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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025
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Robert M. Bruce — 82 Patents

Nike: 73 patents #75 of 2,652Top 3%
HP: 4 patents #4,645 of 16,619Top 30%
ABAcco Brands: 3 patents #124 of 356Top 35%
PPPeak Power: 1 patents #2 of 11Top 20%
Cambridge, CA: #3 of 478 inventorsTop 1%
Overall (All Time): #21,533 of 4,157,543Top 1%
82 Patents All Time
Robert M. Bruce has been granted 82 US patents while listed as an inventor at Nike. The first was granted in 1985 and the most recent in May 2025. Robert M. Bruce ranks #21,533 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 0.52%). Patent records list Robert M. Bruce in Cambridge, ON, CA.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1985 to 2025Bar chart with a peak of 10 patents in 1998.peak 101985: 1 patents19851998: 10 patents1999: 1 patents2001: 2 patents20012006: 1 patents2009: 2 patents2011: 1 patents20112012: 1 patents2013: 5 patents2014: 1 patents20142015: 1 patents2016: 8 patents2017: 5 patents20172018: 1 patents2019: 7 patents2020: 8 patents20202021: 10 patents2022: 4 patents2023: 3 patents20232024: 8 patents2025: 2 patents2025

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 82 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12308640 Systems and methods of energy storage system operation Ahren Mahler 2025-05-20
12300383 Flight time SantoshKumar Balakrishnan, Justin Fraga, Paul J. Francis 2025-05-13
12123114 Woven footwear upper Thomas G. Bell, Yuchung K. Chen, Yoon Jeong Choi, Adam R. Farmer, Megan Foley +2 more 2024-10-22 $57,427,000
D1043079 Shoe orthotic Kai Halsinger, Nathan E. Shirley, Melanie Shelton, Felix Ballerstedt, Evan Lloyd Greenberg +1 more 2024-09-24
12042022 Last system for articles with braided components Eun Kyung Lee, Craig K. Sills 2024-07-23 $55,727,000
D1036092 Shoe orthotic Kai Halsinger, Nathan E. Shirley, Melanie Shelton, Felix Ballerstedt, Evan Lloyd Greenberg +1 more 2024-07-23
D1033029 Shoe orthotic Kai Halsinger, Nathan E. Shirley, Melanie Shelton, Felix Ballerstedt, Evan Lloyd Greenberg +1 more 2024-07-02
D1032171 Shoe orthotic Kai Halsinger, Nathan E. Shirley, Melanie Shelton, Felix Ballerstedt, Evan Lloyd Greenberg +1 more 2024-06-25
11877617 Mechanical lock sole structure for braided footwear Eun Kyung Lee 2024-01-23 $58,413,000
11862334 Flight time SantoshKumar Balakrishnan, Justin Fraga, Paul J. Francis 2024-01-02 $58,044,000
11596198 Articles of footwear and sole structures for articles of footwear Bryan K. Youngs, Olivier Henrichot, Nikita A. Troufanov, Robert Mervar 2023-03-07 $67,112,000
11547171 Mechanical lock sole structure for braided footwear Eun Kyung Lee 2023-01-10 $176,137,000
11540596 Last system for articles with braided components Eun Kyung Lee, Craig K. Sills 2023-01-03 $118,594,000
11457685 Double layer, single tube braid for footwear upper Eun Kyung Lee, James Y. Yoo, Chikao Ichikawa, Michihiro Ichikawa 2022-10-04 $117,488,000
11425956 Braided articles and methods for their manufacture Eun Kyung Lee, James Y. Yoo, Chikao Ichikawa 2022-08-30 $85,936,000
11339513 Braiding machine and method of forming an article incorporating a moving object Eun Kyung Lee 2022-05-24 $111,221,000
11219266 Article of footwear with braided upper 2022-01-11 $165,138,000
11202483 Braided articles and methods for their manufacture Eun Kyung Lee, James Y. Yoo, Chikao Ichikawa 2021-12-21 $249,096,000
11166520 Footwear with interchangeable bootie system Tinker L. Hatfield, Joshua P. Heard, Tom Luedecke 2021-11-09 $125,336,000
11103028 Multi-layered braided article and method of making Eun Kyung Lee 2021-08-31 $319,447,000
11051573 Braided articles and methods for their manufacture Eun Kyung Lee, James Y. Yoo, Chikao Ichikawa 2021-07-06 $171,746,000
10959488 Articles of footwear and sole structures for articles of footwear Bryan K. Youngs, Olivier Henrichot, Nikita A. Troufanov, Robert Mervar 2021-03-30 $227,947,000
10952498 Plate with foam for footwear Bryan P. Conrad, Nick S. Frank, Troy C. Lindner, Rachel M. Savage, James Y. Yoo +1 more 2021-03-23 $87,672,000
10952490 Mechanical lock sole structure for braided footwear Eun Kyung Lee 2021-03-23 $87,672,000
10933281 Flight time SantoshKumar Balakrishnan, Justin Fraga, Paul J. Francis 2021-03-02 $123,453,000