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David A. Thompson — 62 Patents

IBM: 23 patents #4,699 of 70,183Top 7%
CSCorning Cable Systems: 11 patents #58 of 575Top 15%
CWCorning Glass Works: 10 patents #18 of 496Top 4%
IHIo-Mega Holding: 5 patents #54 of 308Top 20%
Delphi Technologies: 3 patents #1,040 of 4,124Top 30%
General Motors: 1 patents #9,441 of 18,328Top 55%
CICorning Incorporated: 1 patents #3,685 of 3,890Top 95%
CUCummins: 1 patents #1,638 of 2,217Top 75%
CCCorning Optical Communications: 1 patents #347 of 532Top 70%
FTFiber Optic Systems Technology: 1 patents #6 of 10Top 60%
MUMcmaster University: 1 patents #153 of 441Top 35%
UAUsm Holding Ag: 1 patents #147 of 341Top 45%
Grand Blanc, MI: #3 of 470 inventorsTop 1%
Michigan: #600 of 86,293 inventorsTop 1%
Overall (All Time): #36,550 of 4,157,543Top 1%
62 Patents All Time
David A. Thompson has been granted 62 US patents while listed as an inventor at IBM. The first was granted in 1980 and the most recent in October 2018. David A. Thompson ranks #36,550 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 0.88%). Patent records list David A. Thompson in Grand Blanc, MI, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1981 to 2018Bar chart with a peak of 5 patents in 1985.peak 51981: 3 patents19811982: 4 patents1983: 1 patents1984: 1 patents19841985: 5 patents1986: 2 patents1987: 3 patents19871988: 2 patents1989: 1 patents1990: 1 patents19901991: 1 patents1995: 4 patents1996: 4 patents19961997: 2 patents1999: 1 patents2000: 3 patents20002001: 1 patents2002: 2 patents2003: 1 patents20032004: 3 patents2005: 1 patents2006: 4 patents20062007: 1 patents2008: 1 patents2010: 1 patents20102011: 2 patents2012: 1 patents2013: 1 patents20132016: 2 patents2018: 1 patents2018

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 62 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
10114176 Fiber optic drop cables and preconnectorized assemblies Michael John Gimblet, Xin Liu, Stuart R. Melton, Hieu Vinh Tran, Richard S. Wagman 2018-10-30 $15,625,000
9276267 Low-temperature bonding of refractory ceramic layers Kailash C. Jain, Rick D. Kerr, Bryan Gillispie, Mohammad Parsian, Joseph M. Keller 2016-03-01
9239441 Fiber optic drop cables and preconnectorized assemblies having toning portions Stuart R. Melton, Hieu Vinh Tran, Richard S. Wagman, Michael John Gimblet, Xin Liu 2016-01-19 $9,560,000
8523459 Optical ferrule assemblies and methods of making the same Jeffrey Dean Danley, Christopher Paul Lewallen, James Phillip Luther, Joel Christopher Rosson 2013-09-03 $11,315,000
8109679 Optical ferrule assemblies and methods of making the same Jeffrey Dean Danley, Christopher Paul Lewallen, James Phillip Luther, Joel Christopher Rosson 2012-02-07 $25,252,000
7918609 Fiber optic drop cables and preconnectorized assemblies Stuart R. Melton, Michael John Gimblet, Hieu Vinh Tran, Richard S. Wagman, Xin Liu 2011-04-05 $22,379,000
7881576 Fiber optic drop cables and preconnectorized assemblies Stuart R. Melton, Hieu Vinh Tran, Richard S. Wagman, Michael John Gimblet, Xin Liu 2011-02-01 $193,991,000
7785015 Fiber optic drop cables and preconnectorized assemblies Stuart R. Melton, Michael John Gimblet, Hieu Vinh Tran, Richard S. Wagman, Xin Liu 2010-08-31 $11,149,000
7467896 Fiber optic drop cables and preconnectorized assemblies Stuart R. Melton, Michael John Gimblet, Hieu Vinh Tran, Richard S. Wagman, Xin Liu 2008-12-23 $42,545,000
7241477 Methods of treating electrodes and gas sensors comprising the electrodes Fenglian Chang, Rick D. Kerr, Earl W. Lankheet 2007-07-10
7113679 Fiber optic drop cables and preconnectorized assemblies having toning portions Stuart R. Melton, Michael John Gimblet, Hieu Vinh Tran, Richard S. Wagman, Xin Liu 2006-09-26 $70,129,000
7111990 Figure-eight preconnectorized fiber optic drop cables and assemblies Stuart R. Melton, Hieu Vinh Tran, Richard S. Wagman, Michael John Gimblet, Xin Liu 2006-09-26 $70,129,000
7090407 Preconnectorized fiber optic drop cables and assemblies for efficient deployment Stuart R. Melton, Hieu Vinh Tran, Richard S. Wagman, Michael John Gimblet, Xin Liu 2006-08-15 $75,957,000
7090406 Preconnectorized fiber optic drop cables and assemblies Stuart R. Melton, Hieu Vinh Tran, Richard S. Wagman, Michael John Gimblet, Xin Liu 2006-08-15 $75,957,000
6878478 Selective coatings for PEM fuel cell electrode contacts Jinping Zhang, Rick D. Kerr, Charles D. Oakley 2005-04-12 $876,000
6797533 Quantum well intermixing in InGaAsP structures induced by low temperature grown InP Bradley Joseph Robinson, Gregory Letal, Alex Lee, Brooke Gordon 2004-09-28
6724554 Read/write protect scheme for a disk cartridge and drive David G. Braithwaite, Clark C. Bruderer, Gregory M. Allen 2004-04-20 $2,628,000
6684649 Enthalpy pump 2004-02-03
6611007 Method for locally modifying the effective bandgap energy in indium gallium arsenide phosphide (InGaAsP) quantum well structures Brad Robinson, Gregory Letal, Alex Lee 2003-08-26
6483672 Track width control of readback elements with ions implantation in a bounding region of tip portion to selectively deactivate magnetic sensitivity thereof Patrick Clinton Arnett, David C. H. Cheng, Sakhrat Khizroev 2002-11-19 $21,860,000
6454465 Method of making an optical fiber collimating device Michael Uschitsky, Scott M. Hellman, Kurt Francis 2002-09-24 $6,473,000
6197439 Laminated magnetic structures with ultra-thin transition metal spacer layers Stuart Stephen Papworth Parkin 2001-03-06 $28,649,000
6104561 Read/write protect scheme for a disk cartridge and drive David G. Braithwaite, Clark C. Bruderer, Gregory M. Allen 2000-08-15 $5,271,000
6050647 Seat belt clip 2000-04-18
6035396 Method for sharing a storage medium between computers having disparate operating systems Trent M. Thomas, Jim Sandman, Thane Heninger 2000-03-07 $18,948,000