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Robert Whelton — 3 Patents

LCLevel 3 Communications: 2 patents #737 of 1,318Top 60%
Louisville, CO: #325 of 788 inventorsTop 45%
Colorado: #13,288 of 40,980 inventorsTop 35%
Overall (All Time): #1,328,092 of 4,157,543Top 35%
3 Patents All Time
Robert Whelton has been granted 3 US patents while listed as an inventor at Level 3 Communications. The first was granted in 2021 and the most recent in August 2025. Robert Whelton ranks #1,328,092 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 31.9%). Patent records list Robert Whelton in Louisville, CO, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2021 to 2025Bar chart with a peak of 1 patents in 2021.peak 12021: 1 patents20212024: 1 patents20242025: 1 patents2025

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–3 of 3 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDate
12401621 System and method for utilization of firewall policies for network security 2025-08-26
12095735 System and method for utilization of firewall policies for network security 2024-09-17
11157631 System and method for securely indexing, storing, and retrieving data within a computer network 2021-10-26