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David T. Nelson — 9 Patents

IBM: 4 patents #21,783 of 70,183Top 35%
Sony: 3 patents #10,793 of 25,231Top 45%
Microsoft: 1 patents #24,968 of 40,388Top 65%
San Mateo, CA: #735 of 3,727 inventorsTop 20%
California: #67,547 of 386,348 inventorsTop 20%
Overall (All Time): #535,341 of 4,157,543Top 15%
9 Patents All Time
David T. Nelson has been granted 9 US patents while listed as an inventor at IBM. The first was granted in 2004 and the most recent in June 2025. David T. Nelson ranks #535,341 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 12.9%). Patent records list David T. Nelson in San Mateo, CA, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2004 to 2025Bar chart with a peak of 3 patents in 2018.peak 32004: 1 patents20042017: 1 patents20172018: 3 patents20182021: 1 patents20212022: 1 patents20222023: 1 patents20232025: 1 patents2025

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–9 of 9 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12318689 Reaction track for different spectator groups within an audience Sudha Krishnamurthy, Mahdi Azmandian 2025-06-03
11547938 Identifying graphic interchange formats for including with content of a video game Sudha Krishnamurthy, Mahdi Azmandian 2023-01-10 $602,000
11420125 Clustering audience based on expressions captured from different spectators of the audience Sudha Krishnamurthy, Mahdi Azmandian 2022-08-23 $527,000
10992979 Modification of electronic messaging spaces for enhanced presentation of content in a video broadcast John R. Dangler 2021-04-27 $8,613,000
10165411 Locating multiple handheld devices 2018-12-25
9924324 Locating multiple handheld devices 2018-03-20 $2,525,000
9897661 Automatically determining a number of functioning batteries Da Hai Hu, Hamid Shayesteh-pour 2018-02-20 $49,495,000
9751636 Dynamic detection of landing gear deployment John R. Dangler 2017-09-05 $2,785,000
D490279 Toothpick dispenser Jeffery A. Pernu 2004-05-25