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Michael J. Ward — 36 Patents

IBM: 20 patents #5,465 of 70,183Top 8%
MIMorton International: 3 patents #140 of 580Top 25%
UFUS Air Force: 3 patents #2,305 of 16,312Top 15%
AAAutoliv Asp: 2 patents #215 of 722Top 30%
GSGeo Semiconductor: 1 patents #17 of 25Top 70%
MTMorton Thiokol: 1 patents #77 of 221Top 35%
Adobe: 1 patents #2,568 of 4,589Top 60%
CICatalina Marketing International: 1 patents #15 of 27Top 60%
HP: 1 patents #11,359 of 7,018Top 165%
BTBrown & Williamson Tobacco: 1 patents #87 of 219Top 40%
New Haven, CT: #15 of 1,003 inventorsTop 2%
Connecticut: #850 of 34,797 inventorsTop 3%
Overall (All Time): #92,222 of 4,157,543Top 3%
36 Patents All Time
Michael J. Ward has been granted 36 US patents while listed as an inventor at IBM. The first was granted in 1984 and the most recent in August 2020. Michael J. Ward ranks #92,222 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 2.2%). Patent records list Michael J. Ward in New Haven, CT, US.

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 36 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
10740304 Data virtualization across heterogeneous formats Achille B. Fokoue-Nkoutche, Oktie Hassanzadeh, Anastasios Kementsietsidis, Kavitha Srinivas 2020-08-11 $2,122,000
10229200 Linking data elements based on similarity data values and semantic annotations Mihaela Ancuta Bornea, Songyun Duan, Achille B. Fokoue-Nkoutche, Oktie Hassanzadeh, Anastasios Kementsietsidis +1 more 2019-03-12 $2,141,000
9959326 Annotating schema elements based on associating data instances with knowledge base entities Songyun Duan, Achille B. Fokoue-Nkoutche, Oktie Hassanzadeh, Anastasios Kementsietsidis, Kavitha Srinivas 2018-05-01 $4,480,000
9569506 Uniform search, navigation and combination of heterogeneous data Jason B. Ellis, Oktie Hassanzadeh 2017-02-14 $1,939,000
9244991 Uniform search, navigation and combination of heterogeneous data Jason B. Ellis, Oktie Hassanzadeh 2016-01-26 $2,109,000
9037615 Querying and integrating structured and unstructured data Mihaela Ancuta Bornea, Songyun Duan, James J. Fan, Achille B. Fokoue-Nkoutche, Alfio Massimiliano Gliozzo +3 more 2015-05-19 $4,677,000
8625766 Presence and/or capability based communication David Brown, Ajit Pendse 2014-01-07
8605402 Heat sensor responsive to electrical overloads Aleph Ruiz Contreras 2013-12-10
8386577 Selection of communication protocol for message transfer based on quality of service requirements Andrew Hickson, Simon Antony James Holdsworth, Timothy Holloway, Peter R. MacFarlane 2013-02-26 $4,239,000
8159803 Heat actuated interrupter receptacle Aleph Ruiz Contreras 2012-04-17
8122118 Selection of communication protocol for message transfer based on quality of service requirements Andrew Hickson, Simon Antony James Holdsworth, Timothy Holloway, Peter R. MacFarlane 2012-02-21 $5,017,000
7525964 Mechanism for delivering messages to competing consumers in a point-to-point system Mark C. Astley, Andrew D. Banks, Sumeer Kumar Bhola, Ignacio Silva-Lepe, David Ware 2009-04-28 $8,592,000
7283463 Non-disruptive reconfiguration of a publish/subscribe system Kevan Lee Miller, Robert Evan Strom, Daniel Charles Sturman 2007-10-16 $5,691,000
7050432 Message logging for reliable multicasting across a routing network Guruduth Somasekhara Banavar, Tushar Deepak Chandra, Kevan Lee Miller, Robert Evan Strom, Daniel Charles Sturman 2006-05-23 $5,226,000
6988270 System and method for providing collaborative replicated objects for synchronous distributed groupware application Guruduth Somasekhara Banavar, Kevan Lee Miller, Atul Prakash, Robert Evan Strom 2006-01-17 $9,394,000
6952829 Dynamically adapting between pessimistic and optimistic notifications to replicated objects Guruduth Somasekhara Banavar, Kevan Lee Miller 2005-10-04 $13,353,000
6907011 Quiescent reconfiguration of a routing network Kevan Lee Miller, Robert Evan Strom, Daniel Charles Sturman 2005-06-14 $9,509,000
6760340 Message sequencing for ordered multicasting of a message across a routing network Guruduth Somasekhara Banavar, Tushar Deepak Chandra, Kevan Lee Miller, Robert Evan Strom, Daniel Charles Sturman 2004-07-06 $6,814,000
6434652 Hot plug subsystem for processor based electrical machine Robert Thomas Bailis, Thomas L. Bonds, Jr., Roy Lee Draughn, Alvin Dean Genzlinger, David J. Jensen +2 more 2002-08-13 $10,700,000
6425016 System and method for providing collaborative replicated objects for synchronous distributed groupware applications Guruduth Somasekhara Banavar, Kevan Lee Miller, Atul Prakash, Robert Evan Strom 2002-07-23 $13,664,000
6254129 Arrangements and methods for inflatable device formation of inflation gas Karl K. Rink, David J. Green 2001-07-03 $16,015,000
6240394 Method and apparatus for automatically generating advisory information for pharmacy patients Robert Uecker, Baxter Byerly 2001-05-29 $19,774,000
6129380 Arrangements and methods for inflatable device formation of inflation gas Karl K. Rink, David J. Green 2000-10-10 $9,317,000
6125417 Hot plug of adapters using optical switches Robert Thomas Bailis, Thomas L. Bonds, Jr., Roy Lee Draughn, Alvin Dean Genzlinger, David J. Jensen +2 more 2000-09-26 $64,342,000
5751444 Imaging apparatus for copying bound documents 1998-05-12 $30,482,000