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David E. Jones — 42 Patents

IHIo-Mega Holding: 37 patents #1 of 308Top 1%
RPRenishaw Plc: 2 patents #122 of 313Top 40%
Layton, UT: #8 of 318 inventorsTop 3%
Utah: #274 of 19,430 inventorsTop 2%
Overall (All Time): #72,062 of 4,157,543Top 2%
42 Patents All Time
David E. Jones has been granted 42 US patents while listed as an inventor at Io-Mega Holding. The first was granted in 1988 and the most recent in December 2021. David E. Jones ranks #72,062 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 1.7%). Patent records list David E. Jones in Layton, UT, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1988 to 2021Bar chart with a peak of 10 patents in 1999.peak 101988: 4 patents19881989: 1 patents1990: 1 patents19901993: 1 patents1994: 1 patents19941996: 4 patents1997: 3 patents19971998: 4 patents1999: 10 patents19992000: 4 patents2001: 2 patents20012002: 2 patents2008: 1 patents20082010: 1 patents2012: 1 patents20122019: 1 patents2021: 1 patents2021

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 42 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
11207655 Microspotting device Kirk M. Ririe, Thomas Charles Robbins, Elizabeth Doman Copene, Charles Benjamin Cox 2021-12-28
10471408 Microspotting device Kirk M. Ririe, Thomas Charles Robbins, Elizabeth Doman Copene, Charles Benjamin Cox 2019-11-12
RE43250 Articulating device Peter G. Lloyd, David Sven Wallace, David R. McMurtry, James L. Chase 2012-03-20
7672077 Auto loading device for data storage cartridges 2010-03-02
7350310 Articulating device Peter G. Lloyd, David Sven Wallace, David R. McMurtry, James L. Chase 2008-04-01
D462978 Camera Carl F. Nicklos, Jay A. Muse, Stephanie Seaman, G. Kenneth Smithborne 2002-09-17
6442003 Actuator for data storage device Ralph L. Sonderegger 2002-08-27 $2,657,000
6301082 Operating system for operating an eject system and a head retraction system of a disk drive Ralph L. Sonderegger, Thomas J. Angellotti, Reed J. Moody, Mark S. Thayne, Carl Hale +1 more 2001-10-09 $2,924,000
6252740 Disk drive cartridge door Wayne A. Sumner, Allen T. Bracken, David W. Griffith, Edward L. Rich 2001-06-26 $10,127,000
6141188 Secondary actuator Randall C. Bauck 2000-10-31 $7,969,000
6141189 Laminated steel return path with actuator support features John C. Briggs 2000-10-31 $7,969,000
6137651 Flexured mounting system for friction reduction and friction linearization in linear actuator for disk drive Lawrence Clayton, Carl E. Ellis, Todd L. Graves, Peter Shay, Thomas J. Angellotti +5 more 2000-10-24 $5,638,000
6094327 Disk drive cartridge door Wayne A. Sumner, Allen T. Bracken, David W. Griffith, Edward L. Rich 2000-07-25 $8,475,000
5982588 Elongated rear bearing for linear actuator Thomas J. Angellotti, John C. Briggs, Paul Johnson, Yiping Ma, Carl F. Nicklos +1 more 1999-11-09 $13,699,000
5963399 Dual loop flex circuit for a linear actuator John C. Briggs, Thomas J. Angellotti 1999-10-05 $16,352,000
5943193 Head park mechanism in a data storage device for preventing accidental damage Mark S. Thayne, Kelly D. Wright 1999-08-24 $4,272,000
5943194 Laminated steel return path with actuator support features John C. Briggs 1999-08-24 $4,272,000
5936798 Cover for a disk drive assembly Paul Johnson 1999-08-10 $18,095,000
5920445 Flexured mounting system for friction reduction and friction linearization in linear actuator for disk drive Thomas J. Angellotti, John C. Briggs, Paul Johnson, Carl F. Nicklos, Mark S. Thayne +1 more 1999-07-06 $10,949,000
D411188 Door for a computer disk drive John C. Briggs, Paul Johnson, Carl F. Nicklos, Thomas J. Angellotti 1999-06-22
D410905 Casing for a computer disk drive John C. Briggs, Paul Johnson, Carl F. Nicklos, Thomas J. Angellotti 1999-06-15
5912786 Disk drive apparatus having an improved spindle motor loading mechanism Carl F. Nicklos, Mark S. Thayne, Ralph L. Sonderegger, Reed J. Moody 1999-06-15 $19,627,000
5856901 Disk drive cartridge door Wayne A. Sumner, Allen T. Bracken, David W. Griffith, Edward L. Rich 1999-01-05 $46,196,000
5825409 Flexible disk mode observer Yiping Ma 1998-10-20 $18,179,000
5805555 Movable internal platform for a disk drive Michael R. Lyon, Richard F. Leavitt, Carl F. Nicklos, Ralph L. Sonderegger, Mark S. Thayne +1 more 1998-09-08 $15,381,000