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Todd W. Arnold — 48 Patents

IBM: 47 patents #1,876 of 70,183Top 3%
WJWm. Wrigley Jr.: 1 patents #234 of 442Top 55%
Charlotte, NC: #45 of 4,868 inventorsTop 1%
North Carolina: #609 of 45,564 inventorsTop 2%
Overall (All Time): #57,596 of 4,157,543Top 2%
48 Patents All Time
Todd W. Arnold has been granted 48 US patents while listed as an inventor at IBM. The first was granted in 1985 and the most recent in November 2021. Todd W. Arnold ranks #57,596 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 1.4%). Patent records list Todd W. Arnold in Charlotte, NC, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1985 to 2021Bar chart with a peak of 9 patents in 2014.peak 91985: 1 patents19851991: 1 patents1992: 1 patents19921996: 1 patents1999: 1 patents19992001: 1 patents2002: 1 patents20022003: 1 patents2010: 1 patents20102011: 1 patents2013: 5 patents20132014: 9 patents2015: 4 patents20152016: 9 patents2017: 6 patents20172018: 2 patents2019: 2 patents20192021: 1 patents2021

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 26–48 of 48 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
8789210 Key usage policies for cryptographic keys Elizabeth A. Dames, Carsten D. Frehr, Michael J. Kelly, Kenneth B. Kerr, Richard V. Kisley +2 more 2014-07-22 $5,473,000
8782397 Compact attribute for cryptographically protected messages Phillip H. Griffin 2014-07-15 $5,287,000
8755527 Key management policies for cryptographic keys Elizabeth A. Dames, Carsten D. Frehr, Michael J. Kelly, Kenneth B. Kerr, Richard V. Kisley +2 more 2014-06-17 $4,121,000
8739297 Key usage policies for cryptographic keys Elizabeth A. Dames, Carsten D. Frehr, Michael J. Kelly, Kenneth B. Kerr, Richard V. Kisley +2 more 2014-05-27 $4,024,000
8713709 Key management policies for cryptographic keys Elizabeth A. Dames, Carsten D. Frehr, Michael J. Kelly, Kenneth B. Kerr, Richard V. Kisley +2 more 2014-04-29 $5,775,000
8675871 Protecting a control vector in an optional block of a standard key block Carsten D. Frehr, Richard V. Kisley 2014-03-18 $3,993,000
8639938 Personal identification number security enhancement Elizabeth A. Dames, Carsten D. Frehr, Clifford L. Hansen, Shelia M. Sittinger 2014-01-28 $3,630,000
8634561 Secure key management Elizabeth A. Dames, Carsten D. Frehr, Kenneth B. Kerr, Richard V. Kisley, Michael J. Kelly +2 more 2014-01-21 $5,923,000
8619992 Secure key creation Elizabeth A. Dames, Carsten D. Frehr, Kenneth B. Kerr, Richard V. Kisley, Eric D. Rossman +1 more 2013-12-31 $6,686,000
8619990 Secure key creation Elizabeth A. Dames, Carsten D. Frehr, Kenneth B. Kerr, Richard V. Kisley, Eric D. Rossman +1 more 2013-12-31 $6,686,000
8615081 Secure key creation Elizabeth A. Dames, Richard V. Kisley, Michael J. Miele, James W. Sweeny 2013-12-24 $7,453,000
8566913 Secure key management Elizabeth A. Dames, Carsten D. Frehr, Kenneth B. Kerr, Richard V. Kisley, Michael J. Kelly +2 more 2013-10-22 $5,163,000
8538939 Parsing optional block data Carsten D. Frehr, Richard V. Kisley 2013-09-17 $4,204,000
7908474 Method for improved key management for ATMs and other remote devices Elizabeth A. Dames, Carsten D. Frehr, Kurt S. Jacobsen, Michael J. Kelly, Mark D. Marik +1 more 2011-03-15 $6,222,000
7779258 Method for controlling security function execution with a flexible, extendable, and non-forgable block Elizabeth A. Dames, Carsten D. Frehr, Kurt S. Jacobsen, Michael J. Kelly, Mark D. Marik +1 more 2010-08-17 $4,695,000
6601175 Method and system for providing limited-life machine-specific passwords for data processing systems David Carroll Challener 2003-07-29 $10,466,000
6470454 Method and apparatus for establishing computer configuration protection passwords for protecting computer configurations David Carroll Challener, Barry D. Atkins 2002-10-22 $16,060,000
6175924 Method and apparatus for protecting application data in secure storage areas 2001-01-16 $36,198,000
5956408 Apparatus and method for secure distribution of data 1999-09-21 $27,467,000
5526428 Access control apparatus and method 1996-06-11 $10,629,000
5148481 Transaction system security method and apparatus Dennis G. Abraham, Steven G. Aden, Steven W. Neckyfarow, William S. Rohland 1992-09-15 $12,539,000
5048085 Transaction system security method and apparatus Dennis G. Abraham, Steven G. Aden, Steven W. Neckyfarow, William S. Rohland 1991-09-10 $16,462,000
4562076 Chewing gum with coating of thaumatin or monellin and method Mansukh M. Patel 1985-12-31 $2,606,000