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Robert L. Powers — 4 Patents

IBM: 2 patents #32,909 of 70,183Top 50%
West Hurley, NY: #11 of 38 inventorsTop 30%
New York: #31,814 of 115,490 inventorsTop 30%
Overall (All Time): #1,080,739 of 4,157,543Top 30%
4 Patents All Time
Robert L. Powers has been granted 4 US patents while listed as an inventor at IBM. The first was granted in 1980 and the most recent in March 1999. Robert L. Powers ranks #1,080,739 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 26.0%). Patent records list Robert L. Powers in West Hurley, NY, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1980 to 1999Bar chart with a peak of 1 patents in 1980.peak 11980: 1 patents19801983: 1 patents19831997: 1 patents19971999: 1 patents1999

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–4 of 4 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
5878158 Ridge-valley minutia associator for fingerprints Stephen Ferris, Terry K. Lindh 1999-03-02
5631972 Hyperladder fingerprint matcher Stephen Ferris, Terry K. Lindh 1997-05-20
4386234 Cryptographic communication and file security using terminals William F. Ehrsam, Robert C. Elander, Stephen M. Matyas, Carl H. W. Meyer, Paul N. Prentice +2 more 1983-05-31 $23,750,000
4238853 Cryptographic communication security for single domain networks William F. Ehrsam, Robert C. Elander, Stephen M. Matyas, Carl H. W. Meyer, Paul N. Prentice +2 more 1980-12-09 $18,918,000