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Timothy S. Gardner — 31 Patents

IBM: 9 patents #11,946 of 70,183Top 20%
RIRiffyn: 6 patents #1 of 4Top 25%
ATAdc Telecommunications: 6 patents #193 of 766Top 30%
BEBanner Engineering: 3 patents #25 of 86Top 30%
SSSiemens Industry Software: 2 patents #51 of 391Top 15%
Eastman Kodak: 2 patents #3,607 of 8,114Top 45%
NSNsw: 1 patents #4 of 9Top 45%
BUBoston University: 1 patents #420 of 1,102Top 40%
UOUniversity Of Oregon: 1 patents #47 of 170Top 30%
Eden Prairie, MN: #76 of 1,491 inventorsTop 6%
Minnesota: #1,884 of 52,454 inventorsTop 4%
Overall (All Time): #115,823 of 4,157,543Top 3%
31 Patents All Time
Timothy S. Gardner has been granted 31 US patents while listed as an inventor at IBM. The first was granted in 1992 and the most recent in June 2025. Timothy S. Gardner ranks #115,823 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 2.8%). Patent records list Timothy S. Gardner in Eden Prairie, MN, US.

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 31 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12326359 Photoelectric sensor boresighting improvement John Alyn Stecker, Eric Karl Lindmark, Begad Gamal Elmelligy 2025-06-10
12245369 Methods and systems for fabricating 3D multielectrode arrays with 3D printed electrodes Kara Zappitelli, Morgan P. Brown 2025-03-04
11982763 Triangulation sensor comprising a first optical communication device defines a first translation plane and secured in a particular position along the plane Ilija Milosevic, Darin Dewayne Wampler, Jeremy Eickhoff 2024-05-14
11625512 Systems and methods for process design and analysis 2023-04-11
11501240 Systems and methods for process design including inheritance Lili Nader, Ram Ranganathan, Alan Hanley 2022-11-15
11448731 Triangulation sensor with a first metal lens barrel disposed in a first barrel mounting channel Ilija Milosevic, Darin Dewayne Wampler, Jeremy Eickhoff 2022-09-20
11055449 Systems and methods for process design and analysis 2021-07-06
10909279 Systems and methods for process design and analysis 2021-02-02
10817494 Systems and methods for parsing data in order to form structured data tables Lili Nader, Cody Carr, Ashley Quinn 2020-10-27
10740505 Systems and methods for process design and analysis 2020-08-11
10586015 Systems and methods for process design and analysis 2020-03-10
9910936 Systems and methods for process design and analysis 2018-03-06
8306752 Method to determine transcriptional regulation pathways in organisms James J. Collins, Boris HAYETE, Jeremiah J. Faith 2012-11-06
6999663 Fiber optic tap Edward Charles Gage, Steven C. Dohmeier, Ronald E. Gerber, Craig Parsons, Thomas J. Schmitt +3 more 2006-02-14 $15,691,000
6950574 Angle tuning wavelength sensitive filters using a variable focal length lens Ronald E. Gerber, Edward Charles Gage 2005-09-27 $14,126,000
6909827 Compact optical module with adjustable joint for decoupled alignment Thomas J. Schmitt, Jeffrey P. Treptau, Ronald E. Gerber, Edward Charles Gage, Kevin D. Batko 2005-06-21 $13,672,000
6860644 Dual fiber collimator assembly pointing control Edward Charles Gage, Ronald E. Gerber, John Joseph Taranto 2005-03-01 $9,940,000
6839485 Optical device for compensation of multiple wavelengths and working distances in dual-fiber collimators Ronald E. Gerber, Jeffrey P. Treptau 2005-01-04 $23,089,000
6594418 Compact optical module with adjustable miter joint for decoupled alignment Jeffrey P. Treptau, Thomas J. Schmitt, Ronald E. Gerber, Edward Charles Gage, Kevin D. Batko 2003-07-15 $20,900,000
5993936 Anti-slip device and method 1999-11-30
5912874 Calibrating an optical detector to minimize noise from undesired perturbations in disk surface Delbert A. Hansen, Ronald P. Stahl 1999-06-15 $42,603,000
5793719 Multi-element prism for optical heads David B. Kay, Ronald E. Gerber 1998-08-11 $11,059,000
5777962 Calibrating an optical detector to minimize noise from undesired perturbations in disk surfaces Delbert A. Hansen, Ronald P. Stahl 1998-07-07 $9,897,000
5761162 Multi-element prism for optical heads Ronald E. Gerber, David B. Kay 1998-06-02 $5,357,000
5627818 Optical disk with marks used for calibrating an optical detector to minimize noise from undesired perturbations in disk surfaces Delbert A. Hansen, Ronald P. Stahl 1997-05-06 $20,309,000