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Thomas Pflueger — 43 Patents

IBM: 42 patents #2,204 of 70,183Top 4%
Karlsruhe, DE: #4 of 1,998 inventorsTop 1%
Overall (All Time): #69,380 of 4,157,543Top 2%
43 Patents All Time
Thomas Pflueger has been granted 43 US patents while listed as an inventor at IBM. The first was granted in 1994 and the most recent in September 2025. Thomas Pflueger ranks #69,380 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 1.7%). Patent records list Thomas Pflueger in Karlsruhe, DE.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1994 to 2025Bar chart with a peak of 7 patents in 2011.peak 71994: 1 patents19941999: 1 patents2006: 2 patents20062008: 3 patents2009: 3 patents20092010: 6 patents2011: 7 patents20112012: 3 patents2013: 3 patents20132014: 1 patents2015: 1 patents20152016: 2 patents2017: 1 patents20172019: 1 patents2020: 4 patents20202021: 3 patents2025: 1 patents2025

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 43 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12421032 Storage and retrieval unit and method for retrieving an object from a shelf of a shelf storage system Franz Brutler 2025-09-23
10901745 Method and apparatus for processing storage instructions Cedric Lichtenau, Peter Altevogt 2021-01-26 $1,788,000
10902348 Computerized branch predictions and decisions Peter Altevogt, Andreea Anghel, Gero Dittmann, Cedric Lichtenau 2021-01-26 $1,788,000
10896386 Computerized branch predictions and decisions Peter Altevogt, Andreea Anghel, Gero Dittmann, Cedric Lichtenau 2021-01-19 $4,840,000
10754773 Selection of variable memory-access size Andreea Anghel, Cedric Lichtenau, Gero Dittmann, Peter Altevogt 2020-08-25 $2,454,000
10684861 Enhanced performance-aware instruction scheduling Peter Altevogt, Cedric Lichtenau 2020-06-16 $3,682,000
10649781 Enhanced performance-aware instruction scheduling Peter Altevogt, Cedric Lichtenau 2020-05-12 $2,725,000
10528354 Performance-aware instruction scheduling Peter Altevogt, Cedric Lichtenau 2020-01-07 $1,754,000
10303481 Performance-aware instruction scheduling Peter Altevogt, Cedric Lichtenau 2019-05-28 $2,255,000
9779258 Confidential extraction of system internal data William E. Hall, Andreas C. Koenig, Cedric Lichtenau, Elaine R. Palmer, Peter A. Sandon 2017-10-03 $4,036,000
9336391 Verification of intellectual property core trusted state Cedric Lichtenau, Martin Padeffke, Hagen Schmidt 2016-05-10 $4,731,000
9336392 Verification of intellectual property core trusted state Cedric Lichtenau, Martin Padeffke, Hagen Schmidt 2016-05-10 $4,731,000
9219177 Photo detector and integrated circuit Matthias Fertig, Nikolaj Moll, Thomas Morf 2015-12-22 $2,572,000
8719607 Advanced Pstate structure with frequency computation Tilman Gloekler, Cedric Lichtenau, Gregory S. Still 2014-05-06 $5,370,000
8543961 Computer implemented design of device for electro-optical modulation of light incident upon device Matthias Fertig, Nikolaj Moll, Thomas Morf 2013-09-24 $6,780,000
8471624 Method for controlling the supply voltage for an integrated circuit and an apparatus with a voltage regulation module and an integrated circuit Stefan Bonsels, Cedric Lichtenau, Antje Mueller, Friedrich Schroeder 2013-06-25 $6,528,000
8365006 Preventing circumvention of function disablement in an information handling system Steven M. Douskey, Edward M. Seymour, Timothy M. Skergan 2013-01-29 $3,874,000
8299556 Using 3d integrated diffractive gratings in solar cells Matthias Fertig, Thomas Morf, Nikolaj Moll 2012-10-30
8225241 Method and apparatus for designing a device for electro-optical modulation of light incident upon the device Matthias Fertig, Nikolaj Moll, Thomas Morf 2012-07-17 $11,706,000
8090823 Providing low-level hardware access to in-band and out-of-band firmware James Stephen Fields, Jr., Paul Frank Lecocq, Brian Chan Monwai, Kevin F. Reick, Timothy M. Skergan +1 more 2012-01-03 $8,800,000
8055809 System and method for distributing signal with efficiency over microprocessor Matthias Fertig, Tilman Gloekler, Ralph C. Koester, Alexander Erik Mericas, Daniel Becker 2011-11-08 $3,097,000
7996738 Semiconductor chip with a plurality of scannable storage elements and a method for scanning storage elements on a semiconductor chip Tobias Gemmeke, Christoph Jaeschke, Jens Kuenzer, Cedric Lichtenau, Jochen Preiss 2011-08-09 $2,733,000
7916722 Method for indirect access to a support interface for memory-mapped resources to reduce system connectivity from out-of-band support processor James Stephen Fields, Jr., Paul Frank Lecocq, Brian Chan Monwai, Kevin F. Reick, Timothy M. Skergan +1 more 2011-03-29 $5,031,000
7895426 Secure power-on reset engine Ingemar Holm, Ralph C. Koester, Cedric Lichtenau, Mack W. Riley 2011-02-22 $3,876,000
7880207 Photo detector device Matthias Fertig, Thomas Morf, Jonas R. Weiss, Nikolaj Moll 2011-02-01 $3,711,000