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Jesse Hefner — 10 Patents

IBM: 7 patents #14,688 of 70,183Top 25%
Medtronic: 3 patents #2,969 of 6,367Top 50%
Minneapolis, MN: #650 of 6,114 inventorsTop 15%
Minnesota: #7,600 of 52,454 inventorsTop 15%
Overall (All Time): #481,000 of 4,157,543Top 15%
10 Patents All Time
Jesse Hefner has been granted 10 US patents while listed as an inventor at IBM. The first was granted in 2009 and the most recent in March 2025. Jesse Hefner ranks #481,000 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 11.6%). Patent records list Jesse Hefner in Minneapolis, MN, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2009 to 2025Bar chart with a peak of 3 patents in 2015.peak 32009: 1 patents20092013: 1 patents20132015: 3 patents20152018: 1 patents20182020: 1 patents20202024: 2 patents20242025: 1 patents2025

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–10 of 10 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12262493 Energy management based on an open switch configuration Ellis Garai, Al L. McLevish, Brian J. Ferry, Philip R. Glassel, Paul W. Chevalier +1 more 2025-03-25
12011293 Energy management based on a closed switch configuration Ellis Garai, Al L. McLevish, Brian J. Ferry, Philip R. Glassel, Paul W. Chevalier +1 more 2024-06-18 $35,250,000
11997806 Energy management based on an open switch configuration Ellis Garai, Al L. McLevish, Brian J. Ferry, Philip R. Glassel, Paul W. Chevalier +1 more 2024-05-28 $45,008,000
10588219 Metallized particle interconnect with solder components Layne A. Berge, John R. Dangler, Matthew S. Doyle 2020-03-10 $1,254,000
10104772 Metallized particle interconnect with solder components Layne A. Berge, John R. Dangler, Matthew S. Doyle 2018-10-16 $2,674,000
9197053 Retractable interconnect device including multiple electrical paths Darcy Berger, John R. Dangler, Matthew S. Doyle 2015-11-24 $3,572,000
9166346 Retractable interconnect device configured to switch between electrical paths Darcy Berger, John R. Dangler, Matthew S. Doyle, Thomas W. Liang 2015-10-20 $3,961,000
8968987 Implementing enhanced optical mirror coupling and alignment utilizing two-photon resist Emmanuel Atta, Darcy Berger, John R. Dangler, Matthew S. Doyle, Thomas W. Liang 2015-03-03 $3,627,000
8488968 Programmable optical interconnect for multi-node computer systems Emmanuel Atta, Darcy Berger, John R. Dangler, Matthew S. Doyle, Thomas W. Liang 2013-07-16 $5,283,000
7525299 Apparatus for accessing and probing the connections between a chip package and a printed circuit board Paul Rudrud, Roger A. Booth, Jr., John R. Dangler, Matthew S. Doyle, Ankur Kanu Patel +1 more 2009-04-28 $8,592,000