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David W. Collins — 8 Patents

IBM: 5 patents #18,770 of 70,183Top 30%
UPUniversity of Pennsylvania: 1 patents #1,260 of 2,719Top 50%
ExxonMobil: 1 patents #5,674 of 10,161Top 60%
Philadelphia, PA: #457 of 4,834 inventorsTop 10%
Pennsylvania: #10,422 of 74,527 inventorsTop 15%
Overall (All Time): #600,572 of 4,157,543Top 15%
8 Patents All Time
David W. Collins has been granted 8 US patents while listed as an inventor at IBM. The first was granted in 1980 and the most recent in January 2025. David W. Collins ranks #600,572 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 14.4%). Patent records list David W. Collins in Philadelphia, PA, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1980 to 2025Bar chart with a peak of 1 patents in 1980.peak 11980: 1 patents19801981: 1 patents19811984: 1 patents19841985: 1 patents19851986: 1 patents19861987: 1 patents19872015: 1 patents20152025: 1 patents2025

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–8 of 8 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12201625 Single nucleotide polymorphic alleles of human DP-2 gene for detection of susceptibility to hair growth inhibition by PGD2 George Cotsarelis, Ying Zheng, Jen-Chih Hsieh, Joan O'Brien 2025-01-21
9049314 Dynamically and customizably managing data in compliance with privacy and security standards Michael D. Pugh, Richard Dick 2015-06-02
4642562 Phase difference demodulator Michael Allen Weed 1987-02-10 $19,411,000
4630150 Optical tool for aligning transducer head assemblies Joel Johnson, Laurence J. Schmidt, Michael M. Siverling, William S. Wentink 1986-12-16 $22,003,000
4549232 Phase modulated servo system Frederick E. Axmear 1985-10-22 $20,916,000
4477750 Multi-level disk drive motor speed control John J. Neesz, Michael C. Stich 1984-10-16 $13,716,000
4275339 Bifilar brushless DC motor Michael J. Burke 1981-06-23 $12,826,000
4237601 Method of cleaving semiconductor diode laser wafers Geoffrey R. Woolhouse, Harold Alexis Huggins 1980-12-09 $71,825,000