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Daniel McConnell — 11 Patents

IBM: 8 patents #13,181 of 70,183Top 20%
Houston, TX: #2,053 of 21,073 inventorsTop 10%
Texas: #13,915 of 125,132 inventorsTop 15%
Overall (All Time): #435,149 of 4,157,543Top 15%
11 Patents All Time
Daniel McConnell has been granted 11 US patents while listed as an inventor at IBM. The first was granted in 2000 and the most recent in August 2017. Daniel McConnell ranks #435,149 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 10.5%). Patent records list Daniel McConnell in Houston, TX, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2000 to 2017Bar chart with a peak of 4 patents in 2001.peak 42000: 1 patents20002001: 4 patents20012002: 1 patents20022003: 1 patents20032005: 1 patents20052006: 1 patents20062016: 1 patents20162017: 1 patents2017

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–11 of 11 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
9733372 Method and system for identification of gas hydrates and free gas in geologic beds Zijian Zhang 2017-08-15
9482771 Method of indicating the presence of gas hydrate and shallow gas in deepwater environment Zijian Zhang 2016-11-01
7047303 Apparatus and method for using a network processor to guard against a “denial-of-service” attack on a server or server cluster C. Steven Lingafelt, Francis Noel, Charles Joseph Sannipoli 2006-05-16 $5,914,000
6959533 Apparatus and method for producing twisted pair cables with reduced propagation delay and crosstalk Franc Edward Noel, Jr., Thomas Toher 2005-11-01 $6,114,000
6529299 Method and apparatus for broadcasting optical signals within an optoelectric computer network Carlos Munoz-Bustamante, David Carroll Challener 2003-03-04 $10,423,000
6415070 Method and apparatus for switching optical signals within an optoelectric computer network Carlos Munoz-Bustamante, David Carroll Challener 2002-07-02 $11,850,000
6283938 Medicating bandage and controllable permeable membrane 2001-09-04
6259840 Printed circuit board having fluid-linked optical pathways for coupling surface mounted optoelectric semiconductor devices Carlos Munoz-Bustamante 2001-07-10 $19,901,000
6229712 Printed circuit board for coupling surface mounted optoelectric semiconductor devices Carlos Munoz-Bustamante 2001-05-08 $26,391,000
6185648 Printer circuit board for an optoelectric computer system Carlos Munoz-Bustamante 2001-02-06 $23,051,000
6158118 Method and apparatus for aligning surface mounted optoelectric semiconductor devices on a printed circuit board Carlos Munoz-Bustamante 2000-12-12 $56,886,000