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John Borkenhagen — 9 Patents

IBM: 9 patents #11,946 of 70,183Top 20%
Rochester, MN: #614 of 3,042 inventorsTop 25%
Minnesota: #8,400 of 52,454 inventorsTop 20%
Overall (All Time): #535,341 of 4,157,543Top 15%
9 Patents All Time
John Borkenhagen has been granted 9 US patents while listed as an inventor at IBM. The first was granted in 2019 and the most recent in October 2025. John Borkenhagen ranks #535,341 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 12.9%). Patent records list John Borkenhagen in Rochester, MN, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2019 to 2025Bar chart with a peak of 3 patents in 2023.peak 32019: 1 patents20192021: 1 patents20212022: 2 patents20222023: 3 patents20232025: 2 patents2025

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–9 of 9 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12438547 Phase-locked loop update cancellation Christopher W. Steffen, Grant P. Kesselring, James D. Strom 2025-10-07
12308847 Dual loop charge pump for enhanced reliability and power consumption James D. Strom, Ann Wu, Rashmi R. Bindu 2025-05-20
11714127 On-chip spread spectrum characterization Christopher W. Steffen 2023-08-01 $14,809,000
11693446 On-chip spread spectrum synchronization between spread spectrum sources Christopher W. Steffen, Grant P. Kesselring 2023-07-04
11558057 Phase locked loop pulse truncation Grant P. Kesselring, James D. Strom, Christopher W. Steffen 2023-01-17 $4,393,000
11527953 Higher yielding improved matching reference circuit especially applicable for high speed mixed signal applications and phase locked loops and charge pumps James D. Strom, Ann Wu, Erik Unterborn, Grant P. Kesselring 2022-12-13 $8,590,000
11496094 Voltage-controlled oscillator with centertap bias James D. Strom, Herschel A. Ainspan, Andrew D. Davies 2022-11-08 $10,347,000
11146307 Detecting distortion in spread spectrum signals Christopher W. Steffen, Grant P. Kesselring 2021-10-12 $3,967,000
10505553 Detecting the health of a phase loop lock Christopher W. Steffen 2019-12-10 $5,388,000