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James E. Hughes — 29 Patents

IBM: 26 patents #4,017 of 70,183Top 6%
LPLenovo (Singapore) Pte.: 2 patents #803 of 1,012Top 80%
Largo, MD: #1 of 13 inventorsTop 8%
Maryland: #633 of 35,612 inventorsTop 2%
Overall (All Time): #127,851 of 4,157,543Top 4%
29 Patents All Time
James E. Hughes has been granted 29 US patents while listed as an inventor at IBM. The first was granted in 1986 and the most recent in May 2015. James E. Hughes ranks #127,851 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 3.1%). Patent records list James E. Hughes in Largo, MD, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1986 to 2015Bar chart with a peak of 9 patents in 2014.peak 91986: 1 patents19861992: 1 patents2004: 1 patents20042005: 1 patents2006: 1 patents20062007: 2 patents2008: 2 patents20082009: 1 patents2010: 2 patents20102011: 1 patents2012: 2 patents20122013: 3 patents2014: 9 patents20142015: 2 patents2015

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 29 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
9040933 Controlling electromagnetic radiation in a data center Milton Cobo, Thomas D. Pahel, Jr., Pravin Patel, Challis L. Purrington, Jack P. Wong 2015-05-26
8948000 Switch fabric management William J. Armstrong, John Michael Borkenhagen, Martin Joseph Crippen, Dhruv M. Desai, David R. Engebretsen +5 more 2015-02-03
8880938 Reducing impact of a repair action in a switch fabric William J. Armstrong, John Michael Borkenhagen, Martin Joseph Crippen, Dhruv M. Desai, David R. Engebretsen +5 more 2014-11-04 $3,955,000
8880937 Reducing impact of a repair action in a switch fabric William J. Armstrong, John Michael Borkenhagen, Martin Joseph Crippen, Dhruv M. Desai, David R. Engebretsen +5 more 2014-11-04 $3,955,000
8874955 Reducing impact of a switch failure in a switch fabric via switch cards William J. Armstrong, John Michael Borkenhagen, Martin Joseph Crippen, Dhruv M. Desai, David R. Engebretsen +4 more 2014-10-28 $3,762,000
8745438 Reducing impact of a switch failure in a switch fabric via switch cards William J. Armstrong, John Michael Borkenhagen, Martin Joseph Crippen, Dhruv M. Desai, David R. Engebretsen +4 more 2014-06-03 $4,638,000
8745437 Reducing impact of repair actions following a switch failure in a switch fabric William J. Armstrong, John Michael Borkenhagen, Martin Joseph Crippen, Dhruv M. Desai, David R. Engebretsen +4 more 2014-06-03 $4,638,000
8717031 Controlling electromagnetic radiation in a data center Milton Cobo, Thomas D. Pahel, Jr., Pravin Patel, Challis L. Purrington, Jack P. Wong 2014-05-06 $5,370,000
8717030 Controlling electromagnetic radiation in a data center Milton Cobo, Thomas D. Pahel, Jr., Pravin Patel, Challis L. Purrington, Jack P. Wong 2014-05-06 $5,370,000
8677175 Reducing impact of repair actions following a switch failure in a switch fabric William J. Armstrong, John Michael Borkenhagen, Martin Joseph Crippen, Dhruv M. Desai, David R. Engebretsen +4 more 2014-03-18 $3,993,000
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
8589741 Server network diagnostic system David T. Windell, Pravin Patel, Christopher C. West, Robert M. Piper, Timothy Schlude 2013-11-19 $3,686,000
8554974 Expanding functionality of one or more hard drive bays in a computing system Warren D. Bailey, Thomas D. Pahel, Jr., Pravin Patel, Challis L. Purrington, Jack P. Wong 2013-10-08 $7,754,000
8547825 Switch fabric management William J. Armstrong, John Michael Borkenhagen, Martin Joseph Crippen, Dhruv M. Desai, David R. Engebretsen +5 more 2013-10-01 $5,042,000
8339778 Rotating hard drive installation in a computer chassis David J. Jensen, Pravin Patel, Brian A. Trumbo 2012-12-25
8291266 Server network diagnostic system David T. Windell, Pravin Patel, Christopher C. West, Robert M. Piper, Timothy Schlude 2012-10-16 $3,795,000
7870607 Security and analysis system Wendy M. Brown, Alexis H. Garvin, Joseph Gonzalez, James L. Polak, Jr. 2011-01-11 $2,856,000
7667980 Printed circuit boards for countering signal distortion Brian A. Baker, Thomas D. Pahel, Jr., Pravin Patel, Challis L. Purrington, Christopher C. West 2010-02-23 $6,192,000
7650517 Throttle management for blade system Henry G. McMillan, Challis L. Purrington, Michael L. Scollard, Gary R. Shippy, Paul M. Smith +1 more 2010-01-19 $15,189,000
7493503 Programmable throttling in blade/chassis power management Alfredo Aldereguia, Brian E. Bigelow, Dhruv M. Desai, Scott N. Dunham, Nickolas J. Gruendler +5 more 2009-02-17 $3,763,000
7457976 Power management using spare capacity of redundant power supply in blade environment Joesph E. Bolan, Thomas M. Brey, Dhruv M. Desai, Nickolas J. Gruendler, Edward J. Klodnicki +2 more 2008-11-25 $6,627,000
7392397 Security and analysis system Wendy M. Brown, Alexis H. Garvin, Joseph Gonzalez, James L. Polak, Jr. 2008-06-24 $7,053,000
7295446 Midplane connector for blades Martin Joseph Crippen, William G. Holland, David J. Jensen 2007-11-13 $7,366,000
7216265 Software independent watchdogging scheme for monitoring operating system Eric R. Kern, Thomas D. Pahel, Jr. 2007-05-08 $8,960,000
7005926 RF energy dispersal in systems consisting of aggregated computing elements as subsystems George Courtney Long, Jr., Rudolf E. Rehquate 2006-02-28 $8,236,000