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Fred J. Towler — 13 Patents

IBM: 13 patents #8,610 of 70,183Top 15%
South Burlington, VT: #179 of 1,136 inventorsTop 20%
Vermont: #582 of 4,968 inventorsTop 15%
Overall (All Time): #362,438 of 4,157,543Top 9%
13 Patents All Time
Fred J. Towler has been granted 13 US patents while listed as an inventor at IBM. The first was granted in 1997 and the most recent in July 2012. Fred J. Towler ranks #362,438 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 8.7%). Patent records list Fred J. Towler in South Burlington, VT, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1997 to 2012Bar chart with a peak of 4 patents in 2004.peak 41997: 1 patents19971998: 1 patents19982001: 1 patents20012002: 1 patents20022003: 2 patents20032004: 4 patents20042006: 1 patents20062009: 1 patents20092012: 1 patents2012

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–13 of 13 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
8233342 Apparatus and method for implementing write assist for static random access memory arrays Chad A. Adams, George M. Braceras, Harold Pilo 2012-07-31 $5,473,000
7613050 Sense-amplifier assist (SAA) with power-reduction technique George M. Braceras, Harold Pilo 2009-11-03 $14,110,000
7117400 Memory device with data line steering and bitline redundancy Kevin A. Batson, Robert E. Busch, Garrett Stephen Koch, Reid A. Wistort 2006-10-03 $4,350,000
6834003 Content addressable memory with PFET passgate SRAM cells Robert C. Wong 2004-12-21 $10,287,000
6791855 Redundant array architecture for word replacement in CAM Kevin A. Batson, Robert E. Busch, Gary S. Koch, Reid A. Wistort 2004-09-14 $5,712,000
6728123 Redundant array architecture for word replacement in CAM Kevin A. Batson, Robert E. Busch, Gary S. Koch, Reid A. Wistort 2004-04-27 $8,134,000
6697277 Content addressable memory (CAM) having a match line circuit with selectively adjustable pull-up impedances Reid A. Wistort, Jason Rotella 2004-02-24 $14,484,000
6618279 Method and apparatus for adjusting control circuit pull-up margin for content addressable memory (CAM) Reid A. Wistort, Jason Rotella 2003-09-09 $18,984,000
6552941 Method and apparatus for identifying SRAM cells having weak pull-up PFETs Robert C. Wong 2003-04-22 $13,686,000
6373738 Low power CAM match line circuit Reid A. Wistort 2002-04-16 $14,535,000
6201750 Scannable fuse latches Robert E. Busch, Reid A. Wistort 2001-03-13 $29,262,000
5802070 Testing associative memory Robert Dean Adams, Kevin A. Batson, George M. Braceras 1998-09-01 $8,247,000
5666078 Programmable impedance output driver Steven H. Lamphier, Harold Pilo, Michael J. Schneiderwind 1997-09-09 $15,735,000