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Patrick Laffey — 4 Patents

IBM: 4 patents #21,783 of 70,183Top 35%
Cedar Park, TX: #431 of 1,158 inventorsTop 40%
Texas: #33,915 of 125,132 inventorsTop 30%
Overall (All Time): #1,080,739 of 4,157,543Top 30%
4 Patents All Time
Patrick Laffey has been granted 4 US patents while listed as an inventor at IBM. The first was granted in 2004 and the most recent in November 2013. Patrick Laffey ranks #1,080,739 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 26.0%). Patent records list Patrick Laffey in Cedar Park, TX, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2004 to 2013Bar chart with a peak of 2 patents in 2005.peak 22004: 1 patents20042005: 2 patents20052013: 1 patents2013

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–4 of 4 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
8589229 Immediate updating of global positioning system (GPS) generated area maps on wireless computer controlled displays Daniel Nguyen, Vit T. Tran, Kim-Khanh V. Trans 2013-11-19 $3,686,000
6886138 Directing users′ attention to specific icons being approached by an on-screen pointer on user interactive display interfaces Gerald Francis McBrearty, Jessica Murillo, Johnny Meng-Han Shieh, Kim Tran, Scott Tran 2005-04-26 $8,819,000
6844887 Alternate reduced size on-screen pointers for accessing selectable icons in high icon density regions of user interactive display interfaces Jessica Murillo, Johnny Meng-Han Shieh, Kim Tran, Scott Tran 2005-01-18 $12,326,000
6816176 Temporarily moving adjacent or overlapping icons away from specific icons being approached by an on-screen pointer on user interactive display interfaces Jessica Murillo, Johnny Meng-Han Shieh, Kim Tran, Scott Tran 2004-11-09 $4,707,000