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Carol Egan — 3 Patents

IBM: 2 patents #32,909 of 70,183Top 50%
LPLenovo (Singapore) Pte.: 1 patents #1,155 of 1,301Top 90%
Rochester, MN: #1,303 of 3,042 inventorsTop 45%
Minnesota: #19,251 of 52,454 inventorsTop 40%
Overall (All Time): #1,328,092 of 4,157,543Top 35%
3 Patents All Time
Carol Egan has been granted 3 US patents while listed as an inventor at IBM. The first was granted in 2006 and the most recent in November 2009. Carol Egan ranks #1,328,092 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 31.9%). Patent records list Carol Egan in Rochester, MN, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2006 to 2009Bar chart with a peak of 1 patents in 2006.peak 12006: 1 patents20062007: 1 patents20072009: 1 patents2009

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–3 of 3 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
7624393 Computer application and methods for autonomic upgrade maintenance of computer hardware, operating systems and application software Earl Emerick, Thomas Alan Shore 2009-11-24 $13,674,000
7275048 Product support of computer-related products using intelligent agents Joseph Philip Bigus, Earl Emerick, Terry Reed 2007-09-25 $7,894,000
7055149 Method and apparatus for automating software upgrades Suellen Kae Birkholz, Clair Ewert, James R. Fritsch, John David Gressett, Lonny Olson-Williams 2006-05-30