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Richard E. Mills — 9 Patents

QUQuantum: 3 patents #139 of 703Top 20%
CCCompaq Computer: 1 patents #854 of 1,604Top 55%
ZSZodiac Pool Systems: 1 patents #49 of 83Top 60%
Colorado Springs, CO: #358 of 2,971 inventorsTop 15%
Colorado: #5,216 of 40,980 inventorsTop 15%
Overall (All Time): #535,341 of 4,157,543Top 15%
9 Patents All Time
Richard E. Mills has been granted 9 US patents while listed as an inventor at Quantum. The first was granted in 1996 and the most recent in May 2024. Richard E. Mills ranks #535,341 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 12.9%). Patent records list Richard E. Mills in Colorado Springs, CO, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1996 to 2024Bar chart with a peak of 3 patents in 1996.peak 31996: 3 patents19961998: 1 patents19982000: 2 patents20002002: 1 patents20022005: 1 patents20052024: 1 patents2024

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–9 of 9 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
11994391 Determining characteristics of liquid-containing vessels such as swimming pools and spas and using such characteristics in operation of the vessels Hendrikus Johannes van der Meijden, E. Keith McQueen, Phillip Newman 2024-05-28
6905109 Stiffening device for plastic fences 2005-06-14
6339532 Device and method for damping a digital media drive Steven G. Boulay, Stanley W. Stefanick 2002-01-15 $140,107,000
6134113 Energy absorbing viscoelastic spacer for reducing vibration to disk drives Ewaryst Z. Polch, Nanjappa Bakthavachalam, Theodore Ernst Bruning, III 2000-10-17
6098351 Grade-level rot-resistant shrink-wrapped wooden posts 2000-08-08
5779764 Method for obtaining devolatilized bituminous coal from the effluent streams of coal fired boilers James E. Gillen 1998-07-14
5575355 Method and apparatus for applying lubricant to a hydrodynamic bearing Carl D. Williams, Jackie Cordova 1996-11-19 $8,226,000
5540504 Shock resistant bearing Jackie Cordova 1996-07-30 $4,072,000
5524728 Method and apparatus for applying lubricant to a hydrodynamic bearing Carl D. Williams, Jackie Cordova 1996-06-11 $5,102,000