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Benjamin A. Fox — 39 Patents

IBM: 39 patents #2,426 of 70,183Top 4%
Rochester, MN: #150 of 3,042 inventorsTop 5%
Minnesota: #1,357 of 52,454 inventorsTop 3%
Overall (All Time): #81,245 of 4,157,543Top 2%
39 Patents All Time
Benjamin A. Fox has been granted 39 US patents while listed as an inventor at IBM. The first was granted in 2006 and the most recent in June 2020. Benjamin A. Fox ranks #81,245 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 2.0%). Patent records list Benjamin A. Fox in Rochester, MN, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2006 to 2020Bar chart with a peak of 10 patents in 2011.peak 102006: 1 patents20062007: 1 patents2009: 1 patents20092010: 1 patents2011: 10 patents20112012: 5 patents2013: 6 patents20132014: 2 patents2017: 2 patents20172018: 3 patents2019: 4 patents20192020: 3 patents2020

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 39 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
10684319 Tuning a testing apparatus for measuring skew Layne A. Berge, Wesley D. Martin, David W. Siljenberg, George Russell Zettles, IV 2020-06-16 $3,682,000
10664607 Data security using high speed serial equalization Layne A. Berge, Wesley D. Martin, George Russell Zettles, IV 2020-05-26 $2,933,000
10528493 Adjusting an optimization parameter to customize a signal eye for a target chip on a shared bus Layne A. Berge, Wesley D. Martin, George Russell Zettles, IV 2020-01-07 $1,754,000
10423545 Adjusting an optimization parameter to customize a signal eye for a target chip on a shared bus Layne A. Berge, Wesley D. Martin, George Russell Zettles, IV 2019-09-24 $3,094,000
10255448 Data security using high speed serial equalization Layne A. Berge, Wesley D. Martin, George Russell Zettles, IV 2019-04-09 $2,400,000
10241937 Adjusting an optimization parameter to customize a signal eye for a target chip on a shared bus Layne A. Berge, Wesley D. Martin, George Russell Zettles, IV 2019-03-26 $2,148,000
10223320 Adjusting an optimization parameter to customize a signal eye for a target chip on a shared bus Layne A. Berge, Wesley D. Martin, George Russell Zettles, IV 2019-03-05 $2,050,000
10162002 Tuning a testing apparatus for measuring skew Layne A. Berge, Wesley D. Martin, David W. Siljenberg, George Russell Zettles, IV 2018-12-25
10114788 Adjusting an optimization parameter to customize a signal eye for a target chip on a shared bus Layne A. Berge, Wesley D. Martin, George Russell Zettles, IV 2018-10-30 $2,799,000
10013368 Adjusting an optimization parameter to customize a signal eye for a target chip on a shared bus Layne A. Berge, Wesley D. Martin, George Russell Zettles, IV 2018-07-03 $3,207,000
9778678 Method and apparatus for clocked data eye measurement Layne A. Berge, Wesley D. Martin, George Russell Zettles, IV 2017-10-03 $4,036,000
9674062 Memory array to generate a data eye diagram Layne A. Berge, Wesley D. Martin, George Russell Zettles, IV 2017-06-06 $2,871,000
8902681 Setting a reference voltage in a memory controller trained to a memory device William Paul Hovis, Thomas W. Liang, Paul Rudrud 2014-12-02 $2,384,000
8681571 Training a memory controller and a memory device using multiple read and write operations William Paul Hovis, Thomas W. Liang, Paul Rudrud 2014-03-25 $4,381,000
8535393 Method and apparatus for measurement and control of photomask to substrate alignment Axel Aguado Granados, Nathaniel J. Gibbs, Andrew Benson Maki, John E. Sheets, II, Trevor Joseph Timpane 2013-09-17 $4,204,000
8536587 Method and apparatus for measurement and control of photomask to substrate alignment Axel Aguado Granados, Nathaniel J. Gibbs, Andrew Benson Maki, John E. Sheets, II, Trevor Joseph Timpane 2013-09-17 $4,204,000
8457920 Performance improvement for a multi-chip system via kerf area interconnect Nathaniel J. Gibbs, Andrew Benson Maki, Trevor Joseph Timpane 2013-06-04 $4,195,000
8451021 Calibrating on-chip resistors via a daisy chain scheme Nathaniel J. Gibbs, Andrew Benson Maki, David M. Onsongo, Trevor Joseph Timpane 2013-05-28 $7,454,000
8385554 Preventing execution of pirated software Axel Aguado Granados, Nathaniel J. Gibbs, Jamie R. Kuesel, Andrew Benson Maki, Trevor Joseph Timpane 2013-02-26 $4,239,000
8354678 Structure and method for forming a light detecting diode and a light emitting diode on a silicon-on-insulator wafer backside Nathaniel J. Gibbs, Andrew Benson Maki, David M. Onsongo, Trevor Joseph Timpane 2013-01-15 $8,874,000
8289784 Setting a reference voltage in a memory controller trained to a memory device William Paul Hovis, Thomas W. Liang, Paul Rudrud 2012-10-16 $3,795,000
8138089 Method and apparatus for measurement and control of photomask to substrate alignment Axel Aguado Granados, Nathaniel J. Gibbs, Andrew Benson Maki, Trevor Joseph Timpane 2012-03-20 $2,170,000
8111564 Setting controller termination in a memory controller and memory device interface in a communication bus William Paul Hovis, Thomas W. Liang, Paul Rudrud 2012-02-07 $8,176,000
8108820 Enhanced conductivity in an airgapped integrated circuit Axel Aguado Granados, Nathaniel J. Gibbs, Andrew Benson Maki, Trevor Joseph Timpane 2012-01-31 $4,013,000
8102724 Setting controller VREF in a memory controller and memory device interface in a communication bus William Paul Hovis, Thomas W. Liang, Paul Rudrud 2012-01-24 $7,514,000