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James Kirk — 2 Patents

IBM: 2 patents #32,909 of 70,183Top 50%
Georgetown, TX: #303 of 611 inventorsTop 50%
Texas: #52,941 of 125,132 inventorsTop 45%
Overall (All Time): #1,709,992 of 4,157,543Top 45%
2 Patents All Time
James Kirk has been granted 2 US patents while listed as an inventor at IBM. The first was granted in 1992 and the most recent in April 2024. James Kirk ranks #1,709,992 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 41.1%). Patent records list James Kirk in Georgetown, TX, US.

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–2 of 2 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
11960546 Summarization of ambiguous strings Adam John Gibbons, Seumas McLean Goddard, Shivani Joshi, Daphne Coates 2024-04-16 $17,011,000
5153504 Pneumatically actuated hold down gate Troy J. Bonnet 1992-10-06 $18,628,000