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James S. Shepard — 4 Patents

GE: 4 patents #8,262 of 36,430Top 25%
Montclair, NJ: #105 of 378 inventorsTop 30%
New Jersey: #19,535 of 69,400 inventorsTop 30%
Overall (All Time): #1,080,739 of 4,157,543Top 30%
4 Patents All Time
James S. Shepard has been granted 4 US patents while listed as an inventor at GE. The first was granted in 2001 and the most recent in September 2006. James S. Shepard ranks #1,080,739 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 26.0%). Patent records list James S. Shepard in Montclair, NJ, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2001 to 2006Bar chart with a peak of 1 patents in 2001.peak 12001: 1 patents20012002: 1 patents20022003: 1 patents20032006: 1 patents2006

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–4 of 4 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
7107189 Method and apparatus for associating a field replaceable unit with a medical diagnostic system and recording operational data Brian D. Lounsberry, Jonathan R. Schmidt, Stephen W. Gravelle, Michael Solomon Idelchik 2006-09-12 $37,301,000
6574518 Method and apparatus for communicating operational data for a system unit in a medical diagnostic system Brian D. Lounsberry, Jonathan R. Schmidt, Stephen W. Gravelle, Michael Solomon Idelchik 2003-06-03 $63,671,000
6412980 Method and apparatus for configuring and monitoring a system unit in a medical diagnostic system Brian D. Lounsberry, Jonathan R. Schmidt, Stephen W. Gravelle, Michael Solomon Idelchik 2002-07-02 $37,392,000
6325540 Method and apparatus for remotely configuring and servicing a field replaceable unit in a medical diagnostic system Brian D. Lounsberry, Jonathan R. Schmidt, Stephen W. Gravelle, Michael Solomon Idelchik 2001-12-04 $105,237,000