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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 176–200 of 293 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
7830664 Cooling apparatuses with discrete cold plates compliantly coupled between a common manifold and electronics components of an assembly to be cooled Levi A. Campbell, Richard C. Chu, Michael J. Ellsworth, Jr., Madhusudan K. Iyengar, Roger R. Schmidt 2010-11-09 $6,046,000
7788941 Cooling system and method utilizing thermal capacitor unit(s) for enhanced thermal energy transfer efficiency Levi A. Campbell, Richard C. Chu, Michael J. Ellsworth, Jr., Madhusudan K. Iyengar 2010-09-07 $2,081,000
7787248 Multi-fluid cooling system, cooled electronics module, and methods of fabrication thereof Levi A. Campbell, Richard C. Chu, Michael J. Ellsworth, Jr., Madhusudan K. Iyengar, Roger R. Schmidt 2010-08-31 $3,369,000
7762314 Cooling apparatus, cooled electronic module and methods of fabrication employing a manifold structure with interleaved coolant inlet and outlet passageways Levi A. Campbell, Richard C. Chu, Michael J. Ellsworth, Jr., Madhusudan K. Iyengar, Roger R. Schmidt 2010-07-27 $6,569,000
7731079 Cooling apparatus and method of fabrication thereof with a 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 2010-06-08 $3,517,000
7724524 Hybrid immersion cooled server with integral spot and bath cooling Levi A. Campbell, Richard C. Chu, Michael J. Ellsworth, Jr., Madhusudan K. Iyengar 2010-05-25 $4,007,000
7707880 Monitoring method and system for determining rack airflow rate and rack power consumption Levi A. Campbell, Richard C. Chu, Michael J. Ellsworth, Jr., Madhusudan K. Iyengar 2010-05-04 $4,679,000
7665325 Multi-fluid cooling system and method with freeze protection for cooling an electronic device Levi A. Campbell, Richard C. Chu, Michael J. Ellsworth, Jr., Madhusudan K. Iyengar, Roger R. Schmidt 2010-02-23 $6,192,000
7660121 System of facilitating cooling of electronics racks of a data center employing multiple cooling stations Levi A. Campbell, Richard C. Chu, Michael J. Ellsworth, Jr., Madhusudan K. Iyengar, Roger R. Schmidt 2010-02-09 $5,437,000
7657347 Temperature-based monitoring method and system for determining first and second fluid flow rates through a heat exchanger Levi A. Campbell, Richard C. Chu, Michael J. Ellsworth, Jr., Madhusudan K. Iyengar 2010-02-02 $8,575,000
7642914 Auto-locating system and method for data center mapping and monitoring Levi A. Campbell, Richard C. Chu, Michael J. Ellsworth, Jr., Madhusudan K. Iyengar 2010-01-05 $14,762,000
7641101 Method of assembling a cooling system for a multi-component electronics system Levi A. Campbell, Richard C. Chu, Michael J. Ellsworth, Jr., Madhusudan K. Iyengar, Roger R. Schmidt 2010-01-05 $14,762,000
7639499 Liquid cooling apparatus and method for facilitating cooling of an electronics system Levi A. Campbell, Richard C. Chu, Martin Joseph Crippen, Michael J. Ellsworth, Jr., Madhusudan K. Iyengar +3 more 2009-12-29 $22,760,000
7639498 Conductive heat transport cooling system and method for a multi-component electronics system Levi A. Campbell, Richard C. Chu, Michael J. Ellsworth, Jr., Madhusudan K. Iyengar, Randall G. Kemink +1 more 2009-12-29 $22,760,000
7630795 Method and air-cooling unit with dynamic airflow and heat removal adjustability Levi A. Campbell, Richard C. Chu, Michael J. Ellsworth, Jr., Madhusudan K. Iyengar, Roger R. Schmidt 2009-12-08 $16,023,000
7609519 Coolant control unit and cooled electronics system employing the same Levi A. Campbell, Richard C. Chu, Michael J. Ellsworth, Jr., Madhusudan K. Iyengar, Roger R. Schmidt 2009-10-27 $16,602,000
7593227 Isolation valve and coolant connect/disconnect assemblies and methods of fabrication for interfacing a liquid cooled electronics subsystem and an electronics housing Levi A. Campbell, Richard C. Chu, Michael J. Ellsworth, Jr., Madhusudan K. Iyengar, Donald W. Porter +1 more 2009-09-22 $18,778,000
7518871 Liquid-based cooling system for cooling a multi-component electronics system Levi A. Campbell, Richard C. Chu, Michael J. Ellsworth, Jr., Madhusudan K. Iyengar, Roger R. Schmidt 2009-04-14 $4,368,000
7511957 Methods for fabricating a cooled electronic module employing a thermally conductive return manifold structure sealed to the periphery of a surface to be cooled Levi A. Campbell, Richard C. Chu, Michael J. Ellsworth, Jr., Madhusudan K. Iyengar, Roger R. Schmidt 2009-03-31 $5,042,000
7492593 Cooled electronics system employing air-to-liquid heat exchange and bifurcated air flow Levi A. Campbell, Richard C. Chu, Michael J. Ellsworth, Jr., Madhusudan K. Iyengar, Roger R. Schmidt 2009-02-17 $3,763,000
7486514 Cooling apparatus with discrete cold plates disposed between a module enclosure and electronics components to be cooled Levi A. Campbell, Richard C. Chu, Michael J. Ellsworth, Jr., Madhusudan K. Iyengar, Roger R. Schmidt 2009-02-03 $3,057,000
7486512 Apparatus for facilitating cooling of an electronics rack by mixing cooler air flow with re-circulating air flow in a re-circulation region Levi A. Campbell, Richard C. Chu, Michael J. Ellsworth, Jr., Madhusudan K. Iyengar, Roger R. Schmidt 2009-02-03 $3,057,000
7477514 Method of facilitating cooling of electronics racks of a data center employing multiple cooling stations Levi A. Campbell, Richard C. Chu, Michael J. Ellsworth, Jr., Madhusudan K. Iyengar, Roger R. Schmidt 2009-01-13 $4,505,000
7459112 Method of fabrication for a thermal spreader using thermal conduits Richard C. Chu, Michael J. Ellsworth, Jr. 2008-12-02 $5,263,000
7450385 Liquid-based cooling apparatus for an electronics rack Levi A. Campbell, Richard C. Chu, Michael J. Ellsworth, Jr., Madhusudan K. Iyengar, Roger R. Schmidt 2008-11-11 $10,353,000