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Alan D. Knight — 11 Patents

IBM: 11 patents #10,022 of 70,183Top 15%
Newark Valley, NY: #6 of 49 inventorsTop 15%
New York: #13,476 of 115,490 inventorsTop 15%
Overall (All Time): #435,149 of 4,157,543Top 15%
11 Patents All Time
Alan D. Knight has been granted 11 US patents while listed as an inventor at IBM. The first was granted in 1983 and the most recent in November 1993. Alan D. Knight ranks #435,149 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 10.5%). Patent records list Alan D. Knight in Newark Valley, NY, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1983 to 1993Bar chart with a peak of 4 patents in 1990.peak 41983: 1 patents19831990: 4 patents19901992: 4 patents19921993: 2 patents1993

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–11 of 11 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
5259781 Electrical connector alignment and actuation assembly John G. Baumberger, James R. Bentlage, Fletcher W. Chapin, Kishor Desai, Thomas G. Macek 1993-11-09 $9,110,000
5190463 High performance metal cone contact Madhav Datta, David E. King, Carlos J. Sambucetti 1993-03-02 $8,547,000
5172473 Method of making cone electrical contact Francis Charles Burns, John J. Kaufman, David E. King 1992-12-22 $13,419,000
5118299 Cone electrical contact Francis Charles Burns, John J. Kaufman, David E. King 1992-06-02 $7,916,000
5105537 Method for making a detachable electrical contact Madhav Datta, David E. King, Carlos J. Sambucetti 1992-04-21 $23,180,000
5102343 Fluid pressure actuated electrical connector James R. Petrozello 1992-04-07 $19,683,000
4976626 Connector for connecting flexible film circuit carrier to board or card Eric P. Dibble 1990-12-11 $53,133,000
4907975 Electrical connector utilizing flexible electrical circuitry David W. Dranchak, David E. Engle, David Hessian, Wai Mon Ma, Thomas G. Macek +1 more 1990-03-13 $23,957,000
4902234 Electrical connector assembly including pressure exertion member William L. Brodsky, Wesley J. Buyck 1990-02-20 $13,849,000
4892487 Connector assembly with movable carriage David W. Dranchak, David E. Engle 1990-01-09 $29,087,000
4389770 Tri-lead cable housing removal tool Terrance E. Bocinski 1983-06-28 $24,721,000