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James A. Craft — 19 Patents

IBM: 9 patents #11,946 of 70,183Top 20%
Johnson & Johnson: 7 patents #1,421 of 7,810Top 20%
LILexmark International: 1 patents #1,457 of 1,618Top 95%
Lexington, KY: #132 of 2,526 inventorsTop 6%
Kentucky: #483 of 11,577 inventorsTop 5%
Overall (All Time): #229,345 of 4,157,543Top 6%
19 Patents All Time
James A. Craft has been granted 19 US patents while listed as an inventor at IBM. The first was granted in 1982 and the most recent in July 2012. James A. Craft ranks #229,345 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 5.5%). Patent records list James A. Craft in Lexington, KY, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1982 to 2012Bar chart with a peak of 3 patents in 1982.peak 31982: 3 patents19821983: 1 patents1984: 1 patents19841987: 1 patents1988: 1 patents19881990: 2 patents1991: 1 patents19911992: 1 patents2000: 1 patents20002001: 1 patents2006: 1 patents20062007: 1 patents2008: 1 patents20082009: 1 patents2010: 1 patents20102012: 1 patents2012

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–19 of 19 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
8211143 Suturing device David Stefanchik 2012-07-03
7815565 Endcap for use with an endoscope David Stefanchik, Duane Linenkugel, Gregory J. Bakos, Omar J. Vakharia, Kurt R. Bally 2010-10-19 $36,855,000
7615005 Medical apparatus for use with an endoscope David Stefanchik, Duane Linenkugel, Gregory J. Bakos, Omar J. Vakharia, Kurt R. Bally 2009-11-10 $119,331,000
7431694 Method of guiding medical devices David Stefanchik, Duane Linenkugel, Gregory J. Bakos, Omar J. Vakharia, Kurt R. Bally 2008-10-07 $123,008,000
7261728 Biopsy forceps device and method Gary L. Long, David Stefanchik 2007-08-28 $65,824,000
7060024 Apparatus for guiding an instrument used with an endoscope Gary L. Long, David Stefanchik, David Little 2006-06-13 $97,642,000
6187019 Surgical anastomosis instrument David Stefanchik, David L. Hamann, John B. Flege, Jr., Douglas N. Ladd, J. Renee Lupton 2001-02-13 $114,644,000
6015416 Surgical anastomosis instrument David Stefanchik, David L. Hamann, John B. Flege, Jr., Douglas N. Ladd, J. Renee Lupton 2000-01-18 $147,700,000
5136333 Electrophotographic printer and cartridge arrangement William L. Dollenmayer, James Philip Harden, Frank Hughes, James J. Molloy 1992-08-04
5012289 Toner metering apparatus Charles Stanley Aldrich, Steven L. Applegate, James J. Molloy, Michael L. Pawley 1991-04-30 $21,156,000
4943815 Laser printer with light-exposure prevention Charles Stanley Aldrich, James Philip Harden, Steven R. Komplin, William S. Rousey, Praful M. Shah +3 more 1990-07-24 $19,031,000
D309323 Cartridge for an electrophotographic printer William D. Freeman, James J. Molloy, David Shadwick, Thomas George Twardeck, James P. Wang 1990-07-17
4772143 Reloadable ribbon cartridge James J. Molloy 1988-09-20 $31,493,000
4661004 Ribbon feed tension mechanism Steven L. Applegate 1987-04-28 $47,681,000
4449837 Ribbon cartridge with back check 1984-05-22
4402621 Ribbon cartridge with ribbon guide arms William A. Abell, Jr., Michael Lee Morris 1983-09-06 $26,990,000
4353658 Ribbon feed mode shift mechanism 1982-10-12 $13,644,000
4339210 Ribbon cartridge loading mechanism Selahattin A. Okcuoglu 1982-07-13 $14,204,000
4329073 Single use ribbon cartridge with frangible resistive element for restraining the takeup spool 1982-05-11 $15,203,000