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Christopher I. Schmidt — 14 Patents

IBM: 9 patents #11,946 of 70,183Top 20%
Google: 5 patents #5,270 of 22,993Top 25%
Friendswood, TX: #32 of 480 inventorsTop 7%
Texas: #10,699 of 125,132 inventorsTop 9%
Overall (All Time): #332,869 of 4,157,543Top 9%
14 Patents All Time
Christopher I. Schmidt has been granted 14 US patents while listed as an inventor at IBM. The first was granted in 2009 and the most recent in June 2021. Christopher I. Schmidt ranks #332,869 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 8.0%). Patent records list Christopher I. Schmidt in Friendswood, TX, US.

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Showing 1–14 of 14 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
11023438 System and method for exposing internal search indices to internet search engines Clifton E. Grim, III, John D. Wilson 2021-06-01 $4,052,000
10585866 System and method for exposing internal search indices to internet search engines Clifton E. Grim, III, John D. Wilson 2020-03-10 $1,254,000
9917819 System and method for providing a proxied contact management system Clifton E. Grim, III, John D. Wilson 2018-03-13 $2,527,000
9471702 System and method for exposing internal search indices to internet search engines Clifton E. Grim, III, John D. Wilson 2016-10-18 $1,445,000
9092494 Information vault, data format conversion services system and method Clifton E. Grim, III, John D. Wilson 2015-07-28 $13,506,000
8874544 System and method for exposing internal search indices to internet search engines Clifton E. Grim, III, John D. Wilson 2014-10-28 $3,762,000
8688590 System and method to strengthen advertiser and consumer affinity Clifton E. Grim, III, John D. Wilson 2014-04-01 $31,077,000
8620816 Information vault, data format conversion services system and method Clifton E. Grim, III, John D. Wilson 2013-12-31 $25,925,000
8606673 Escrowing digital property in a secure information vault Clifton E. Grim, III, John D. Wilson 2013-12-10 $35,624,000
8224725 Escrowing digital property in a secure information vault Clifton E. Grim, III, John D. Wilson 2012-07-17 $26,039,000
7853646 Assured validation for facade method invocations Amanda Black, Steven L. Martin, Michael L. Williams 2010-12-14 $5,212,000
7747537 System and method for providing a secure intellectual property marketplace Clifton E. Grim, III, John D. Wilson 2010-06-29 $6,113,000
7660770 System and method for providing a secure contact management system Clifton E. Grim, III, John D. Wilson 2010-02-09 $5,437,000
7587366 Secure information vault, exchange and processing system and method Clifton E. Grim, III, John D. Wilson 2009-09-08 $16,659,000