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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 76–100 of 293 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
9075582 Valve controlled, node-level vapor condensation for two-phase heat sink(s) Levi A. Campbell, Richard C. Chu, Milnes P. David, Michael J. Ellsworth, Jr., Madhusudan K. Iyengar 2015-07-07 $5,899,000
9069532 Valve controlled, node-level vapor condensation for two-phase heat sink(s) Levi A. Campbell, Richard C. Chu, Milnes P. David, Michael J. Ellsworth, Jr., Madusudan K. Iyengar 2015-06-30 $3,617,000
9067288 Heat sink structure with a vapor-permeable membrane for two-phase cooling Levi A. Campbell, Richard C. Chu, Milnes P. David, Michael J. Ellsworth, Jr., Madhusudan K. Iyengar 2015-06-30 $3,617,000
9061383 Heat sink structure with a vapor-permeable membrane for two-phase cooling Levi A. Campbell, Richard C. Chu, Milnes P. David, Michael J. Ellsworth, Jr., Madhusudan K. Iyengar 2015-06-23 $4,496,000
9061382 Heat sink structure with a vapor-permeable membrane for two-phase cooling Levi A. Campbell, Richard C. Chu, Milnes P. David, Michael J. Ellsworth, Jr., Madusudan K. Iyengar 2015-06-23 $4,496,000
9042099 Air-cooling and vapor-condensing door assembly Levi A. Campbell, Richard C. Chu, Milnes P. David, Michael J. Ellsworth, Jr., Madhusudan K. Iyengar +1 more 2015-05-26 $2,909,000
9042098 Air-cooling and vapor-condensing door assembly Levi A. Campbell, Richard C. Chu, Milnes P. David, Michael J. Ellsworth, Jr., Madhusudan K. Iyengar +1 more 2015-05-26 $2,909,000
9038406 Dehumidifying cooling apparatus and method for an electronics rack Levi A. Campbell, Richard C. Chu, Michael J. Ellsworth, Jr., Madhusudan K. Iyengar 2015-05-26 $2,909,000
9025332 Inlet-air-cooling door assembly for an electronics rack Levi A. Campbell, Richard C. Chu, Milnes P. David, Michael J. Ellsworth, Jr., Roger R. Schmidt +1 more 2015-05-05 $8,777,000
9025331 Inlet-air-cooling door assembly for an electronics rack Levi A. Campbell, Richard C. Chu, Milnes P. David, Michael J. Ellsworth, Jr., Roger R. Schmidt +1 more 2015-05-05 $8,777,000
9013872 Dry-cooling unit with gravity-assisted coolant flow Levi A. Campbell, Richard C. Chu, Milnes P. David, Michael J. Ellsworth, Jr., Madhusudan K. Iyengar 2015-04-21 $6,169,000
9009971 Wicking and coupling element(s) facilitating evaporative cooling of component(s) Levi A. Campbell, Richard C. Chu, Milnes P. David, Michael J. Ellsworth, Jr., Madhusudan K. Iyengar +1 more 2015-04-21 $6,169,000
9009968 Coolant manifold with separately rotatable manifold section(s) Levi A. Campbell, Richard C. Chu, Milnes P. David, Michael J. Ellsworth, Jr., Madhusudan K. Iyengar +1 more 2015-04-21 $6,169,000
8985847 Thermal resistance-based monitoring of cooling of an electronic component Levi A. Campbell, Richard C. Chu, Milnes P. David, Michael J. Ellsworth, Jr., Madhusudan K. Iyengar 2015-03-24 $3,177,000
8966922 Air-side economizer facilitating liquid-based cooling of an electronics rack Levi A. Campbell, Richard C. Chu, Milnes P. David, Michael J. Ellsworth, Jr., Madhusudan K. Iyengar +1 more 2015-03-03 $3,627,000
8964391 Sectioned manifolds facilitating pumped immersion-cooling of electronic components Levi A. Campbell, Richard C. Chu, Milnes P. David, Michael J. Ellsworth, Jr., Madhusudan K. Iyengar +1 more 2015-02-24 $3,851,000
8964390 Sectioned manifolds facilitating pumped immersion-cooling of electronic components Levi A. Campbell, Richard C. Chu, Milnes P. David, Michael J. Ellsworth, Jr., Madhusudan K. Iyengar +1 more 2015-02-24 $3,851,000
8959941 Data center cooling with an air-side economizer and liquid-cooled electronics rack(s) Levi A. Campbell, Richard C. Chu, Milnes P. David, Michael J. Ellsworth, Jr., Madusudan K. Iyengar +1 more 2015-02-24 $3,851,000
8955347 Air-side economizer facilitating liquid-based cooling of an electronics rack Levi A. Campbell, Richard C. Chu, Milnes P. David, Michael J. Ellsworth, Jr., Madusudan K. Iyengar +1 more 2015-02-17 $5,211,000
8955346 Coolant-buffered, vapor-compression refrigeration apparatus and method with controlled coolant heat load Levi A. Campbell, Richard C. Chu, Michael J. Ellsworth, Jr., Madhusudan K. Iyengar 2015-02-17 $5,211,000
8953320 Coolant drip facilitating partial immersion-cooling of electronic components Levi A. Campbell, Richard C. Chu, Milnes P. David, Michael J. Ellsworth, Jr., Madhusudan K. Iyengar +1 more 2015-02-10
8953317 Wicking vapor-condenser facilitating immersion-cooling of electronic component(s) Levi A. Campbell, Richard C. Chu, Milnes P. David, Michael J. Ellsworth, Jr., Madhusudan K. Iyengar 2015-02-10 $3,717,000
8947873 Immersion-cooled and conduction-cooled electronic system Levi A. Campbell, Richard C. Chu, Milnes P. David, Michael J. Ellsworth, Jr., Madhusudan K. Iyengar +1 more 2015-02-03 $3,062,000
8941994 Vapor condenser with three-dimensional folded structure Levi A. Campbell, Richard C. Chu, Milnes P. David, Michael J. Ellsworth, Jr., Madhusudan K. Iyengar +1 more 2015-01-27 $4,313,000
8934250 Immersion-cooling of selected electronic component(s) mounted to printed circuit board Levi A. Campbell, Richard C. Chu, Milnes P. David, Michael J. Ellsworth, Jr., Madhusudan K. Iyengar +1 more 2015-01-13 $4,389,000