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Troy Merrell — 6 Patents

STSeagate Technology: 3 patents #1,615 of 4,722Top 35%
Longmont, CO: #519 of 2,039 inventorsTop 30%
Colorado: #7,724 of 40,980 inventorsTop 20%
Overall (All Time): #779,687 of 4,157,543Top 20%
6 Patents All Time
Troy Merrell has been granted 6 US patents while listed as an inventor at Seagate Technology. The first was granted in 2001 and the most recent in July 2023. Troy Merrell ranks #779,687 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 18.8%). Patent records list Troy Merrell in Longmont, CO, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2001 to 2023Bar chart with a peak of 2 patents in 2001.peak 22001: 2 patents20012003: 1 patents20032015: 1 patents20152021: 1 patents20212023: 1 patents2023

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–6 of 6 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
11702235 Encapsulating packaging cushions, systems and methods, and methods of manufacturing encapsulating packaging cushions Matt Christy 2023-07-18
10960996 Encapsulating packaging cushions, systems and methods, and methods of manufacturing encapsulating packaging cushions Matt Christy 2021-03-30
9045271 Packaging devices, systems and methods Ron Matheison 2015-06-02
6619481 Article of manufacture and method for protecting information-storage devices John Fredrick Hazekamp, Todd Allen Redder 2003-09-16 $12,135,000
D446115 Shock protective vacuum-formed package for disc drives John Fredrick Hazekamp, Todd Allen Redder 2001-08-07
6220442 Article of manufacture and method for protecting information-storage devices John Fredrick Hazekamp, Todd Allen Redder 2001-04-24