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James J. Steffes — 4 Patents

IBM: 4 patents #21,783 of 70,183Top 35%
Poughkeepsie, NY: #653 of 1,613 inventorsTop 45%
New York: #31,814 of 115,490 inventorsTop 30%
Overall (All Time): #1,080,739 of 4,157,543Top 30%
4 Patents All Time
James J. Steffes has been granted 4 US patents while listed as an inventor at IBM. The first was granted in 2011 and the most recent in May 2017. James J. Steffes ranks #1,080,739 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 26.0%). Patent records list James J. Steffes in Poughkeepsie, NY, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2011 to 2017Bar chart with a peak of 1 patents in 2011.peak 12011: 1 patents20112014: 1 patents20142016: 1 patents20162017: 1 patents2017

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–4 of 4 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
9655282 Apparatus and method for adjusting coolant flow resistance through liquid-cooled electronics rack(s) Wayne A. Barringer, David P. Graybill, Madhusudan K. Iyengar, Roger R. Schmidt, Gerard V. Weber, Jr. 2017-05-16 $2,370,000
9386727 Apparatus for adjusting coolant flow resistance through liquid-cooled electronics racks Wayne A. Barringer, David P. Graybill, Madhusudan K. Iyengar, Roger R. Schmidt, Gerard V. Weber, Jr. 2016-07-05 $5,294,000
8920567 Post metal chemical-mechanical planarization cleaning process Vamsi Devarapalli, Colin J. Goyette, Michael R. Kennett, Mahmoud Khojasteh, Qinghuang Lin +2 more 2014-12-30 $7,309,000
8077462 Stress relieved hose routing to liquid-cooled electronics rack door Wayne A. Barringer, David P. Graybill, Madhusudan K. Iyengar, Roger R. Schmidt, Gerard V. Weber, Jr. 2011-12-13 $19,280,000