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John W. Decker — 3 Patents

IBM: 1 patents #44,878 of 70,183Top 65%
Lyons, CO: #64 of 145 inventorsTop 45%
Colorado: #13,288 of 40,980 inventorsTop 35%
Overall (All Time): #1,328,092 of 4,157,543Top 35%
3 Patents All Time
John W. Decker has been granted 3 US patents while listed as an inventor at IBM. The first was granted in 1988 and the most recent in January 1997. John W. Decker ranks #1,328,092 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 31.9%). Patent records list John W. Decker in Lyons, CO, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1988 to 1997Bar chart with a peak of 1 patents in 1988.peak 11988: 1 patents19881993: 1 patents19931997: 1 patents1997

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–3 of 3 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
5592756 Ankle supporting system for athletic footwear including mating articulation surfaces 1997-01-14
5201086 Water bed sheet arrangement Sandra M. Decker 1993-04-13
4745560 Method of controlling a bit-image printer James C. King, Ray A. Larner, Jeffrey Bruce Lotspiech 1988-05-17 $20,933,000