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James Black — 15 Patents

MEMerichem: 1 patents #35 of 53Top 70%
Overall (All Time): #307,048 of 4,157,543Top 8%
15 Patents All Time
James Black has been granted 15 US patents while listed as an inventor at Merichem. The first was granted in 1980 and the most recent in November 2025. James Black ranks #307,048 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 7.4%). Patent records list James Black in London, CO, GB.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1980 to 2021Bar chart with a peak of 3 patents in 2016.peak 31980: 1 patents19801989: 1 patents19892011: 1 patents20112012: 1 patents20122013: 2 patents20132016: 3 patents20162017: 2 patents20172019: 2 patents20192021: 1 patents2021

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–15 of 15 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12480488 Fluid end with extension plate Kale Patrick Woosley, Vadim Kachkovskiy 2025-11-25
11016651 System and method for minimizing text collisions in project timelines Safford T. Black, Nathan W. Black 2021-05-25
10380772 System and method for non-linear and discontinuous project timelines Safford T. Black, Nathan W. Black 2019-08-13
10282688 System and method for computing and overwriting the appearance of project tasks and milestones Safford T. Black 2019-05-07
9836933 Data processing apparatus to generate an alarm Boghos Boghossian 2017-12-05
9535893 System and method for computer visualization of project timelines Safford T. Black 2017-01-03
9363489 Video analytics configuration Boghos Boghossian, Sateesh Pedagadi 2016-06-07
9336451 Video surveillance and analytics system Boghos Boghossian, Sateesh Pedagadi 2016-05-10
9251487 System and method for computing and overwriting the appearance of project tasks and milestones Safford T. Black 2016-02-02
8553039 System and method for computer visualization of project timelines Gina L. Boice 2013-10-08
8547436 Data processing apparatus Boghos Boghossian 2013-10-01
8305441 Data processing apparatus Boghos Boghossian 2012-11-06
7999810 System and method for animated computer visualization of historic events Gina L. Boice 2011-08-16
4878204 Method for true-amplitude dip moveout correction Cameron B. Wason 1989-10-31 $7,865,000
4193967 Liquid sealing apparatus for sealing vapors in a tank — 1980-03-18

Frequent Collaborators

Safford T. Black5 shared
Boghos Boghossian5 shared
Nathan W. Black2 shared
Sateesh Pedagadi2 shared
Gina L. Boice2 shared
Cameron B. Wason1 shared

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