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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 151–175 of 293 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
8051897 Redundant assembly for a liquid and air cooled module Levi A. Campbell, Richard C. Chu, Michael J. Ellsworth, Jr., Madhusudan K. Iyengar, Roger R. Schmidt 2011-11-08 $3,097,000
8027162 Liquid-cooled electronics apparatus and methods of fabrication Levi A. Campbell, Richard C. Chu, Michael J. Ellsworth, Jr., Madhusudan K. Iyengar, Michael Rizzolo 2011-09-27 $6,526,000
8020298 Method of fabricating a heat exchanger with angled secondary fins extending from primary fins Levi A. Campbell, Richard C. Chu, Michael J. Ellsworth, Jr., Madhusudan K. Iyengar, Roger R. Schmidt 2011-09-20 $5,575,000
8018720 Condenser structures with fin cavities facilitating vapor condensation cooling of coolant Levi A. Campbell, Richard C. Chu, Michael J. Ellsworth, Jr., Madhusudan K. Iyengar 2011-09-13 $4,804,000
8014150 Cooled electronic module with pump-enhanced, dielectric fluid immersion-cooling Levi A. Campbell, Richard C. Chu, Michael J. Ellsworth, Jr., Madhusudan K. Iyengar 2011-09-06 $5,472,000
7990709 Apparatus and method for facilitating cooling of an electronics rack Levi A. Campbell, Richard C. Chu, Michael J. Ellsworth, Jr., Madhusudan K. Iyengar 2011-08-02 $4,890,000
7983040 Apparatus and method for facilitating pumped immersion-cooling of an electronic subsystem Levi A. Campbell, Richard C. Chu, Michael J. Ellsworth, Jr., Madhusudan K. Iyengar 2011-07-19 $6,687,000
7978473 Cooling apparatus with cold plate formed in situ on a surface to be cooled Levi A. Campbell, Richard C. Chu, Michael J. Ellsworth, Jr., Bruce K. Furman, Madhusudan K. Iyengar +3 more 2011-07-12 $4,098,000
7978472 Liquid-cooled cooling apparatus, electronics rack and methods of fabrication thereof Levi A. Campbell, Richard C. Chu, Michael J. Ellsworth, Jr., Madhusudan K. Iyengar 2011-07-12 $4,098,000
7967062 Thermally conductive composite interface, cooled electronic assemblies employing the same, and methods of fabrication thereof Levi A. Campbell, Richard C. Chu, Michael J. Ellsworth, Jr., Keith E. Fogel, Madhusudan K. Iyengar +1 more 2011-06-28 $4,369,000
7963119 Hybrid air and liquid coolant conditioning unit for facilitating cooling of one or more electronics racks of a data center Levi A. Campbell, Richard C. Chu, Michael J. Ellsworth, Jr., Madhusudan K. Iyengar 2011-06-21 $7,220,000
7965509 High performance dual-in-line memory (DIMM) array liquid cooling assembly and method Levi A. Campbell, Richard C. Chu, Michael J. Ellsworth, Jr., Maurice F. Holahan, Madhusudan K. Iyengar +1 more 2011-06-21 $7,220,000
7961475 Apparatus and method for facilitating immersion-cooling of an electronic subsystem Levi A. Campbell, Richard C. Chu, Michael J. Ellsworth, Jr., Madhusudan K. Iyengar, Vinod Kamath 2011-06-14 $3,503,000
7948757 Multi-fluid cooling of an electronic device Levi A. Campbell, Richard C. Chu, Michael J. Ellsworth, Jr., Madhusudan K. Iyengar, Roger R. Schmidt 2011-05-24 $5,693,000
7944694 Liquid cooling apparatus and method for cooling blades of an electronic system chassis Levi A. Campbell, Richard C. Chu, Michael J. Ellsworth, Jr., Madhusudan K. Iyengar 2011-05-17 $5,524,000
7918025 Method of fabricating a thermal spreader having thermal conduits Richard C. Chu, Michael J. Ellsworth, Jr. 2011-04-05 $6,033,000
7913387 Method of fabricating a thermal spreader having thermal conduits Richard C. Chu, Michael J. Ellsworth, Jr. 2011-03-29 $5,031,000
7916483 Open flow cold plate for liquid cooled electronic packages Levi A. Campbell, Richard C. Chu, Michael J. Ellsworth, Jr., Madhusudan K. Iyengar 2011-03-29 $5,031,000
7907406 System and method for standby mode cooling of a liquid-cooled electronics rack Levi A. Campbell, Richard C. Chu, Michael J. Ellsworth, Jr., Madhusudan K. Iyengar 2011-03-15 $6,222,000
7905096 Dehumidifying and re-humidifying air cooling for an electronics rack Levi A. Campbell, Richard C. Chu, Michael J. Ellsworth, Jr., Madhusudan K. Iyengar 2011-03-15 $6,222,000
7885074 Direct jet impingement-assisted thermosyphon cooling apparatus and method Levi A. Campbell, Richard C. Chu, Michael J. Ellsworth, Jr., Madhusudan K. Iyengar 2011-02-08 $4,016,000
7885070 Apparatus and method for immersion-cooling of an electronic system utilizing coolant jet impingement and coolant wash flow Levi A. Campbell, Richard C. Chu, Michael J. Ellsworth, Jr., Madhusudan K. Iyengar 2011-02-08 $4,016,000
7878007 Monitoring method and system for determining airflow rate through and heat removal rate of an air-conditioning unit Levi A. Campbell, Richard C. Chu, Michael J. Ellsworth, Jr., Madhusudan K. Iyengar 2011-02-01 $3,711,000
7841385 Dual-chamber fluid pump for a multi-fluid electronics cooling system and method Levi A. Campbell, Richard C. Chu, Michael J. Ellsworth, Jr., Madhusudan K. Iyengar, Roger R. Schmidt 2010-11-30 $3,507,000
7830657 Apparatus for facilitating cooling of an electronics rack employing a heat exchange assembly mounted to an outlet door cover of the electronics rack Richard C. Chu, Michael J. Ellsworth, Jr., Donald W. Porter, Roger R. Schmidt 2010-11-09