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Wayne A. Sumner — 18 Patents

IHIo-Mega Holding: 18 patents #10 of 308Top 4%
Ogden, UT: #19 of 542 inventorsTop 4%
Utah: #983 of 19,430 inventorsTop 6%
Overall (All Time): #245,716 of 4,157,543Top 6%
18 Patents All Time
Wayne A. Sumner has been granted 18 US patents while listed as an inventor at Io-Mega Holding. The first was granted in 1996 and the most recent in January 2005. Wayne A. Sumner ranks #245,716 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 5.9%). Patent records list Wayne A. Sumner in Ogden, UT, US.

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–18 of 18 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
D501011 Disk cartridge Robert E. Dawson, Victor Ivenitsky, Jeff Raper 2005-01-18
6459545 Use of matte materials to reduce signal pollution in cartridge detection circuitry Todd L. Graves 2002-10-01 $7,109,000
6252740 Disk drive cartridge door Allen T. Bracken, David W. Griffith, David E. Jones, Edward L. Rich 2001-06-26 $10,127,000
6162490 Method for applying an emissive material to a substrate Todd L. Graves 2000-12-19 $9,175,000
D430575 Information storage disk cartridge David W. Griffith, Allen T. Bracken, Nicholas Brawne, T. Greg Nguyen 2000-09-05
6094327 Disk drive cartridge door Allen T. Bracken, David W. Griffith, David E. Jones, Edward L. Rich 2000-07-25 $8,475,000
D422981 Information storage disk cartridge David W. Griffith, Allen T. Bracken, Nicholas Brawne, T. Greg Nguyen 2000-04-18
D421748 Storage disk cartridge David W. Griffith, Allen T. Bracken, Nicholas Brawne, T. Greg Nguyen 2000-03-21
5991130 Disk cartridge anti-rattle mechanism Brian Schick, Allen T. Bracken, Edward L. Rich 1999-11-23 $15,570,000
D408801 Computer storage disk cartridge David W. Griffith, Allen T. Bracken, Nicholas Brawne, John Marshall 1999-04-27
5862026 Cam mechanism to clamp magnetic disk against cartridge shell Brian Schick, Allen T. Bracken, Edward L. Rich 1999-01-19 $48,140,000
5856901 Disk drive cartridge door Allen T. Bracken, David W. Griffith, David E. Jones, Edward L. Rich 1999-01-05 $46,196,000
5768074 Disk drive cartridge door Allen T. Bracken, David W. Griffith, David E. Jones, Edward L. Rich 1998-06-16 $12,764,000
5694278 Keying slots on cartridge 1997-12-02 $26,516,000
5671109 Disk drive cartridge door Allen T. Bracken, David W. Griffith, David E. Jones, Edward L. Rich 1997-09-23 $50,266,000
5650899 Cam mechanism to clamp magnetic disk against cartridge shell Brian Schick, Allen T. Bracken, Edward L. Rich 1997-07-22 $24,244,000
D378518 Computer storage disk cartridge David W. Griffith, Allen T. Bracken, Nicholas Brawne 1997-03-18
5570252 Disk drive cartridge door Allen T. Bracken, David W. Griffith, David E. Jones, Edward L. Rich 1996-10-29 $74,958,000