Robert Thomas Cato has been granted 56 US patents while listed as an inventor at IBM . The first was granted in 1985 and the most recent in October 2016. Robert Thomas Cato ranks #44,020 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 1.1%). Patent records list Robert Thomas Cato in Raleigh, NC, US.
Patents per Year Patents granted per year, 1985 to 2016 Bar chart with a peak of 6 patents in 2010. peak 6 1985: 2 patents 1985 1986: 1 patents 1988: 2 patents 1989: 1 patents 1989 1992: 1 patents 1993: 2 patents 1995: 1 patents 1995 1996: 1 patents 1998: 1 patents 1999: 1 patents 1999 2000: 1 patents 2002: 5 patents 2003: 3 patents 2003 2004: 5 patents 2005: 3 patents 2006: 3 patents 2006 2007: 2 patents 2008: 3 patents 2009: 4 patents 2009 2010: 6 patents 2012: 4 patents 2013: 1 patents 2013 2014: 1 patents 2015: 1 patents 2016: 1 patents 2016
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Showing 1–25 of 56 patents
Patent # Title Co-Inventors Date Approx Value ⓘ
9471815 Diagnosing a magnetic reader Phuc Ky Do , Justin Monroe Pierce 2016-10-18
$1,445,000
9047521 Diagnosing a magnetic reader Phuc Ky Do , Justin Monroe Pierce 2015-06-02
$4,815,000
8635910 Accelerometer module for use with a touch sensitive device — 2014-01-28
$3,630,000
8393532 Use of peer maintained file to improve beacon position tracking utilizing spatial probabilities Thomas G. Zimmerman 2013-03-12
$9,153,000
8279167 ePaper stamp — 2012-10-02
$13,900,000
8165927 Purchasing items in a program Roger Kenneth Abrams , Jeff David Thomas 2012-04-24
$8,319,000
8136402 Accelerometer module for use with a touch sensitive device — 2012-03-20
$2,170,000
8091782 Using cameras to monitor actual inventory Thomas G. Zimmerman 2012-01-10
$7,380,000
7812813 ePaper stamp — 2010-10-12
$6,128,000
7789304 Child lock for electronic device Thomas J. Sluchak 2010-09-07
$2,081,000
7760074 Diagnosing a radio frequency identification reader Phuc Ky Do , Justin Monroe Pierce 2010-07-20
$3,139,000
7681796 Mobile device tracking Thomas G. Zimmerman 2010-03-23
$4,775,000
7669476 Sensing a paper roll ultrasonically Timothy W. Crockett , Richard H. Harris , Jeff David Thomas 2010-03-02
$8,802,000
7656628 Apparatus for providing fault protection in a circuit supplying power to an electronic device Timothy W. Crockett 2010-02-02
$8,575,000
7547087 Fault detection circuit for printers with multiple print heads Timothy W. Crocket , Charles R. Kirk 2009-06-16
$12,733,000
7529636 Enabling safe use of high power laser for laser marking in a free space environment — 2009-05-05
$6,523,000
7499976 Warning and avoidance of sending email messages to unintended recipients — 2009-03-03
$5,705,000
7492973 Apparatus and method for determining whether machine readable information on an item matches the item — 2009-02-17
$3,763,000
7464594 System and method for sensing a paper roll ultrasonically Timothy W. Crockett , Richard H. Harris , Jeff David Thomas 2008-12-16
$6,236,000
7456742 Apparatus and method for determining the position of a mobile platform — 2008-11-25
$6,627,000
7337961 Location determining system with rotating laser beam and bar code reflectors — 2008-03-04
$11,456,000
7248754 Apparatus and method for determining whether machine readable information on an item matches the item — 2007-07-24
$9,916,000
7204408 System and method of data entry utilizing a scanning printer — 2007-04-17
$6,339,000
7086165 System and method for managing power in an electronic device — 2006-08-08
7088057 Apparatus, system, and method for inducing an electrical current for use by an electronic device — 2006-08-08
$2,377,000
