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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 201–225 of 293 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
7420808 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 2008-09-02 $13,493,000
7408776 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 2008-08-05 $7,485,000
7405936 Hybrid cooling system for a multi-component electronics system Levi A. Campbell, Richard C. Chu, Michael J. Ellsworth, Jr., Madhusudan K. Iyengar, Roger R. Schmidt 2008-07-29 $9,815,000
7400504 Cooling apparatuses and methods employing 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 2008-07-15 $7,406,000
7400505 Hybrid cooling system and method for a multi-component electronics system Levi A. Campbell, Richard C. Chu, Michael J. Ellsworth, Jr., Madhusudan K. Iyengar, Roger R. Schmidt 2008-07-15 $7,406,000
7397661 Cooled electronics system and method 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 2008-07-08 $9,414,000
7385817 Cooling apparatus and method employing 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 2008-06-10 $5,963,000
7385810 Apparatus and method 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 2008-06-10 $5,963,000
7380409 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 2008-06-03 $7,325,000
7375962 Jet orifice plate with projecting jet orifice structures for direct impingement cooling apparatus Levi A. Campbell, Richard C. Chu, Michael J. Ellsworth, Jr., Madhusudan K. Iyengar, Roger R. Schmidt 2008-05-20 $8,483,000
7362574 Jet orifice plate with projecting jet orifice structures for direct impingement cooling apparatus Levi A. Campbell, Richard C. Chu, Michael J. Ellsworth, Jr., Madhusudan K. Iyengar, Roger R. Schmidt 2008-04-22 $8,943,000
7353861 Transpiration cooled heat sink and a self contained coolant supply for same Richard C. Chu, Michael J. Ellsworth, Jr. 2008-04-08 $6,866,000
7349213 Coolant control unit, and cooled electronics system and method employing the same Levi A. Campbell, Richard C. Chu, Michael J. Ellsworth, Jr., Madhusudan K. Iyengar, Roger R. Schmidt 2008-03-25 $5,860,000
7349209 Apparatus and method 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 2008-03-25 $5,860,000
7301770 Cooling apparatus, cooled electronic module, and methods of fabrication thereof employing thermally conductive, wire-bonded pin fins Levi A. Campbell, Richard C. Chu, Michael J. Ellsworth, Jr., Madhusudan K. Iyengar, Roger R. Schmidt +1 more 2007-11-27 $7,635,000
7298618 Cooling apparatuses and methods employing 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 2007-11-20 $7,065,000
7298617 Cooling apparatus and method employing 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 2007-11-20 $7,065,000
7286351 Apparatus and method for facilitating cooling of an electronics rack employing a closed loop heat exchange system Levi A. Campbell, Richard C. Chu, Michael J. Ellsworth, Jr., Madhusudan K. Iyengar, Roger R. Schmidt 2007-10-23 $7,617,000
7283358 Apparatus and method 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, Ricahrd C. Chu, Michael J. Ellsworth, Jr., Madhusudan K. Iyengar, Roger R. Schmidt 2007-10-16 $5,691,000
7277283 Cooling apparatus, cooled electronic module and methods of fabrication thereof employing an integrated coolant inlet and outlet manifold Levi A. Campbell, Richard C. Chu, Michael J. Ellsworth, Jr., Madhusudan K. Iyengar, Roger R. Schmidt 2007-10-02 $8,802,000
7274566 Cooling apparatus for an electronics subsystem employing a coolant flow drive apparatus between coolant flow paths Levi A. Campbell, Richard C. Chu, Michael J. Ellsworth, Jr., Madhusudan K. Iyengar, Roger R. Schmidt 2007-09-25 $7,894,000
7270174 Method, system and program product for automatically checking coolant loops of a cooling system for a computing environment Richard C. Chu, Michael J. Ellsworth, Jr., Roger R. Schmidt, Randy J. Zoodsma 2007-09-18 $6,075,000
7272005 Multi-element heat exchange assemblies and methods of fabrication for a cooling system Levi A. Campbell, Richard C. Chu, Michael J. Ellsworth, Jr., Madhusudan K. Iyengar, Roger R. Schmidt 2007-09-18 $6,075,000
7233494 Cooling apparatus, cooled electronic module and methods of fabrication thereof employing an integrated manifold and a plurality of thermally conductive fins Levi A. Campbell, Richard C. Chu, Michael J. Ellsworth, Jr., Madhusudan K. Iyengar, Roger R. Schmidt 2007-06-19 $11,844,000
7206203 Electronic device cooling assembly and method employing elastic support material holding a plurality of thermally conductive pins Levi A. Campbell, Richard C. Chu, Michael J. Ellsworth, Jr., Madhusudan K. Iyengar, Roger R. Schmidt 2007-04-17 $6,339,000