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Tom Butler — 11 Patents

PAPalmsource: 4 patents #19 of 137Top 15%
BHBaker Hughes Holdings: 3 patents #1,383 of 4,186Top 35%
AAAccess Systems Americas: 1 patents #7 of 46Top 20%
NUNorth Carolina State University: 1 patents #675 of 1,607Top 45%
PAPrivate Access: 1 patents #40 of 136Top 30%
Enumclaw, WA: #12 of 111 inventorsTop 15%
Washington: #9,483 of 76,902 inventorsTop 15%
Overall (All Time): #435,149 of 4,157,543Top 15%
11 Patents All Time
Tom Butler has been granted 11 US patents while listed as an inventor at Palmsource. The first was granted in 1998 and the most recent in January 2012. Tom Butler ranks #435,149 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 10.5%). Patent records list Tom Butler in Enumclaw, WA, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1998 to 2012Bar chart with a peak of 5 patents in 2010.peak 51998: 1 patents19982006: 1 patents20062009: 2 patents20092010: 5 patents20102011: 1 patents20112012: 1 patents2012

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–11 of 11 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
8095504 N-way synchronization of computer databases William Leonard Mills, Robert G. McKenzie, Alvin Pivowar 2012-01-10
8064628 Portable box for carrying items Robert Thomas Bailis, Brian Flynn, Alan Kinlaw, Ian Jester, Carl D. Taylor 2011-11-22
7836015 Fast synchronization of computer databases using coverage status William Leonard Mills, Robert G. McKenzie 2010-11-16
7792794 N-way synchronization of computer databases William Leonard Mills, Robert G. McKenzie, Alvin Pivowar 2010-09-07
7707175 Single ended synchronization agents Alvin Pivowar, Jayita Poddar 2010-04-27
7699107 Mechanical and fluid jet drilling method and apparatus Daniel Alberts, Jeff Honekamp, Martin Craighead 2010-04-20 $41,357,000
7677316 Localized fracturing system and method Daniel Alberts, Jeff Honekamp, Martin Craighead 2010-03-16 $23,160,000
7584794 Mechanical and fluid jet horizontal drilling method and apparatus Daniel Alberts, Jeff Honekamp, Martin Craighead 2009-09-08 $22,594,000
7487135 Single ended synchronization agents Alvin Pivowar, Jayita Poddar 2009-02-03
7139748 N-way synchronization of computer databases William Leonard Mills, Robert G. McKenzie, Alvin Pivowar 2006-11-21
5778713 Method and apparatus for ultra high pressure water jet peening Dave Monserud, Dave Bothell, Dave Steele, John E. Hake 1998-07-14