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Kevin J. Mills — 27 Patents

SCSocket Communications: 10 patents #1 of 19Top 6%
SMSocket Mobile: 7 patents #9 of 32Top 30%
The Procter & Gamble: 7 patents #2,036 of 10,297Top 20%
STSandisk Technologies: 2 patents #1,512 of 2,594Top 60%
TTT.En Process Technology: 1 patents #15 of 30Top 50%
Xerox: 1 patents #5,237 of 8,622Top 65%
Camas, WA: #30 of 330 inventorsTop 10%
Washington: #3,049 of 76,902 inventorsTop 4%
Overall (All Time): #142,059 of 4,157,543Top 4%
27 Patents All Time
Kevin J. Mills has been granted 27 US patents while listed as an inventor at Socket Communications. The first was granted in 2001 and the most recent in July 2025. Kevin J. Mills ranks #142,059 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 3.4%). Patent records list Kevin J. Mills in Camas, WA, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2001 to 2025Bar chart with a peak of 3 patents in 2005.peak 32001: 1 patents20012002: 1 patents2003: 1 patents20032004: 1 patents2005: 3 patents20052006: 1 patents2007: 1 patents20072008: 3 patents2010: 2 patents20102012: 1 patents2015: 2 patents20152017: 1 patents2018: 3 patents20182020: 1 patents2021: 2 patents20212022: 1 patents2023: 1 patents20232025: 1 patents2025

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 27 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
D1086127 Peripheral for wireless data exchange David A. Holmes, Vanessa Esther Lindsay, James William Rebello, Vincent J. Coli 2025-07-29
11713419 Systems and methods for producing lignocellulosic alkanes 2023-08-01
D956757 Cordless hand scanner Puay Hian Goh, James William Rebello, Vanessa Esther Lindsay 2022-07-05
11035851 Method of identifying cosmetic agents for moisturizing skin Qing Stella, Michael Keith Robinson 2021-06-15 $270,064,000
D922381 Cordless peripheral for wireless data exchange Cj Silver, Vincent J. Coli, James William Rebello, Edward Raphael Toro 2021-06-15
D884703 Cordless hand scanner Cj Silver, Puay Hian Goh, James William Rebello, Vanessa Esther Lindsay, James Lopez +2 more 2020-05-19
10072293 Systems, models and methods for identifying and evaluating skin-active agents effective for treating dandruff/seborrheic dermatitis Robert Lloyd Binder, Robert Scott Youngquist, Jun Xu, Ping Hu, Makio Tamura 2018-09-11 $73,759,000
10036741 Systems, models and methods for identifying and evaluating skin-active agents effective for treating an array of skin disorders Jun Xu, Robert Lloyd Binder, Robert Scott Youngquist, Deborah Ruth Finlay, Charles Carson Bascom 2018-07-31 $92,390,000
9901584 Methods of cosmetically treating skin conditions with a cosmetic personal cleansing composition Karl Shiqing Wei, Jason Edward Cook 2018-02-27 $118,881,000
9804152 Human ex vivo skin model and its use in methods of identifying modulators of skin inflammation Deborah Ruth Finlay, Charles Carson Bascom 2017-10-31 $50,881,000
9144538 Cosmetic compositions containing substituted azole and methods for alleviating the signs of photoaged skin Supriya Punyani Bareja, Stevan David Jones, John Erich Oblong, John C. Bierman 2015-09-29 $133,008,000
9138393 Cosmetic compositions containing substituted azole and methods for improving the appearance of aging skin Supriya Punyani Bareja, Stevan David Jones, John Erich Oblong, John C. Bierman 2015-09-22 $52,581,000
8139049 Cordless scanner and stylus John E. Brandon 2012-03-20 $271,000
7773972 Functionality and policies based on wireless device dynamic associations Martin Croome 2010-08-10 $196,000
7680974 Cooperative interconnection and operation of a non-volatile memory card and an input-output card Wesley G. Brewer, Michael L. Gifford, Yoram Cedar, Leonard Ott, Robert F. Wallace +1 more 2010-03-16 $19,492,000
7454541 Removable wireless expansion card having a removable subscriber information module Michael L. Gifford 2008-11-18 $396,000
7343439 Removable modules with external I/O flexibility via an integral second-level removable slot Michael L. Gifford 2008-03-11 $291,000
7318551 Y-adapter with embedded wireless port 2008-01-15 $352,000
7194565 Nested removable-removable expansion modules Michael L. Gifford 2007-03-20 $439,000
7107378 Cooperative interconnection and operation of a non-volatile memory card and an input-output card Wesley G. Brewer, Michael L. Gifford, Yoram Cedar, Leonard Ott, Robert F. Wallace +1 more 2006-09-12
6976111 High-density removable expansion module having I/O and second-level removable expansion memory Michael L. Gifford 2005-12-13 $475,000
6920517 Nested removable-removable modules with game and media-player applications Micheal L. Gifford 2005-07-19 $543,000
6863557 High-density removable expansion module having I/O and second-level-removable expansion memory Micheal L. Gifford 2005-03-08 $667,000
6691196 First-level removable module having bar code I/O and second-level removable memory Micheal L. Gifford 2004-02-10 $2,598,000
6599147 High-density removable expansion module having I/O and second-level-removable expansion memory Michael L. Gifford 2003-07-29 $1,855,000