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Robert J. Donovan — 14 Patents

IBM: 8 patents #13,181 of 70,183Top 20%
TUThe Rockefeller University: 4 patents #105 of 698Top 20%
LPLenovo (Singapore) Pte.: 1 patents #1,155 of 1,012Top 115%
Rochester, MN: #420 of 3,042 inventorsTop 15%
Minnesota: #5,382 of 52,454 inventorsTop 15%
Overall (All Time): #332,869 of 4,157,543Top 9%
14 Patents All Time
Robert J. Donovan has been granted 14 US patents while listed as an inventor at IBM. The first was granted in 1996 and the most recent in June 2017. Robert J. Donovan ranks #332,869 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 8.0%). Patent records list Robert J. Donovan in Rochester, MN, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1996 to 2017Bar chart with a peak of 3 patents in 2000.peak 31996: 2 patents19961998: 1 patents19981999: 2 patents19992000: 3 patents20002001: 1 patents20012008: 1 patents20082010: 1 patents20102011: 1 patents20112015: 1 patents20152017: 1 patents2017

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–14 of 14 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
D789049 Footwear Javier Perez 2017-06-13
9053315 Trusted system network Joseph C. Lindsay, Randall S. Nelson, Christopher A. Peterson, Darrel W. Raknerud, Taylor L. Schreck +5 more 2015-06-09
8065669 Apparatus for automatically converting numeric data to a processor efficient format for performing arithmetic operations William J. Schmidt 2011-11-22 $22,584,000
7856618 Adaptively generating code for a computer program Paul Lu Verne Godtland, Sherri Lynn McMeeking, Joseph Reynolds, Scott T. Robinson, Robert Ralph Roediger +2 more 2010-12-21 $6,138,000
7389499 Method and apparatus for automatically converting numeric data to a processor efficient format for performing arithmetic operations William J. Schmidt 2008-06-17 $10,894,000
6187928 Imidazolium cations and uses therefor Robert Morgan 2001-02-13
6090155 Optimizing apparatus and method for defining visibility boundaries in compiled code Daniel Rodman Hicks, James Albert Kryka, David Lambert, Robert Ralph Roediger 2000-07-18 $26,569,000
6087510 Method of use of imidazolium cations Robert Morgan 2000-07-11
6072951 Profile driven optimization of frequently executed paths with inlining of code fragment (one or more lines of code from a child procedure to a parent procedure) Robert Ralph Roediger, William J. Schmidt 2000-06-06 $33,361,000
5969150 Imidazolium cations and processes for their preparation Robert Morgan 1999-10-19
5874587 Imidazolium cations, processes for their preparation, and uses therefor Robert Morgan 1999-02-23
5778233 Method and apparatus for enabling global compiler optimizations in the presence of exception handlers within a computer program Keith Vernon Besaw, Patrick Todd Haugen, Mark Hessler, Mikko H. Lipasti, Robert Ralph Roediger 1998-07-07 $9,897,000
5555412 Complier and method for alias checking in a complier Keith Vernon Besaw, Shmuel Sagiv 1996-09-10 $12,851,000
5533182 Aural position indicating mechanism for viewable objects Cary Lee Bates, Brian J. Cragun, William Jaaskelainen, Jr., Jeffrey Michael Ryan, Bryan Striemer 1996-07-02 $7,228,000

Frequent Collaborators

Robert Ralph Roediger4 shared
William J. Schmidt4 shared
Robert Morgan4 shared
Keith Vernon Besaw2 shared
Jeffrey Michael Ryan1 shared
Joseph C. Lindsay1 shared

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