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Robert D. Ross — 17 Patents

MIMars, Incorporated: 5 patents #130 of 1,238Top 15%
HSHill-Rom Services: 4 patents #319 of 861Top 40%
NINational Instruments: 3 patents #214 of 690Top 35%
ETEllenby Technologies: 1 patents #11 of 13Top 85%
Durham, NC: #274 of 4,103 inventorsTop 7%
North Carolina: #2,803 of 45,564 inventorsTop 7%
Overall (All Time): #263,971 of 4,157,543Top 7%
17 Patents All Time
Robert D. Ross has been granted 17 US patents while listed as an inventor at Mars, Incorporated. The first was granted in 1988 and the most recent in July 2025. Robert D. Ross ranks #263,971 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 6.3%). Patent records list Robert D. Ross in Durham, NC, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1988 to 2025Bar chart with a peak of 2 patents in 2011.peak 21988: 1 patents19881998: 1 patents1999: 1 patents19992002: 1 patents2005: 1 patents20052007: 1 patents2010: 1 patents20102011: 2 patents2012: 1 patents20122016: 2 patents2019: 1 patents20192021: 1 patents2023: 1 patents20232024: 1 patents2025: 1 patents2025

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–17 of 17 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12350209 Patient bed user interface having a dead front portion Robert M. Zerhusen, Jonathan K. Moenter, Joshua L. Meyer, John G. Byers, Matthew R. Knue 2025-07-08
12109157 Overhead arm assembly for patient bed Robert M. Zerhusen, Jonathan K. Moenter, Joshua L. Meyer, John G. Byers, Matthew R. Knue 2024-10-08
11850196 Flexible overhead arm Robert M. Zerhusen, Jonathan K. Moenter, Joshua L. Meyer, John G. Byers, Matthew R. Knue 2023-12-26
11103398 Flexible overhead arm Robert M. Zerhusen, Jonathan K. Moenter, Joshua L. Meyer, John G. Byers, Matthew R. Knue 2021-08-31 $62,032,000
10176137 Selectively transparent bridge for peripheral component interconnect express bus system Jonathan W. Hearn, Craig S. Jones 2019-01-08 $24,546,000
9406208 Mobile cash transport system with tampering triggered ink deployment Aaron Dobbins, Bob M. Dobbins, Thomas Carullo 2016-08-02
9244874 Selectively transparent bridge for peripheral component interconnect express bus systems Jonathan W. Hearn, Craig S. Jones 2016-01-26 $4,910,000
8122171 Bus enumeration in a system with multiple buses Mark R. Wetzel, Eric R. Gardiner, Richard C. Thrapp 2012-02-21 $6,368,000
8019716 Reflective processing of TMK hierarchies Todd Griffith, Brian Joseph Rogosky, Jason Randolph Potts 2011-09-13
7958073 Software and methods for task method knowledge hierarchies Todd Griffith 2011-06-07
7757220 Computer interchange of knowledge hierarchies Todd Griffith, Sean Melody 2010-07-13
7257455 System and method for collecting and representing knowledge using task-method-knowledge with structure-behavior-function in a computer system Todd Griffith 2007-08-14
6839610 Retrofit audit system Jeffrey M. Carstens, Gordon Genoff 2005-01-04
6344800 Vending machine display — 2002-02-05
5907141 Use of security coupons in connection with locking mechanisms for vending and gaming machines David C. Deaville, Patrick J. McGarry 1999-05-25
5831862 Automatic transaction system with a dynamic display and methods of its operation Michael C. Hetrick, Frank Mars 1998-11-03
4727245 Portable data scanner with removable modular printer Bob M. Dobbins, John Zouzoulas 1988-02-23 $96,000

Frequent Collaborators

Joshua L. Meyer4 shared
Matthew R. Knue4 shared
Todd Griffith4 shared
John G. Byers4 shared
Jonathan K. Moenter4 shared
Robert M. Zerhusen4 shared

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Yoshiaki Nishikawa17
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