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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 276–293 of 293 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
5615084 Enhanced flow distributor for integrated circuit spot coolers Timothy Anderson, Gregory M. Chrysler 1997-03-25 $8,853,000
5609201 Enhanced flow distributor for integrated circuit spot coolers Timothy Anderson, Gregory M. Chrysler 1997-03-11 $14,179,000
5609202 Enhanced flow distributor for integrated circuit spot coolers Timothy Anderson, Gregory M. Chrysler 1997-03-11 $14,179,000
5482113 Convertible heat exchanger for air or water cooling of electronic circuit components and the like Dereje Agonafer, Timothy Anderson, Gregory M. Chrysler, Richard C. Chu, David T. Vader 1996-01-09 $10,524,000
5456081 Thermoelectric cooling assembly with optimized fin structure for improved thermal performance and manufacturability Gregory M. Chrysler, Richard C. Chu, David T. Vader 1995-10-10 $16,991,000
5437328 Multi-stage heat sink 1995-08-01 $27,647,000
5412536 Local condensation control for liquid impingement two-phase cooling Timothy Anderson, Gregory M. Chrysler, Richard C. Chu 1995-05-02 $11,222,000
5394299 Topology matched conduction cooling module Richard C. Chu, Michael J. Ellsworth, Jr., David T. Vader 1995-02-28 $10,414,000
5370178 Convertible cooling module for air or water cooling of electronic circuit components Dereje Agonafer, Timothy Anderson, Gregory M. Chrysler, Richard Chao-Fan Chu, David T. Vader 1994-12-06 $9,516,000
5269372 Intersecting flow network for a cold plate cooling system Richard C. Chu, Michael J. Ellsworth, Jr., David T. Vader 1993-12-14 $15,529,000
5170319 Enhanced multichip module cooling with thermally optimized pistons and closely coupled convective cooling channels Richard Chao-Fan Chu, Michael J. Ellsworth, Jr., Gary F. Goth, Michael L. Zumbrunnen 1992-12-08 $8,349,000
5161089 Enhanced multichip module cooling with thermally optimized pistons and closely coupled convective cooling channels, and methods of manufacturing the same Richard C. Chu, Michael J. Ellsworth, Jr., Gary F. Goth, Michael L. Zumbrunnen 1992-11-03 $14,331,000
5097385 Super-position cooling Richard Chao-Fan Chu, David T. Vader 1992-03-17 $18,922,000
4928207 Circuit module with direct liquid cooling by a coolant flowing between a heat producing component and the face of a piston Gregory M. Chrysler, Richard C. Chu 1990-05-22 $17,701,000
4757370 Circuit package cooling technique with liquid film spreading downward across package surface without separation Dereje Agonafer, Richard C. Chu 1988-07-12 $23,735,000
4709754 Heat transfer element with nucleate boiling surface and bimetallic fin formed from element Richard C. Chu 1987-12-01 $37,249,000
4233644 Dual-pull air cooling for a computer frame Un-Pah Hwang 1980-11-11 $29,958,000
4193445 Conduction cooled module Richard C. Chu, Un-Pah Hwang 1980-03-18 $22,317,000