Chad Gettelfinger — 6 Patents at IBM

Chad Gettelfinger has been granted 6 US patents while listed as an inventor at IBM. The first was granted in 2004 and the most recent in August 2025. Chad Gettelfinger ranks #779,687 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 18.8%). Patent records list Chad Gettelfinger in Lawrenceburg, KY, US.

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Patent #	Title	Co-Inventors	Date	Approx Value ⓘ
12398884	Alternate pilot light ignition for gas powered appliances with electric ignition assembly	Matthew S. Hendrix, Andrew Combs	2025-08-26
7174465	Secure method for system attribute modification	Joseph Wayne Freeman, Steven Dale Goodman, William Fred Keown, Jr., Eric R. Kern, Randall Scott Springfield	2007-02-06
7082129	Secure method and system to prevent external unauthorized remotely initiated power up events in computer	Daryl Cromer, Joseph Wayne Freeman, Steven Dale Goodman, Eric R. Kern, Randall Scott Springfield	2006-07-25	$9,389,000
7017052	Method and system for reducing boot time for a computer	Ameha Aklilu, Kamran Amini, Jordan Hsiao Ping Chin, James A. Day, Jr., Eric R. Kern	2006-03-21
6990515	Secure method and system to prevent internal unauthorized remotely initiated power up events in computer systems	Daryl Cromer, Joseph Wayne Freeman, Steven Dale Goodman, Eric R. Kern, Randall Scott Springfield	2006-01-24	$7,705,000
6782349	Method and system for updating a root of trust measurement function in a personal computer	David Carroll Challener, Steven Dale Goodman, Hernando Ovies, Randall Scott Springfield, James Peter Ward	2004-08-24	$9,549,000

Chad Gettelfinger — 6 Patents

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