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Derek Richard — 10 Patents

IBM: 4 patents #21,783 of 70,183Top 35%
LELightwave Electronics: 3 patents #10 of 37Top 30%
DIDisco: 1 patents #384 of 708Top 55%
Tracy, CA: #58 of 508 inventorsTop 15%
California: #61,378 of 386,348 inventorsTop 20%
Overall (All Time): #481,000 of 4,157,543Top 15%
10 Patents All Time
Derek Richard has been granted 10 US patents while listed as an inventor at IBM. The first was granted in 2001 and the most recent in February 2024. Derek Richard ranks #481,000 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 11.6%). Patent records list Derek Richard in Tracy, CA, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2001 to 2024Bar chart with a peak of 2 patents in 2022.peak 22001: 1 patents20012002: 1 patents20022005: 1 patents20052012: 1 patents20122017: 1 patents20172020: 1 patents20202021: 1 patents20212022: 2 patents20222024: 1 patents2024

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–10 of 10 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
11911410 Nucleic acid oligomers and uses therefor Kenneth O'Byrne, Laura Croft, Sam Beard 2024-02-27
11534451 Nucleic acid oligomers and uses therefor Kenneth O'Byrne, Laura Croft, Sam Beard 2022-12-27
11461533 Generating a document preview Bernadette A. Carter, John Girata, Jr., Joshua M. Small 2022-10-04 $9,590,000
11042689 Generating a document preview Bernadette A. Carter, John Girata, Jr., Joshua M. Small 2021-06-22 $6,016,000
10536419 Searching and displaying related content to a post in an activity stream Bernadette A. Carter, John Girata, Jr., Joshua M. Small 2020-01-14 $2,827,000
9721022 Searching and displaying related content to a post in an activity stream Bernadette A. Carter, John Girata, Jr., Joshua M. Small 2017-08-01 $1,638,000
8305680 Stable mounting of non-linear optical crystal Manuel Martinez, Mark W. Byer 2012-11-06
6891608 Aligning a lens with respect to an axis of beam propagation Mark W. Byer 2005-05-10
6366593 Adhesive precision positioning mount Mark W. Byer, Gerald Mitchell, George Conway 2002-04-02
6320706 Method and apparatus for positioning and fixating an optical element Mark W. Byer, Gerald Mitchell, George Conway 2001-11-20