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John M. Hughes — 58 Patents

TOTopcoder: 19 patents #1 of 10Top 10%
EFEfabless: 7 patents #3 of 12Top 25%
TCThe Wellboss Company: 5 patents #9 of 21Top 45%
COConopco: 4 patents #257 of 1,903Top 15%
Qualcomm: 2 patents #5,657 of 12,104Top 50%
TITexas Instruments: 2 patents #5,266 of 12,488Top 45%
ICICI: 1 patents #1,088 of 2,189Top 50%
Calgary, CA: #23 of 5,407 inventorsTop 1%
Overall (All Time): #41,319 of 4,157,543Top 1%
58 Patents All Time
John M. Hughes has been granted 58 US patents while listed as an inventor at Topcoder. The first was granted in 1980 and the most recent in October 2023. John M. Hughes ranks #41,319 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 0.99%). Patent records list John M. Hughes in Calgary, AB, CA.

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 58 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
11775722 Systems and methods for obfuscating a circuit design Bertrand Irissou, Lucio Lanza, Mohamed K. Kassem, Michael S. Wishart, Rajeev Srivastava +4 more 2023-10-03
11748541 Methods for engineering integrated circuit design and development Bertrand Irissou, Lucio Lanza, Mohamed K. Kassem, Michael S. Wishart, Rajeev Srivastava +4 more 2023-09-05
11396793 Systems and methods for multi-stage well stimulation Ryan D. Rasmussen, Colin Atkinson, Chad M. Gibson 2022-07-26
11301609 Systems and methods for obfuscating a circuit design Bertrand Irissou, Lucio Lanza, Mohamed K. Kassem, Michael S. Wishart, Rajeev Srivastava +4 more 2022-04-12
11182526 Methods for engineering integrated circuit design and development Bertrand Irissou, Lucio Lanza, Mohamed K. Kassem, Michael S. Wishart, Rajeev Srivastava +4 more 2021-11-23
10801304 Systems and methods for multi-stage well stimulation Ryan D. Rasmussen, Colin Atkinson, Chad M. Gibson 2020-10-13
10783458 Systems and methods for screening submissions in production competitions Javier Fernandez-Ivern, David Messinger 2020-09-22
10671700 Systems and methods for obfuscating a circuit design Bertrand Irissou, Lucio Lanza, Mohamed K. Kassem, Michael S. Wishart, Rajeev Srivastava +4 more 2020-06-02
10648274 Apparatus and method for opening and closing in multiple cycles a downhole sleeve using an intervention tool James Wilburn Schmidt, Shane D'Arcy 2020-05-12
10648323 Apparatus and method for locating and setting a tool in a profile James Wilburn Schmidt, Donald J. Radmanovich 2020-05-12
10584562 Multi-stage well isolation Ryan D. Rasmussen, James Wilburn Schmidt 2020-03-10
10452802 Methods for engineering integrated circuit design and development Bertrand Irissou, Lucio Lanza, Mohamed K. Kassem, Michael S. Wishart, Rajeev Srivastava +4 more 2019-10-22
10437953 Systems for engineering integrated circuit design and development Bertrand Irissou, Lucio Lanza, Mohamed K. Kassem, Michael S. Wishart, Rajeev Srivastava +4 more 2019-10-08
10423748 Systems and methods for obfuscating a circuit design Bertrand Irissou, Lucio Lanza, Mohamed K. Kassem, Michael S. Wishart, Rajeev Srivastava +4 more 2019-09-24
9995111 Multi-stage well isolation Ryan D. Rasmussen, James Wilburn Schmidt 2018-06-12
9556714 Liner hanger and method for installing a wellbore liner James Wilburn Schmidt, Shane D'Arcy 2017-01-31
9359854 Wellbore tools and methods Ryan D. Rasmussen, James Wilburn Schmidt 2016-06-07
9347287 Wellbore treatment tool and method Ryan D. Rasmussen, James Wilburn Schmidt 2016-05-24
9218746 Systems and methods for developing computer algorithm solutions by conducting competitions Michael Lydon 2015-12-22
9129289 Systems and methods for providing remote ordering capabilities Drew Vaughn, Greg Hughes, Michael Fogleman 2015-09-08
9002721 System and method for project management and completion 2015-04-07
8909541 System and method for manipulating success determinates in software development competitions Ryan J. Fairfax, Javier Fernandez-Ivern, Michael Lydon, David Messinger 2014-12-09
8806202 Position based enhanced security of wireless communications Matthew B. Shoemake, Sidney B. Schrum, Jr. 2014-08-12 $7,886,000
8776042 Systems and methods for software support 2014-07-08
8672036 Wellbore circulation tool and method Ryan D. Rasmussen, Delton Andrew Campbell 2014-03-18