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Michael Lydon — 14 Patents

TOTopcoder: 10 patents #2 of 10Top 20%
TOTransitions Optical: 1 patents #94 of 143Top 70%
Hebron, CT: #16 of 89 inventorsTop 20%
Connecticut: #3,210 of 34,797 inventorsTop 10%
Overall (All Time): #332,869 of 4,157,543Top 9%
14 Patents All Time
Michael Lydon has been granted 14 US patents while listed as an inventor at Topcoder. The first was granted in 2003 and the most recent in May 2017. Michael Lydon ranks #332,869 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 8.0%). Patent records list Michael Lydon in Hebron, CT, US.

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–14 of 14 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDate
9652742 System and method for conducting open innovation events Karim Lakhani, Kevin Boudreau 2017-05-16
9218746 Systems and methods for developing computer algorithm solutions by conducting competitions John M. Hughes 2015-12-22
8909541 System and method for manipulating success determinates in software development competitions Ryan J. Fairfax, Javier Fernandez-Ivern, John M. Hughes, David Messinger 2014-12-09
8475251 Systems and methods for coding competitions John M. Hughes 2013-07-02
8137172 System and method for programming tournaments John M. Hughes 2012-03-20
8109819 Internet contest John M. Hughes, John C. Bollinger, Sarah Charlene Ramkissoon, Donald Cruver 2012-02-07
8021221 System and method for conducting programming competitions using aliases John M. Hughes 2011-09-20
7757629 Method and apparatus for coating an optical article William P. Blackburn, Ernesto Maldonado, James R. Kausch, Lex Pace 2010-07-20
7311595 Systems and methods for coding competitions John M. Hughes 2007-12-25
7300346 Systems and methods for coding competitions John M. Hughes 2007-11-27
6984177 Method and system for communicating programmer information to potential employers John M. Hughes 2006-01-10
6824462 Method and system for evaluating skills of contestants in online coding competitions John M. Hughes 2004-11-30
6761631 Apparatus and system for facilitating online coding competitions John M. Hughes 2004-07-13
6569012 Systems and methods for coding competitions John M. Hughes 2003-05-27