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Tommy U. Hoffner — 5 Patents

IBM: 5 patents #18,770 of 70,183Top 30%
Markham, CA: #341 of 1,673 inventorsTop 25%
Overall (All Time): #907,971 of 4,157,543Top 25%
5 Patents All Time
Tommy U. Hoffner has been granted 5 US patents while listed as an inventor at IBM. The first was granted in 2016 and the most recent in May 2020. Tommy U. Hoffner ranks #907,971 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 21.8%). Patent records list Tommy U. Hoffner in Markham, ON, CA.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2016 to 2020Bar chart with a peak of 2 patents in 2016.peak 22016: 2 patents20162018: 2 patents20182020: 1 patents2020

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–5 of 5 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
10664252 Inserting implicit sequence points into computer program code to support debug operations Christopher E. Bowler, Chen Chen, Reid T. Copeland, Tarique M. Islam, Raul E. Silvera 2020-05-26 $2,933,000
9916143 Inserting implicit sequence points into computer program code to support debug operations Christopher E. Bowler, Chen Chen, Reid T. Copeland, Tarique M. Islam, Raul E. Silvera 2018-03-13 $2,527,000
9910648 Inserting implicit sequence points into computer program code to support debug operations Christopher E. Bowler, Chen Chen, Reid T. Copeland, Tarique M. Islam, Raul E. Silvera 2018-03-06 $2,330,000
9286190 Inserting implicit sequence points into computer program code to support debug operations Christopher E. Bowler, Chen Chen, Reid T. Copeland, Tarique M. Islam, Raul E. Silvera 2016-03-15 $3,165,000
9274931 Inserting implicit sequence points into computer program code to support debug operations Christopher E. Bowler, Chen Chen, Reid T. Copeland, Tarique M. Islam, Raul E. Silvera 2016-03-01 $3,006,000