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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025
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Stann Sheperd — 26 Patents

PLPlantronics: 17 patents #11 of 433Top 3%
Nike: 8 patents #789 of 2,652Top 30%
HP: 1 patents #11,359 of 16,619Top 70%
Santa Cruz, CA: #129 of 1,911 inventorsTop 7%
California: #20,975 of 386,348 inventorsTop 6%
Overall (All Time): #150,017 of 4,157,543Top 4%
26 Patents All Time
Stann Sheperd has been granted 26 US patents while listed as an inventor at Plantronics. The first was granted in 2005 and the most recent in June 2025. Stann Sheperd ranks #150,017 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 3.6%). Patent records list Stann Sheperd in Santa Cruz, CA, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2005 to 2025Bar chart with a peak of 5 patents in 2010.peak 52005: 1 patents20052006: 1 patents2007: 1 patents20072008: 2 patents2009: 1 patents20092010: 5 patents2012: 1 patents20122013: 1 patents2014: 2 patents20142015: 1 patents2017: 2 patents20172018: 1 patents2022: 1 patents20222023: 5 patents2025: 1 patents2025

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 26 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
D1077881 Videoconferencing camera Nicholas W. Paterson, Joseph Liang, George Janour 2025-06-03
11800055 Adjustable mounting system for a telepresence device Nicholas W. Paterson 2023-10-24
D995603 Videoconferencing camera Nicholas W. Paterson 2023-08-15
11677903 Telepresence system with advanced wireless operations Timothy Root, Charles Gregory Rousch, John William Wolber, Nicholas W. Paterson 2023-06-13
D989151 Videoconference device Nicholas W. Paterson, Timothy Harrison 2023-06-13
D986307 Videoconference device Nicholas W. Paterson, Joseph Liang, George Janour 2023-05-16
11496836 Headset with improved headband Matthew J Mainini, John A. Kelley 2022-11-08
10129630 Floating-cup pivot for head-worn audio devices John A. Kelley, Nicholas W. Paterson 2018-11-13
D796475 Communications headset Bowman Wang, Johannes Lucas Schreuder, Ernst Hupkes 2017-09-05
9545132 Article of footwear with a stretchable upper and an articulated sole structure Tobie D. Hatfield, Eric P. Avar, Jeffrey C. Pisciotta, James C. Meschter, Kevin W. Hoffer +1 more 2017-01-17 $57,099,000
8959802 Article of footwear with a stretchable upper and an articulated sole structure Tobie D. Hatfield, Eric P. Avar, Jeffrey C. Pisciotta, James C. Meschter, Kevin W. Hoffer +1 more 2015-02-24 $21,014,000
D717771 Ear tip for a communications headset Pierre Harper, Jacob T. Meyberg, Matthew J Mainini 2014-11-18
RE45056 Communications headset Joseph Yang, John B. Ledingham 2014-08-05
RE44672 Communications headset Joseph Yang, John B. Ledingham 2013-12-31
8303885 Article of footwear with a stretchable upper and an articulated sole structure Tobie D. Hatfield, Eric P. Avar, Jeffrey C. Pisciotta, James C. Meschter, Kevin W. Hoffer +1 more 2012-11-06 $28,477,000
7739810 Article of footwear for contact sports Tom Luedecke 2010-06-22 $65,661,000
D617316 Earbud for a communications headset Diane Elabidi, Joseph Yang 2010-06-08
D612834 Communications headset Joseph Yang, John B. Ledingham 2010-03-30
D612835 Microphone boom for a communications headset Joseph Yang, John B. Ledingham 2010-03-30
D612840 Communications headset Joseph Yang, John B. Ledingham 2010-03-30
D601134 Earbud for a communications headset Diane Elabidi, Joseph Yang 2009-09-29
D581900 Communications headset Darrin Caddes, Diane Elabidi, Bowman Wang, Christophe Koch, Gregor Magnusson 2008-12-02
7392605 Article of footwear with a stretchable upper and an articulated sole structure Tobie D. Hatfield, Eric P. Avar, Jeffrey C. Pisciotta, James C. Meschter, Kevin W. Hoffer +1 more 2008-07-01 $30,125,000
7171767 Article of footwear with a stretchable upper and an articulated sole structure Tobie D. Hatfield, Eric P. Avar, Jeffrey C. Pisciotta, James C. Meschter, Kevin W. Hoffer +1 more 2007-02-06 $38,539,000
7082698 Article of footwear having a sole structure with adjustable characteristics Patricia L. Smaldone, John Hurd, Kevin W. Hoffer 2006-08-01 $31,384,000