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Robert T. Ritchie — 4 Patents

IBM: 3 patents #26,335 of 70,183Top 40%
Boulder, CO: #1,557 of 5,018 inventorsTop 35%
Colorado: #10,815 of 40,980 inventorsTop 30%
Overall (All Time): #1,080,739 of 4,157,543Top 30%
4 Patents All Time
Robert T. Ritchie has been granted 4 US patents while listed as an inventor at IBM. The first was granted in 1980 and the most recent in May 2009. Robert T. Ritchie ranks #1,080,739 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 26.0%). Patent records list Robert T. Ritchie in Boulder, CO, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1980 to 2009Bar chart with a peak of 1 patents in 1980.peak 11980: 1 patents19801981: 1 patents19811991: 1 patents19912009: 1 patents2009

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–4 of 4 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
7530202 Clamp for a guy guard John Robert Davies 2009-05-12
4990967 Copying method and apparatus Donald F. Colglazier, James H. Hubbard, Michael Lee Morris 1991-02-05 $14,236,000
4266231 Ink jet with retractable electrode and secondary ink catcher Gary A. Drago, Arthur L. Mix, Jr. 1981-05-05 $13,532,000
4202542 Apparatus for handling flexible sheet material of different sizes Gerald B. Lammers 1980-05-13 $17,166,000