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Robert Burns — 17 Patents

SHShoretel: 4 patents #24 of 93Top 30%
IBM: 3 patents #26,335 of 70,183Top 40%
Honeywell: 2 patents #7,095 of 16,504Top 45%
TUThales Dis Cpl Usa: 1 patents #10 of 44Top 25%
HP: 1 patents #11,359 of 7,018Top 165%
Gainesville, FL: #112 of 2,267 inventorsTop 5%
Florida: #2,930 of 67,251 inventorsTop 5%
Overall (All Time): #263,971 of 4,157,543Top 7%
17 Patents All Time
Robert Burns has been granted 17 US patents while listed as an inventor at Shoretel. The first was granted in 1987 and the most recent in November 2025. Robert Burns ranks #263,971 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 6.3%). Patent records list Robert Burns in Gainesville, FL, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1987 to 2025Bar chart with a peak of 2 patents in 1995.peak 21987: 1 patents19871995: 2 patents1996: 1 patents19962000: 2 patents2004: 1 patents20042005: 1 patents2006: 2 patents20062011: 2 patents2012: 1 patents20122017: 1 patents2018: 1 patents20182025: 2 patents2025

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–17 of 17 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12478995 Fluid dispensing systems 2025-11-25
12375478 Quorum-based authorization to secure sensitive cloud assets Wayne Frederick Reed, Marc Boillot, Hugot Didier 2025-07-29
9883031 Adaptive communication handling 2018-01-30
9661135 Adaptive communication handling 2017-05-23 $1,489,000
8294881 Security system using LADAR-based sensors Dean R. Hellickson, Kurt Holmquist, James Cook, Andrew W. Guyette 2012-10-23 $7,309,000
8078207 System and method of automatically maintaining a line-of-sight communication channel Kurt Holmquist, Dean R. Hellickson 2011-12-13 $6,915,000
7990953 Systems and methods for utilizing a spare switch in a distributed VOIP system Andy Cheng, Glen K. Okita 2011-08-02 $2,247,000
7003091 Resource allocation for simultaneous hunt group Dale C. Tonogai, Scott A. Van Gundy 2006-02-21
6988195 Vault controller supervisor and method of operation for managing multiple independent vault processes and browser sessions for users in an electronic business system Hamid Bacha, Robert B. Carroll, Mark Fisk 2006-01-17 $9,394,000
6931526 Vault controller supervisor and method of operation for managing multiple independent vault processes and browser sessions for users in an electronic business system Hamid Bacha, Robert B. Carroll, Mark Fisk 2005-08-16 $6,237,000
6715073 Secure server using public key registration and methods of operation Larry An, Hamid Bacha, Robert Briggs, Robert B. Carroll, Mark Fisk +12 more 2004-03-30 $9,421,000
6105179 Toilet/bidet seat 2000-08-22
RE36510 Method of on-site refueling using electronic identification tags, reading probe, and a truck on-board computer 2000-01-18
5579233 Method of on-site refueling using electronic identification tags, reading probe, and a truck on-board computer 1996-11-26
D359596 Child's saddle 1995-06-20
5420797 Method of delivering petroleum and similar products using electronic identification tags and reading probe 1995-05-30
4649499 Touchscreen two-dimensional emulation of three-dimensional objects Jimmy Sutton, Wanda N. Shearer, Karlie J. Arkin, Jeffrey A. Spoelstra, Steven Michael Weiss +3 more 1987-03-10 $25,634,000