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David J. Schell — 11 Patents

IBM: 11 patents #10,022 of 70,183Top 15%
Trophy Club, TX: #9 of 79 inventorsTop 15%
Texas: #13,915 of 125,132 inventorsTop 15%
Overall (All Time): #435,149 of 4,157,543Top 15%
11 Patents All Time
David J. Schell has been granted 11 US patents while listed as an inventor at IBM. The first was granted in 1995 and the most recent in September 2014. David J. Schell ranks #435,149 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 10.5%). Patent records list David J. Schell in Trophy Club, TX, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1995 to 2014Bar chart with a peak of 2 patents in 1995.peak 21995: 2 patents19951996: 2 patents19961998: 1 patents19981999: 1 patents19992000: 2 patents20002002: 1 patents20022012: 1 patents20122014: 1 patents2014

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–11 of 11 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
8825833 Tracking computer system configuration changes with corresponding message responses Erik J. Burckart, Jeffrey E. Care, Ryan Urquhart 2014-09-02 $3,373,000
8171416 Confirmation system and method for instant messaging Ryan Urquhart, Vonetta M. Urquhart 2012-05-01 $7,417,000
6462760 User interfaces, methods, and computer program products that can conserve space on a computer display screen by associating an icon with a plurality of operations Patrick Cox 2002-10-08 $10,352,000
6104398 Fast and efficient means for grouped object selection and deselection Patrick Cox, Jeanne Leahy Murray 2000-08-15 $26,064,000
6023273 User interface with repeating interactive background elements Patrick Cox, Mark E. Molander 2000-02-08 $33,742,000
5899979 Method and system for automatically integrating scheduled work items onto an electronic calendar David R. Miller 1999-05-04 $26,914,000
5821928 Method and system for controlling individual messages Lovie A. Melkus 1998-10-13 $13,371,000
5530853 Method for filtering items in a computer application program container object using filter data for related entries in a container object of another application program Lovie A. Melkus 1996-06-25 $5,688,000
5500938 Method and apparatus for directly selecting and signalling start and stop times in an electronic calendar Leslie M. CAHILL, David R. Miller 1996-03-19 $37,931,000
5428734 Method and apparatus for enhancing drag and drop manipulation of objects in a graphical user interface Thom R. Haynes, Daryl J. Kahl, Lovie A. Melkus 1995-06-27 $8,100,000
5420976 Method for selecting position-dependent actions of computer applications programs Lovie A. Melkus 1995-05-30 $7,059,000