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Michael D. Hocker — 28 Patents

IBM: 28 patents #3,689 of 70,183Top 6%
Poughkeepsie, NY: #135 of 1,613 inventorsTop 9%
New York: #4,459 of 115,490 inventorsTop 4%
Overall (All Time): #134,628 of 4,157,543Top 4%
28 Patents All Time
Michael D. Hocker has been granted 28 US patents while listed as an inventor at IBM. The first was granted in 1996 and the most recent in December 2025. Michael D. Hocker ranks #134,628 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 3.2%). Patent records list Michael D. Hocker in Poughkeepsie, NY, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1996 to 2024Bar chart with a peak of 3 patents in 1998.peak 31996: 1 patents19961998: 3 patents1999: 3 patents19992000: 3 patents2001: 1 patents20012002: 2 patents2004: 1 patents20042005: 1 patents2009: 1 patents20092011: 1 patents2012: 1 patents20122016: 2 patents2017: 1 patents20172018: 2 patents2019: 2 patents20192022: 1 patents2024: 1 patents2024

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 28 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12489642 Identity based hierarchical sessions Volker Urban, Tamas Visegrady, Reinhard T. Buendgen, Eric D. Rossman 2025-12-02
11875200 Adjunct processor extended message limit facility Louis P. Gomes, Damian L. Osisek, Harald Freudenberger, Richard J. Moore, Volker Urban +2 more 2024-01-16 $9,068,000
11232209 Trojan detection in cryptographic hardware adapters 2022-01-25 $25,023,000
10205748 Protection for computing systems from revoked system updates Brandon S. Johnson 2019-02-12 $5,536,000
10205747 Protection for computing systems from revoked system updates Brandon S. Johnson 2019-02-12 $5,536,000
10069860 Protection for computing systems from revoked system updates Brandon S. Johnson 2018-09-04 $2,923,000
10003612 Protection for computing systems from revoked system updates Brandon S. Johnson 2018-06-19 $3,279,000
9571126 Convolution-encoded hyper-speed channel with robust trellis error-correction Tara Astigarraga, Louie A. Dickens, Michael E. Starling, Daniel J. Winarski 2017-02-14 $1,939,000
9411576 Software version management for executing replacement actions Michael J. Jordan, Tamas Visegrady, Klaus Werner 2016-08-09 $4,722,000
9374108 Convolution-encoded hyper-speed channel with robust trellis error-correction Tara Astigarraga, Louie A. Dickens, Michael E. Starling, Daniel J. Winarski 2016-06-21 $3,815,000
8316363 Concurrent embedded application update Mark D. Marik, Jimmie R. Mayfield, Jr. 2012-11-20 $9,610,000
7921234 Communications channel interposer, method and program product for verifying integrity of untrusted subsystem responses to a request Vincenzo Condorelli, Thomas J. Dewkett, Tamas Visegrady 2011-04-05 $6,033,000
7516246 Communications channel method for verifying integrity of untrusted subsystem responses to a request Vincenzo Condorelli, Thomas J. Dewkett, Tamas Visegrady 2009-04-07 $6,511,000
6848075 Internet web browser with memory enhanced hyperlink display Craig Henry Becker, David Wayne Glass, James G. McLean, Clifford A. Pickover, Daniel J. Winarski 2005-01-25 $10,247,000
6834372 Internet web browser with proximity sensitie hyperlink history report Craig Henry Becker, David Wayne Glass, James G. McLean, Clifford A. Pickover, Daniel J. Winarski 2004-12-21 $10,287,000
6392675 Variable speed cursor movement Craig Henry Becker, James G. McLean, Clifford A. Pickover, Daniel J. Winarski 2002-05-21 $12,232,000
6337694 Method and system for variable speed scrolling within a data processing system Craig Henry Becker, David Wayne Glass, James G. McLean, Clifford A. Pickover, Daniel J. Winarski 2002-01-08 $17,918,000
6195085 Apparatus in a computer system for pliant ergonomic pointing device Craig Henry Becker, Gregory T. Kishi, James G. McLean, Clifford A. Pickover, Daniel J. Winarski 2001-02-27 $24,775,000
6137476 Data mouse Daniel J. Winarski 2000-10-24 $26,546,000
6072468 Docking system for establishing secure wireless connection between computer devices Brent J. Bahnub 2000-06-06 $33,361,000
6067076 Docking system with docking port for establishing secure wireless connection between computer devices Brent J. Bahnub 2000-05-23 $39,585,000
5943678 Temporal displacement icon in a graphical user interface Gregory T. Kishi, James Gordon Mc Lean, Clifford A. Pickover, Daniel J. Winarski 1999-08-24 $33,463,000
5930368 Docking method for establishing secure wireless connection between computer devices Brent J. Bahnub 1999-07-27 $22,178,000
5923757 Docking method for establishing secure wireless connection between computer devices using a docket port Brent J. Bahnub 1999-07-13 $29,937,000
5801699 Icon aggregation on a graphical user interface Neal M. Keller, James G. McLean, Clifford A. Pickover, Daniel J. Winarski 1998-09-01 $8,247,000