Patents

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