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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025
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Michael Eugene Shirk — 53 Patents

TCTe Connectivity Co.: 31 patents #51 of 1,926Top 3%
W&Whitaker &: 14 patents #20 of 1,437Top 2%
AMAmp: 3 patents #465 of 1,383Top 35%
ACAllen-Bradley Company: 3 patents #74 of 512Top 15%
MDMagellan Dis: 1 patents #14 of 26Top 55%
TGTe Connectivity Services Gmbh: 1 patents #125 of 305Top 45%
Grantville, PA: #1 of 12 inventorsTop 9%
Pennsylvania: #608 of 74,527 inventorsTop 1%
Overall (All Time): #48,528 of 4,157,543Top 2%
53 Patents All Time
Michael Eugene Shirk has been granted 53 US patents. The first was granted in 1987 and the most recent in September 2025. Michael Eugene Shirk ranks #48,528 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 1.2%). Patent records list Michael Eugene Shirk in Grantville, PA, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1987 to 2025Bar chart with a peak of 7 patents in 2013.peak 71987: 1 patents19871990: 1 patents1993: 1 patents1994: 1 patents19941995: 1 patents1996: 3 patents1997: 2 patents19971998: 2 patents1999: 3 patents2000: 5 patents20002003: 3 patents2004: 1 patents2005: 1 patents20052006: 2 patents2008: 1 patents2009: 1 patents20092010: 1 patents2011: 1 patents2012: 1 patents20122013: 7 patents2014: 3 patents2017: 3 patents20172018: 1 patents2019: 1 patents2020: 1 patents20202022: 1 patents2023: 2 patents2025: 2 patents2025

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 53 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12424776 Card edge connector John Eugene Westman, Michael John Phillips, Sandeep Patel 2025-09-23
12249780 Card edge connector Nitish Balakrishnan, Michael John Phillips, Charles Jameson Valentine 2025-03-11
11735846 Stacked card edge connector having inner contact assembly and outer contact assembly Michael John Phillips 2023-08-22 $34,901,000
11626695 Electrical connector having ground structure John Eugene Westman, Ashika Pandankeril Shaji 2023-04-11 $21,045,000
11349237 Card edge connector Christopher William Blackburn, John Eugene Westman, Michael David Herring, Zachary Galbraith 2022-05-31 $20,130,000
10553971 Card edge connector having a contact positioner Michael John Phillips, Randall Robert Henry 2020-02-04 $19,397,000
10320102 Receptacle connector with contact assembly Michael John Phillips, Randall Robert Henry 2019-06-11 $18,989,000
9935385 Receptacle connector with contact assembly Michael John Phillips, Randall Robert Henry 2018-04-03 $13,231,000
9748681 Ground contact module for a contact module stack Bruce Allen Champion, Michael John Phillips 2017-08-29 $9,452,000
9640915 Electrical connector with a programmable ground tie bar Michael John Phillips, Thomas Taake de Boer 2017-05-02 $21,220,000
9559465 High speed signal-isolating electrical connector assembly Michael John Phillips, Bruce Allen Champion, Linda Ellen Shields 2017-01-31 $18,960,000
8879267 Transceiver assembly Randall Robert Henry 2014-11-04 $19,250,000
8684765 Connector assembly including a light pipe assembly Michael John Phillips, David S. Szczesny 2014-04-01 $19,411,000
8670236 Cage assembly for receiving a pluggable module David S. Szczesny 2014-03-11 $43,392,000
8599559 Cage with a heat sink mounted on its mounting side and an EMI gasket with its fingers electrically connected to the mounting side Matthew David Morrison, Michael John Phillips 2013-12-03 $10,984,000
8556658 Receptacle assembly for a pluggable module David S. Szczesny, Michael John Phillips 2013-10-15 $17,559,000
8545234 Electrical connector for a pluggable transceiver module David S. Szczesny 2013-10-01 $14,179,000
8535096 Die cast cage for a receptacle assembly Matthew David Morrison 2013-09-17 $7,809,000
8496486 Transceiver assembly David S. Szczesny, Bruce Allen Champion, Michael Frank Cina, Michael Warren Fogg 2013-07-30 $18,947,000
8444437 Electrical connector assembly with EMI gasket David S. Szczesny, Michael John Phillips 2013-05-21 $16,848,000
8371882 Straddle mount connector for a pluggable transceiver module David S. Szczesny, Michael John Phillips 2013-02-12 $21,294,000
8335416 Connector assembly including a floatable light pipe assembly Michael John Phillips, David S. Szczesny 2012-12-18 $10,806,000
8062073 Receptacle connector David S. Szczesny 2011-11-22 $8,528,000
7641515 Center plate for a connector assembly David S. Szczesny, Michael John Phillips, Keith McQuilkin Murr 2010-01-05 $36,880,000
7539018 Heat sink retaining clip for an electrical connector assembly Keith McQuilkin Murr 2009-05-26 $14,709,000