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Robert Howard — 6 Patents

IBM: 3 patents #26,335 of 70,183Top 40%
South Burlington, VT: #313 of 1,136 inventorsTop 30%
Vermont: #1,066 of 4,968 inventorsTop 25%
Overall (All Time): #779,687 of 4,157,543Top 20%
6 Patents All Time
Robert Howard has been granted 6 US patents while listed as an inventor at IBM. The first was granted in 1984 and the most recent in April 2000. Robert Howard ranks #779,687 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 18.8%). Patent records list Robert Howard in South Burlington, VT, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1984 to 2000Bar chart with a peak of 1 patents in 1984.peak 11984: 1 patents19841987: 1 patents19871989: 1 patents19891998: 1 patents19981999: 1 patents19992000: 1 patents2000

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–6 of 6 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
6048828 Composition for treatment of lead containing surface coatings and soil Joseph Zelez, Anthony Peter Balestrieri 2000-04-11
5976270 Composition and method for treatment of lead-containing surface coatings and soil Joseph Zelez, Anthony Peter Balestrieri 1999-11-02
5741366 Methods for treatment of lead-containing surface coatings and soil Joseph Zelez, Anthony Peter Balestrieri 1998-04-21
4861425 Lift-off process for terminal metals Stuart E. Greer 1989-08-29 $11,671,000
4646958 Fluxless soldering process using a silane atmosphere 1987-03-03 $15,226,000
4445968 Surface treatment for ceramics to eliminate alpha particle emitting elements Herman S. Hoffman 1984-05-01 $19,890,000