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David Sawin — 8 Patents

IBM: 5 patents #18,770 of 70,183Top 30%
LPLenovo (Singapore) Pte.: 3 patents #607 of 1,301Top 50%
Youngsville, NC: #14 of 61 inventorsTop 25%
North Carolina: #6,637 of 45,564 inventorsTop 15%
Overall (All Time): #600,572 of 4,157,543Top 15%
8 Patents All Time
David Sawin has been granted 8 US patents while listed as an inventor at IBM. The first was granted in 2000 and the most recent in April 2011. David Sawin ranks #600,572 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 14.4%). Patent records list David Sawin in Youngsville, NC, US.

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–8 of 8 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
7934214 Computer implemented method, system and computer program product for controlling software entitlement Scott Edwards Kelso, Masahiko Nomura, Randall Scott Springfield, Rod D. Waltermann 2011-04-26
7600154 System and method of calculating a projected service cost assessment Robert L. Appleman, David Frederick Champion, Cary Frederick De Van, Walter Metz, Hoyt C. Simmons 2009-10-06 $19,573,000
7190348 Method for touchscreen data input Peter J. Kennedy, James R. Lewis 2007-03-13 $7,068,000
7057603 Notebook computer force-controlled pointing stick device David Wayne Hill, Naraiki Mieki, Hisashi Shima, Aaron Michael Stewart, Tomoyuki Takahashi +1 more 2006-06-06
6933921 Mobile system with ergonomically improved user pointing subsystem Hiroaki Yasuda, Fusanobu Nakamura, Mitsuo Horiuchi 2005-08-23
6897851 Methods and apparatus for formatted entry of electronic ink Paul Robert Carini, Paul T. Keyser, Michael P. Perrone, Jeffrey S. Schaffer, Jayashree Subrahmonia 2005-05-24 $7,850,000
6394615 Device for enhancing the visibility of portable computer display screens by shielding direct and indirect light from the display screen and the eyes of the user David Wayne Hill, Tomoyuki Takahashi 2002-05-28 $13,038,000
6075537 Ease of use interface to hotspots in hypertext document pages in network display stations Ravi Shankarnarayan Adapathya, Randal L. Bertram, David Frederick Champion 2000-06-13 $39,484,000