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Derek Robertson — 7 Patents

IBM: 3 patents #26,335 of 70,183Top 40%
LPLenovo (Singapore) Pte.: 2 patents #803 of 1,012Top 80%
ATAT&T: 1 patents #10,636 of 18,772Top 60%
Durham, NC: #741 of 4,103 inventorsTop 20%
North Carolina: #7,540 of 45,564 inventorsTop 20%
Overall (All Time): #680,018 of 4,157,543Top 20%
7 Patents All Time
Derek Robertson has been granted 7 US patents while listed as an inventor at IBM. The first was granted in 1997 and the most recent in October 2019. Derek Robertson ranks #680,018 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 16.4%). Patent records list Derek Robertson in Durham, NC, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1997 to 2019Bar chart with a peak of 1 patents in 1997.peak 11997: 1 patents19972003: 1 patents20032011: 1 patents20112014: 1 patents20142016: 1 patents20162018: 1 patents20182019: 1 patents2019

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–7 of 7 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
10455840 Systems and methods for retarder-to-oven dough product 2019-10-29
9894773 Adding test access to a back-drilled VIA Vincent M. Rogers 2018-02-13
9347984 Method to improve strain rate control of small lead free printed circuit board assembly during in circuit test process Willie T. Davis, Jr., Larry G. Pymento 2016-05-24
8635488 Implementing ultra high availability personality card Jerry D. Ackaret, Justin P. Bandholz, Brian E. Bigelow, Joseph E. Bolan, Kevin M. Cash +11 more 2014-01-21 $5,923,000
7906871 Apparatus, system, and method for reducing power consumption on devices with multiple power supplies Joseph Wayne Freeman, Randhir S. Malik 2011-03-15 $6,222,000
6601164 Automatic identification of computer systems 2003-07-29 $10,466,000
5703990 Apparatus for housing a linearized optical fiber amplifier Marcus Shute 1997-12-30 $19,460,000