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Bob Springer — 11 Patents

IBM: 11 patents #10,022 of 70,183Top 15%
Rochester, MN: #529 of 3,042 inventorsTop 20%
Minnesota: #6,919 of 52,454 inventorsTop 15%
Overall (All Time): #435,149 of 4,157,543Top 15%
11 Patents All Time
Bob Springer has been granted 11 US patents while listed as an inventor at IBM. The first was granted in 2002 and the most recent in May 2004. Bob Springer ranks #435,149 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 10.5%). Patent records list Bob Springer in Rochester, MN, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2002 to 2004Bar chart with a peak of 8 patents in 2003.peak 82002: 2 patents20022003: 8 patents20032004: 1 patents2004

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–11 of 11 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
D489719 Computer processor enclosure Richard Andrew Crisp 2004-05-11
6637847 Bezel release latch Richard Andrew Crisp, Scott R. LaPree 2003-10-28 $14,845,000
D479839 Computer processor enclosure Richard Andrew Crisp 2003-09-23
D477826 Computer processor enclosure Richard Andrew Crisp 2003-07-29
D477600 Computer processor enclosure Richard Andrew Crisp 2003-07-22
D477599 Computer processor enclosure Richard Andrew Crisp 2003-07-22
D476001 Computer processor enclosure Richard Andrew Crisp 2003-06-17
D473964 Rack attention light for a computer system Richard Andrew Crisp, Tristan A. Merino 2003-04-29
D471190 Computer processor enclosure Richard Andrew Crisp 2003-03-04
D467919 Computer processor enclosure Richard Andrew Crisp 2002-12-31
D466894 Computer processor enclosure Richard Andrew Crisp 2002-12-10