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Nathan Masters — 21 Patents

IBM: 10 patents #10,925 of 70,183Top 20%
Amazon: 7 patents #2,333 of 19,158Top 15%
BUBrigham Young University: 1 patents #220 of 611Top 40%
Henderson, NV: #56 of 925 inventorsTop 7%
Nevada: #414 of 8,397 inventorsTop 5%
Overall (All Time): #201,324 of 4,157,543Top 5%
21 Patents All Time
Nathan Masters has been granted 21 US patents while listed as an inventor at IBM. The first was granted in 2002 and the most recent in April 2019. Nathan Masters ranks #201,324 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 4.8%). Patent records list Nathan Masters in Henderson, NV, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2002 to 2019Bar chart with a peak of 5 patents in 2017.peak 52002: 2 patents20022006: 1 patents20062013: 2 patents20132015: 2 patents20152016: 4 patents20162017: 5 patents20172018: 4 patents20182019: 1 patents2019

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–21 of 21 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
10275819 Reducing incompatible pairings Joseph Edwin Johnson, Jr., Mohamed Mostafa ElShenawy, Shiblee Imtiaz Hasan, JaeHa Oh, Benjamin Schwartz 2019-04-30 $112,773,000
10083357 Image-based item location identification Shiblee Imtiaz Hasan, Joseph Edwin Johnson, Jr. 2018-09-25 $258,454,000
10002377 Infrared driven item recommendations Joseph Edwin Johnson, Jr., Benjamin Schwartz, Shiblee Imtiaz Hasan 2018-06-19 $117,003,000
9984502 Creating three dimensional models with acceleration data Christopher P. Jones, Jonathan Lenchner, Daniel A. Mazzella, James A. Oravec, Rodrigo A. Rey 2018-05-29 $2,015,000
9965793 Item selection based on dimensional criteria Shiblee Imtiaz Hasan, Manjeet Chayel Mohinder Singh, Joseph Edwin Johnson, Jr., Saurangshu Pandey, Benjamin Schwartz 2018-05-08 $101,998,000
9792727 Creating three dimensional models with acceleration data Christopher P. Jones, Jonathan Lenchner, Daniel A. Mazzella, James A. Oravec, Rodrigo A. Rey 2017-10-17 $4,096,000
9726451 Modular slingshot 2017-08-08
9711985 Techniques for mobile device charging using robotic devices Joseph Edwin Johnson, Jr., Michael Brian Stoops, Benjamin Schwartz, Shiblee Imtiaz Hasan 2017-07-18 $44,790,000
9665960 Image-based item location identification Shiblee Imtiaz Hasan, Joseph Edwin Johnson, Jr. 2017-05-30 $50,244,000
9552512 Personalized, automated receptionist Shang Q. Guo, Christopher P. Jones, Jonathan Lenchner, Daniel A. Mazzella, James A. Oravec 2017-01-24 $6,164,000
9519827 Personalized, automated receptionist Shang Q. Guo, Christopher P. Jones, Jonathan Lenchner, Daniel A. Mazzella, James A. Oravec 2016-12-13 $6,265,000
9492922 Techniques for mobile device charging using robotic devices Joseph Edwin Johnson, Jr., Michael Brian Stoops, Benjamin Schwartz, Shiblee Imtiaz Hasan 2016-11-15 $58,136,000
9250220 System for preventing undue bending of cables Christopher P. Jones, Jonathan Lenchner, James A. Oravec, Rodrigo A. Rey 2016-02-02 $1,325,000
9244046 System for preventing undue bending of cables Christopher P. Jones, Jonathan Lenchner, James A. Oravec, Rodrigo A. Rey 2016-01-26 $2,109,000
9205996 Sorting, swapping, and organizing objects on transfer ball grids Shang Q. Guo, Christopher P. Jones, Jonathan Lenchner, James A. Oravec, Rodrigo A. Rey +1 more 2015-12-08 $3,322,000
9205995 Sorting, swapping, and organizing objects on transfer ball grids Shang Q. Guo, Christopher P. Jones, Jonathan Lenchner, James A. Oravec, Rodrigo A. Rey +1 more 2015-12-08 $3,322,000
8577497 Moving objects across a surface using a vertically-adjustable low friction transfer module James A. Oravec, Rodrigo A. Rey, Matthew R. Sowders 2013-11-05 $5,290,000
8577496 Moving objects across a surface using a vertically-adjustable low friction transfer module James A. Oravec, Rodrigo A. Rey, Matthew R. Sowders 2013-11-05 $5,290,000
7126446 Self-retracting fully compliant bistable micromechanism Larry L. Howell 2006-10-24
6494476 Robotic vehicle that tracks the path of a lead vehicle Andrew Masters, Connie R. Masters 2002-12-17
6450523 Steering method for a trailing section of an articulated vehicle Andrew Masters, Connie R. Masters 2002-09-17