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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Sept 30, 2025
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Dean Frederick Herring — 104 Patents

IBM: 65 patents #1,172 of 70,183Top 2%
TSToshiba Global Commerce Solutions: 36 patents #2 of 296Top 1%
LPLenovo (Singapore) Pte.: 2 patents #697 of 1,301Top 55%
LPLenovo Pte.: 1 patents #12 of 75Top 20%
Youngsville, NC: #2 of 61 inventorsTop 4%
North Carolina: #140 of 45,564 inventorsTop 1%
Overall (All Time): #13,475 of 4,157,543Top 1%
104 Patents All Time

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 51–75 of 104 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDate
7871278 Connector blocking with automatic power management and balancing P. Daniel Kangas, David John Steiner, Jeff David Thomas 2011-01-18
7862248 Pen retention apparatus David C. Brower, Selcuk S. Eren, Robert J. Heider, Leo P. Richard, Craig W. Turner +1 more 2011-01-04
7760504 Apparatus, system, and method for thermal conduction interfacing Timothy Samuel Farrow 2010-07-20
7726895 Pen retention apparatus Wesley D. Dickover, Philip M. Woodward 2010-06-01
7697299 Apparatus for securing heat sinks to a device under test Norman Bruce Desrosiers, Michael D. French, Jr., Daniel P. Kelaher, Paul A. Wormsbecher 2010-04-13
7558068 Apparatus and system, to secure a heat sink Richard M. Barina, Paul A. Wormsbecher 2009-07-07
7549886 Remote blind mate connector release system for a scalable deep plug cable Paul A. Wormsbecher 2009-06-23
7546943 Apparatus, system, and method for positioning a printed circuit board component Richard M. Barina, John P. Scavuzzo, Paul A. Wormsbecher 2009-06-16
7518868 Apparatus, system, and method for efficient heat dissipation Timothy Samuel Farrow 2009-04-14
7518875 Securing heat sinks to a device under test Norman Bruce Desrosiers, Michael D. French, Jr., Daniel P. Kelaher, Paul A. Wormsbecher 2009-04-14
7500862 Apparatus and method for floating connector capture William L. Talley, Danny H. Addison, Robert J. Heider 2009-03-10
7488131 Pen retention apparatus David C. Brower, Selcuk S. Eren, Robert J. Heider, Leo P. Richard, Craig W. Turner +1 more 2009-02-10
7488364 Layered disposable air filter with dust capture topology Jeff David Thomas, Paul D. Kangas 2009-02-10
7474532 Heat sink restraints for calibrated mating pressure and shock absorption Norman Bruce Desrosiers, Michael D. French, Jr. 2009-01-06
7471517 Heat sink retention module having force-adjustable wire modules Norman Bruce Desrosiers, Michael D. French, Jr. 2008-12-30
7470076 Pen retention apparatus Wesley D. Dickover 2008-12-30
7465181 Locking header for universal serial bus device retention Jeremy S. Bridges, Norman Bruce Desrosiers, Paul A. Wormsbecher 2008-12-16
7461989 Pen retention apparatus Wesley D. Dickover, Philip M. Woodward 2008-12-09
7458144 Remote connector system Richard M. Barina, Norman Bruce Desrosiers, Paul A. Wormsbecher 2008-12-02
7453690 Electronic component interconnection and assembly Ian McFarlane Denny, David L. Hager, Jeffrey Millard Huson, Anthony Miles, Glenn E. Myrto 2008-11-18
7438577 Method of locking and activating a hot swappable daughter card Jeremy S. Bridges, David L. Hager, Daniel P. Kelaher, Paul A. Wormsbecher 2008-10-21
7435114 Method for docking a printed circuit board Norman Bruce Desrosiers, Paul A. Wormsbecher 2008-10-14
7410319 Pen retention apparatus David C. Brower, Selcuk S. Eren, Robert J. Heider, Leo P. Richard, Craig W. Turner +1 more 2008-08-12
7404726 Apparatus and method for floating connector capture William L. Talley, Danny H. Addison, Robert J. Heider 2008-07-29
7403393 Apparatus and system for cooling heat producing components Vinod Kamath, Paul A. Wormsbecher 2008-07-22