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Thomas Christopherson — 2 Patents

IBM: 2 patents #32,909 of 70,183Top 50%
Rochester, MN: #1,591 of 3,042 inventorsTop 55%
Minnesota: #24,068 of 52,454 inventorsTop 50%
Overall (All Time): #1,709,992 of 4,157,543Top 45%
2 Patents All Time
Thomas Christopherson has been granted 2 US patents while listed as an inventor at IBM. The first was granted in 2005 and the most recent in February 2012. Thomas Christopherson ranks #1,709,992 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 41.1%). Patent records list Thomas Christopherson in Rochester, MN, US.

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–2 of 2 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
8121889 Information technology portfolio management Luis Casco-Arias, William Bliss, Stephen Biondi, Charles S. Gauthier, Katherine Imming +2 more 2012-02-21 $5,017,000
6934853 Method, system and program for sharing the ability to set configuration parameters in a network environment Pernell James Dykes, Scott Hammersley, Harvey Gene Kiel, Christopher John Lankow, Raymond F. Romon +1 more 2005-08-23 $5,305,000