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Clifford L. Hansen — 4 Patents

IBM: 4 patents #21,783 of 70,183Top 35%
Rochester, MN: #1,089 of 3,042 inventorsTop 40%
Minnesota: #16,016 of 52,454 inventorsTop 35%
Overall (All Time): #1,080,739 of 4,157,543Top 30%
4 Patents All Time
Clifford L. Hansen has been granted 4 US patents while listed as an inventor at IBM. The first was granted in 2014 and the most recent in September 2024. Clifford L. Hansen ranks #1,080,739 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 26.0%). Patent records list Clifford L. Hansen in Rochester, MN, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2014 to 2024Bar chart with a peak of 1 patents in 2014.peak 12014: 1 patents20142016: 1 patents20162023: 1 patents20232024: 1 patents2024

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–4 of 4 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12095917 Securely transporting a root key using a privately/public key pair for user-controlled authentication of nodes in a hardware security module cluster David N. Nguyen, Marco Pavone, Garry J. Sullivan, Ross Martin Heninger 2024-09-17 $9,971,000
11764972 Generating a hybrid security certificate using multiple cryptosystems Jonathan William Edwards, David Wayne Glass, David Howard Evans, James R. Coon, Richard V. Kisley 2023-09-19 $7,535,000
9235702 Personal identification number security enhancement Todd W. Arnold, Elizabeth A. Dames, Carsten D. Frehr, Shelia M. Sittinger 2016-01-12 $5,327,000
8639938 Personal identification number security enhancement Todd W. Arnold, Elizabeth A. Dames, Carsten D. Frehr, Shelia M. Sittinger 2014-01-28 $3,630,000