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Joel Edwin Walker — 8 Patents

IBM: 7 patents #14,688 of 70,183Top 25%
SCSchlage Lock Company: 1 patents #388 of 564Top 70%
Indianapolis, IN: #759 of 5,011 inventorsTop 20%
Indiana: #4,660 of 33,936 inventorsTop 15%
Overall (All Time): #600,572 of 4,157,543Top 15%
8 Patents All Time
Joel Edwin Walker has been granted 8 US patents while listed as an inventor at IBM. The first was granted in 1997 and the most recent in September 2025. Joel Edwin Walker ranks #600,572 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 14.4%). Patent records list Joel Edwin Walker in Indianapolis, IN, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1997 to 2025Bar chart with a peak of 2 patents in 2009.peak 21997: 1 patents19971999: 1 patents19992000: 1 patents20002009: 2 patents20092010: 2 patents20102025: 1 patents2025

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–8 of 8 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
D1095208 Exit device cover Ana Sofia Esquivel 2025-09-30
7659482 Adapter card electromagnetic compatibility shielding Karl Klaus Dittus, Michael John Stowell, Jean Xu 2010-02-09 $5,437,000
7654398 Cable management system with adjustable length arm Jeremy S. Bridges, John Geoffrey Gundlach 2010-02-02 $8,575,000
7599183 Variable position dampers for controlling air flow to multiple modules in a common chassis Karl Klaus Dittus, Michael S. Miller, Whitcomb Randolph Scott, III 2009-10-06 $19,573,000
7517241 Apparatus for releasing latching connectors John Geoffrey Gundlach 2009-04-14 $4,368,000
6166332 Method and apparatus for controlling the bend in a ribbon cable Timothy Samuel Farrow, Tze-Wing Keung 2000-12-26 $36,095,000
5982627 Card retention latch including card guide and locking frame Peter Torgil Haughton, Rodrigo Samper, Jacklin Ann Adams, Timothy Samuel Farrow 1999-11-09 $24,477,000
5595316 Equipment enclosure Pat Gallarelli, Robert E. Steinbugler 1997-01-21 $26,797,000