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David Hands — 11 Patents

Merck: 7 patents #1,614 of 9,382Top 20%
BLBritish Telecommunications Public Limited: 2 patents #379 of 1,458Top 30%
BPBritish Gas Plc: 2 patents #50 of 134Top 40%
Overall (All Time): #435,149 of 4,157,543Top 15%
11 Patents All Time
David Hands has been granted 11 US patents while listed as an inventor at Merck. The first was granted in 1984 and the most recent in August 2013. David Hands ranks #435,149 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 10.5%). Patent records list David Hands in Shrewsbury, MI, GB.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1984 to 2013Bar chart with a peak of 2 patents in 1984.peak 21984: 2 patents19841985: 1 patents19851997: 1 patents19972001: 1 patents20012002: 1 patents20022007: 2 patents20072010: 1 patents20102012: 1 patents20122013: 1 patents2013

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–11 of 11 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
8508597 Method and system for video quality assessment Alexandre Bourret, Damien Bayart, Andrew Davis 2013-08-13 $3,752,000
8168799 Process for the preparation of tetrazolytetrahydrocyclopentapyrazoles Michael Stewart Ashwood, Matthew Bio, Edward Cleator, Faye Sheen, Robert Darrin Wilson 2012-05-01 $48,747,000
7847095 Process for 5-[[2(r)-[1(r)-[3,5-bis(trifluoromethyl)phenyl]ethoxy]-3(s)-(4-fluorophenyl)-4-morpholinyl]methyl]-1,2-dihydro-3h-1.,2,4-triazol-3-one Mark A. Huffman, Mahmoud S. Kaba, Joseph F. Payack 2010-12-07 $88,237,000
7262169 Process for preparing peptide intermediates Michael Stewart Ashwood, Brian Christopher Bishop, Ian Frank Cottrell, Khateeta Emerson, Guo-Jie Ho +3 more 2007-08-28 $48,199,000
7197452 Multimodal quality assessment 2007-03-27 $2,556,000
6407255 Chemical synthesis of 1,2,4-triazolinone derivative Ian Frank Cottrell, Ulf H. Dolling, Robert Darrin Wilson 2002-06-18 $142,789,000
6297376 Chemical synthesis of morpholine derivatives Ian Frank Cottrell, Ulf H. Dolling, Robert Darrin Wilson 2001-10-02 $219,676,000
5681959 Chemical synthesis of azaindoles Brian Bishop, Ian Frank Cottrell, Mark Steven Cameron 1997-10-28 $94,481,000
4553930 Method and apparatus for the heat treatment of materials Robert W. Duffy Cox, Derek Jones, David L. Walker 1985-11-19
4460533 Apparatus and method for the heat treatment of materials Robert W. Duffy Cox, Herbert E. Janikowski, David L. Walker 1984-07-17
4437333 Apparatus and method for asbestos fiber release potential 1984-03-20 $8,229,000