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Derek I. Schmidt — 20 Patents

IBM: 16 patents #6,980 of 70,183Top 10%
LPLenovo (Singapore) Pte.: 4 patents #485 of 1,012Top 50%
Raleigh, NC: #397 of 6,378 inventorsTop 7%
North Carolina: #2,313 of 45,564 inventorsTop 6%
Overall (All Time): #214,803 of 4,157,543Top 6%
20 Patents All Time
Derek I. Schmidt has been granted 20 US patents while listed as an inventor at IBM. The first was granted in 2008 and the most recent in May 2019. Derek I. Schmidt ranks #214,803 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 5.2%). Patent records list Derek I. Schmidt in Raleigh, NC, US.

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–20 of 20 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
10292320 Internal PCI adapter card carrier Daniel P. Kelaher, James S. Womble 2019-05-14 $3,761,000
9668382 Coolant distribution unit for a multi-node chassis Mark E. Steinke, Jason A. Matteson, Vinod Kamath 2017-05-30
9583851 Orthogonal card edge connector Paul A. Wormsbecher, Tony C. Sass, Jonathan R. Hinkle 2017-02-28
9351428 Blind docking apparatus to enable liquid cooling in compute nodes Eric A. Eckberg, Brian M. Kerrigan, Robert M. Lindsay, Michael S. Miller, James S. Womble 2016-05-24
9342118 Liquid cooling of multiple components on a circuit board Richard M. Barina, Mark E. Steinke, James S. Womble 2016-05-17 $3,602,000
9310859 Liquid cooling of multiple components on a circuit board Richard M. Barina, Mark E. Steinke, James S. Womble 2016-04-12 $2,843,000
9172165 Memory module connector assembly Tony C. Sass 2015-10-27
8797764 Adjustable riser cage for varying length adapters Mark S. Bohannon, Jeremy S. Bridges, Michael D. French, Jr., Daniel P. Kelaher, Paul Jeffrey La Rocca 2014-08-05 $3,332,000
8659897 Liquid-cooled memory system having one cooling pipe per pair of DIMMs Gerhard Ingmar Meijer, Mark E. Steinke, James S. Womble 2014-02-25 $6,334,000
8638559 User-serviceable liquid DIMM cooling system Richard M. Barina, Vinod Kamath, Chunjian Ni, Mark E. Steinke, James S. Womble 2014-01-28 $3,630,000
8592694 Replaceable knockout part in a metal panel and systems and methods thereof Gregory Mark Bennett, Daniel P. Kelaher, Timothy Andreas Meserth 2013-11-26 $4,812,000
8587943 Liquid-cooling memory modules with liquid flow pipes between memory module sockets Richard M. Barina, Vinod Kamath, Chunjian Ni, Mark E. Steinke, James S. Womble 2013-11-19 $3,686,000
8336199 Tool for installation and removal of semiconductor device Richard M. Barina, James R. Drake, Daniel P. Kelaher, George M. Moorefield, II, James S. Womble 2012-12-25
8247709 Method of making a replaceable knockout part in a metal panel and systems thereof Gregory Mark Bennett, Daniel P. Kelaher, Timothy Andreas Meserth 2012-08-21 $4,162,000
7961473 Retention module for toolless heat sink installation Mark S. Bohannon, Pat Gallarelli 2011-06-14 $3,503,000
7675754 Mechanically-assisted insertion and removal of modular device Richard M. Barina, James S. Womble 2010-03-09 $6,686,000
7518876 Retractable operator control panel with universal hinge design and dual orientation features Richard M. Barina, James S. Womble, Daniel P. Kelaher 2009-04-14 $4,368,000
7515429 Retractable operator control panel with universal hinge design and dual orientation features Richard M. Barina, James Scott Wombie, Daniel P. Kelaher 2009-04-07 $6,511,000
7438571 Multiple location latch mechanism with single actuation Richard M. Barina, James S. Womble 2008-10-21 $6,641,000
7344394 Multiple location latch mechanism with single actuation Richard M. Barina, James S. Womble 2008-03-18 $8,037,000