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Thomas Hansen — 12 Patents

IBM: 6 patents #16,491 of 70,183Top 25%
Oracle: 2 patents #5,565 of 14,854Top 40%
GAGrundfos Holding A/S: 1 patents #96 of 279Top 35%
TDTransistor Devices: 1 patents #5 of 12Top 45%
Poughkeepsie, NY: #327 of 1,613 inventorsTop 25%
New York: #12,442 of 115,490 inventorsTop 15%
Overall (All Time): #396,045 of 4,157,543Top 10%
12 Patents All Time
Thomas Hansen has been granted 12 US patents while listed as an inventor at IBM. The first was granted in 1980 and the most recent in July 2024. Thomas Hansen ranks #396,045 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 9.5%). Patent records list Thomas Hansen in Poughkeepsie, NY, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1980 to 2024Bar chart with a peak of 3 patents in 1985.peak 31980: 1 patents19801985: 3 patents19851986: 1 patents19861988: 1 patents19882015: 1 patents20152021: 1 patents20212022: 1 patents20222024: 3 patents2024

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–12 of 12 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12025972 Computer implemented system and method for controlling and monitoring a pump Thomas Hoelgaard, Christian Carlsson, Mikkel Haggren Brynildsen 2024-07-02
11924185 Method and system for general data protection compliance via blockchain Alonzo Benavides, Ian Major, Prem Chander Rajamohan, Duygu Gün 2024-03-05 $266,523,000
11870842 System and method for dynamic auto-scaling based on roles Ravi Malhotra, Jyotisman Nag 2024-01-09 $133,776,000
11368441 Method and system for general data protection compliance via blockchain Alonzo Benavides, Ian Major, Prem Chander Rajamohan, Duygu Gün 2022-06-21 $575,741,000
11184432 System and method for dynamic auto-scaling based on roles Ravi Malhotra, Jyotisman Nag 2021-11-23 $127,039,000
9077239 Voltage adaptor for AC-DC power supply modules John Santini, Gary Mulcahy 2015-07-07
4726879 RIE process for etching silicon isolation trenches and polycides with vertical surfaces James A. Bondur, Nicholas J. Giammarco, George A. Kaplita, John S. Lechaton 1988-02-23 $40,528,000
4589193 Metal silicide channel stoppers for integrated circuits and method for making the same George R. Goth, Robert T. Villetto, Jr. 1986-05-20 $24,584,000
4549927 Method of selectively exposing the sidewalls of a trench and its use to the forming of a metal silicide substrate contact for dielectric filled deep trench isolated devices George R. Goth, James S. Makris 1985-10-29 $17,080,000
4541168 Method for making metal contact studs between first level metal and regions of a semiconductor device compatible with polyimide-filled deep trench isolation schemes John R. Galie, George R. Goth, Robert T. Villetto, Jr. 1985-09-17 $14,824,000
4534826 Trench etch process for dielectric isolation George R. Goth, Robert T. Villetto, Jr. 1985-08-13 $17,232,000
4229233 Method for fabricating non-reflective semiconductor surfaces by anisotropic reactive ion etching Claude Johnson, Jr., Robert R. Wilbarg 1980-10-21 $15,554,000