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Eric T. Gamble — 12 Patents

IBM: 12 patents #9,258 of 70,183Top 15%
Raleigh, NC: #694 of 6,378 inventorsTop 15%
North Carolina: #4,293 of 45,564 inventorsTop 10%
Overall (All Time): #396,045 of 4,157,543Top 10%
12 Patents All Time
Eric T. Gamble has been granted 12 US patents while listed as an inventor at IBM. The first was granted in 2000 and the most recent in November 2016. Eric T. Gamble ranks #396,045 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 9.5%). Patent records list Eric T. Gamble in Raleigh, NC, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2000 to 2016Bar chart with a peak of 8 patents in 2001.peak 82000: 1 patents20002001: 8 patents20012002: 1 patents20022013: 1 patents20132016: 1 patents2016

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–12 of 12 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
9501766 Generating a storage drive qualification test plan Steve J. Livaccari, Henry Pesulima, John A. Poetzinger, Timothy Landell, Eric Allen Stegner 2016-11-22 $3,414,000
8495256 Hard disk drive availability following transient vibration Kenton C. Green, Carl E. Jones, Timothy J. Louie, Robert D. Peavler, David Verburg 2013-07-23 $2,085,000
6431718 Interconnector and light pipe guide for disk drive and disk drive carrier Edward J. McNulty 2002-08-13 $10,700,000
D446216 Slim disk drive tray bezel Roland K. Alo, Brian Hargrove Leonard, Edward J. McNulty 2001-08-07
6269001 System for enhanced cooling and latching of pluggable electronic component Jason A. Matteson, Karl Klaus Dittus, Brian A. Trumbo 2001-07-31 $29,242,000
6259599 Shock absorbing feet for a disk drive carrier or other computer sub-system housing Edward J. McNulty 2001-07-10 $19,901,000
6249432 Vibration dampening system for removable hard disk drive carriers James R. Drake, Joaquin F. Pacheco 2001-06-19 $38,179,000
D442181 Half-high disk drive tray bezel Roland K. Alo, Brian Hargrove Leonard, Edward J. McNulty 2001-05-15
6231224 Light pipe guide and carrier for hard disk drive Edward J. McNulty 2001-05-15 $34,251,000
6233143 Shock dampening system for hard disk drive carrier Edward J. McNulty 2001-05-15 $34,251,000
6201692 Disk drive enclosure optimized for mixed slim and half high drive size John Geoffrey Gundlach, Edward J. McNulty, Brian A. Trumbo, Paul A. Wormsbecher 2001-03-13 $29,262,000
6166901 Vibration dampening system for removable hard disk drive carriers James R. Drake, Joaquin F. Pacheco 2000-12-26 $36,095,000