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Robert E. Simons — 293 Patents

IBM: 290 patents #77 of 70,183Top 1%
Poughkeepsie, NY: #4 of 1,613 inventorsTop 1%
New York: #61 of 115,490 inventorsTop 1%
Overall (All Time): #1,396 of 4,157,543Top 1%
293 Patents All Time
Robert E. Simons has been granted 293 US patents while listed as an inventor at IBM. The first was granted in 1980 and the most recent in September 2021. Robert E. Simons ranks #1,396 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 0.03%). Patent records list Robert E. Simons in Poughkeepsie, NY, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1992 to 2021Bar chart with a peak of 44 patents in 2015.peak 441992: 3 patents19921993: 1 patents1994: 1 patents1995: 4 patents19951996: 1 patents1997: 3 patents1998: 1 patents19981999: 5 patents2000: 4 patents2001: 4 patents20012002: 8 patents2003: 7 patents2004: 9 patents20042005: 4 patents2006: 7 patents2007: 12 patents20072008: 16 patents2009: 11 patents2010: 14 patents20102011: 25 patents2012: 15 patents2013: 9 patents20132014: 22 patents2015: 44 patents2016: 29 patents20162017: 12 patents2018: 5 patents2019: 5 patents20192020: 5 patents2021: 2 patents2021

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 251–275 of 293 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
6557354 Thermoelectric-enhanced heat exchanger Richard C. Chu, Michael J. Ellsworth, Jr. 2003-05-06 $19,022,000
6548894 Electronic module with integrated programmable thermoelectric cooling assembly and method of fabrication Richard C. Chu, Michael J. Ellsworth, Jr. 2003-04-15 $16,310,000
6519151 Conic-sectioned plate and jet nozzle assembly for use in cooling an electronic module, and methods of fabrication thereof Richard C. Chu, Michael J. Ellsworth, Jr. 2003-02-11 $11,665,000
6490874 Recuperative environmental conditioning unit Richard C. Chu, Michael J. Ellsworth, Jr. 2002-12-10 $14,124,000
6489551 Electronic module with integrated thermoelectric cooling assembly Richard C. Chu, Michael J. Ellsworth, Jr. 2002-12-03 $15,579,000
6431260 Cavity plate and jet nozzle assemblies for use in cooling an electronic module, and methods of fabrication thereof Dereje Agonafer, Richard C. Chu, Michael J. Ellsworth, Jr. 2002-08-13 $10,700,000
6424533 Thermoelectric-enhanced heat spreader for heat generating component of an electronic device Richard C. Chu, Michael J. Ellsworth, Jr. 2002-07-23 $13,664,000
6397618 Cooling system with auxiliary thermal buffer unit for cooling an electronics module Richard C. Chu, Michael J. Ellsworth, Jr. 2002-06-04 $11,648,000
6396700 Thermal spreader and interface assembly for heat generating component of an electronic device Richard C. Chu, Michael J. Ellsworth, Jr. 2002-05-28 $13,038,000
6366462 Electronic module with integral refrigerant evaporator assembly and control system therefore Richard C. Chu, Michael J. Ellsworth, Jr. 2002-04-02 $31,515,000
6337794 Isothermal heat sink with tiered cooling channels Dereje Agonafer, Richard C. Chu, Michael J. Ellsworth, Jr. 2002-01-08 $17,918,000
6301109 Isothermal heat sink with cross-flow openings between channels Richard C. Chu, Michael J. Ellsworth, Jr. 2001-10-09 $29,916,000
6301097 Inflatable sealing system for low temperature electronic module Michael J. Ellsworth, Jr. 2001-10-09 $29,916,000
6253835 Isothermal heat sink with converging, diverging channels Richard C. Chu, Michael J. Ellsworth, Jr. 2001-07-03 $26,086,000
6205796 Sub-dew point cooling of electronic systems Richard C. Chu, Gregory M. Chrysler 2001-03-27 $29,796,000
6164076 Thermoelectric cooling assembly with thermal space transformer interposed between cascaded thermoelectric stages for improved thermal performance Richard C. Chu, Michael J. Ellsworth, Jr. 2000-12-26 $36,095,000
6144013 Local humidity control system for low temperature electronic module Richard C. Chu, Michael J. Ellsworth, Jr. 2000-11-07 $39,779,000
6035655 Modular refrigeration system Jeffrey J. Hare, Willard S. Harris, Jody A. Hickey, Roger R. Schmidt, Edward J. Seminaro +3 more 2000-03-14 $26,705,000
6034872 Cooling computer systems Gregory M. Chrysler, Richard C. Chu, Gary F. Goth 2000-03-07 $24,867,000
5970731 Modular refrigeration system Jeffrey J. Hare, Willard S. Harris, Jody A. Hickey, Roger R. Schmidt, Edward J. Seminaro +3 more 1999-10-26 $20,157,000
5963425 Combined air and refrigeration cooling for computer systems Gregory M. Chrysler, Richard C. Chu, Gary F. Goth 1999-10-05 $21,756,000
5954127 Cold plate for dual refrigeration system Gregory M. Chrysler, Richard C. Chu, Gary F. Goth 1999-09-21 $27,467,000
5934364 Cold plate for dual refrigeration systems Gregory M. Chrysler, Richard C. Chu, Gary F. Goth 1999-08-10 $20,467,000
5896922 Cold plate for dual refrigeration systems Gregory M. Chrysler, Richard C. Chu, Gary F. Goth 1999-04-27 $19,884,000
5704419 Air flow distribution in integrated circuit spot coolers Dereje Agonafer, Timothy Anderson, Gregory M. Chrysler 1998-01-06 $19,122,000