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David Boyle — 8 Patents

IBM: 4 patents #21,783 of 70,183Top 35%
DUDublin City University: 2 patents #12 of 137Top 9%
Colleyville, TX: #61 of 333 inventorsTop 20%
Texas: #19,067 of 125,132 inventorsTop 20%
Overall (All Time): #600,572 of 4,157,543Top 15%
8 Patents All Time
David Boyle has been granted 8 US patents while listed as an inventor at IBM. The first was granted in 1984 and the most recent in December 2023. David Boyle ranks #600,572 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 14.4%). Patent records list David Boyle in Colleyville, TX, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1984 to 2023Bar chart with a peak of 1 patents in 1984.peak 11984: 1 patents19841985: 1 patents19851987: 1 patents19871988: 1 patents19882007: 1 patents20072018: 1 patents20182022: 1 patents20222023: 1 patents2023

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–8 of 8 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
11850588 Microfluidic device for detection of analytes Robert Forster, Elaine Spain, Kellie Adamson, Eadaoin Carthy 2023-12-26
11406976 Microfluidic device for detection of analytes Robert Forster, Elaine Spain, Kellie Adamson, Eadaoin Carthy 2022-08-09
9970748 Palm-size tire tread laser measurement device Roger H. Tracy 2018-05-15
7156394 Method and device for playing modified games of chess 2007-01-02
4720670 On chip performance predictor circuit 1988-01-19 $57,468,000
4637038 High speed counter 1987-01-13 $17,374,000
4525640 "High performance and gate having an ""natural"" or zero threshold transistor for providing a faster rise time for the output" Daniel J. Kouba 1985-06-25 $17,193,000
4439727 Low capacitance pad for semiconductor chip testing 1984-03-27 $14,476,000