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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025
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Robert Mervar — 41 Patents

Nike: 23 patents #323 of 2,652Top 15%
JVJames River Corporation Of Virginia: 5 patents #12 of 144Top 9%
Eastman Kodak: 5 patents #2,059 of 8,114Top 30%
FOForerunner: 2 patents #2 of 5Top 40%
FJFort James: 2 patents #109 of 241Top 50%
TLThermos L.L.C.: 1 patents #79 of 138Top 60%
CECrown Equipment: 1 patents #241 of 339Top 75%
Coca-Cola: 1 patents #690 of 1,471Top 50%
Portland, OR: #451 of 9,213 inventorsTop 5%
Oregon: #921 of 28,073 inventorsTop 4%
Overall (All Time): #75,001 of 4,157,543Top 2%
41 Patents All Time
Robert Mervar has been granted 41 US patents while listed as an inventor at Nike. The first was granted in 1989 and the most recent in July 2025. Robert Mervar ranks #75,001 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 1.8%). Patent records list Robert Mervar in Portland, OR, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1989 to 2025Bar chart with a peak of 7 patents in 1998.peak 71989: 2 patents19891991: 3 patents1993: 5 patents19931995: 1 patents1997: 4 patents19971998: 7 patents1999: 2 patents19992000: 1 patents2001: 2 patents20012002: 1 patents2004: 1 patents20042008: 2 patents2014: 1 patents20142018: 1 patents2019: 1 patents20192021: 2 patents2023: 2 patents20232024: 2 patents2025: 1 patents2025

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 41 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12349760 Article of footwear with extended plate for toe-off Nick S. Frank, Kort Neumann, Rachel M. Savage, Matthew Tegenkamp, Jenni Westphal +1 more 2025-07-08
12082640 Textiles and articles and processes for making the same Devon Frazier, Walter M. Hancock, Dave Klinger, Brian G. Prevo, Hilary Walker 2024-09-10 $86,679,000
11998080 Textiles and articles and processes for making the same Devon Frazier, Walter M. Hancock, Dave Klinger, Brian G. Prevo, Hilary Walker 2024-06-04 $77,131,000
11596198 Articles of footwear and sole structures for articles of footwear Bryan K. Youngs, Olivier Henrichot, Nikita A. Troufanov, Robert M. Bruce 2023-03-07 $67,112,000
11564443 Textiles and articles and processes for making the same Devon Frazier, Walter M. Hancock, Dave Klinger, Brian G. Prevo, Hilary Walker 2023-01-31 $101,174,000
11013293 Auxetic sole with upper cabling Elizabeth Langvin, Tory M. Cross, Bryant Russell Klug, Timothy K. Liles, Olivier Henrichot 2021-05-25 $166,322,000
10959488 Articles of footwear and sole structures for articles of footwear Bryan K. Youngs, Olivier Henrichot, Nikita A. Troufanov, Robert M. Bruce 2021-03-30 $227,947,000
10212988 Articles of footwear and sole structures for articles of footwear Bryan K. Youngs, Olivier Henrichot, Nikita A. Troufanov, Robert M. Bruce 2019-02-26 $193,766,000
10064448 Auxetic sole with upper cabling Elizabeth Langvin, Tory M. Cross, Bryant Russell Klug, Timothy K. Liles, Olivier Henrichot 2018-09-04 $63,057,000
D710591 Shoe upper 2014-08-12
D579186 Shoe upper Pamela S. Greene 2008-10-28
D578294 Shoe upper Pamela S. Greene 2008-10-14
D490230 Portion of a shoe 2004-05-25
D467410 Side element of a shoe upper 2002-12-24
D440393 Side element of a shoe upper 2001-04-17
6202956 Dispenser for dispensing toilet tissue from rolls Kamala J. Grasso, Jason E. Short, John R. Moody, Douglas W. Johnson, Peter D. Johnson 2001-03-20
D421331 Portion of a shoe upper Kevin W. Hoffer 2000-03-07
D415885 Side element of a shoe upper 1999-11-02
D406453 Portion of a shoe upper 1999-03-09
D401757 Side element of a shoe upper 1998-12-01
D401754 Side element of a shoe upper 1998-12-01
5813624 Apparatus for dispensing toilet tissue from rolls Kamala J. Grasso, Jason E. Short, John R. Moody, Douglas W. Johnson, Peter D. Johnson 1998-09-29 $58,994,000
D397245 Side element of a shoe upper 1998-08-25
D395739 Portion of a shoe 1998-07-07
D395352 Portion of a shoe upper 1998-06-23