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James David Kevern — 14 Patents

W&Whitaker &: 5 patents #146 of 1,437Top 15%
TCTe Connectivity Co.: 5 patents #376 of 1,926Top 20%
AMAmp: 4 patents #304 of 1,383Top 25%
UCUs Conec: 1 patents #43 of 66Top 70%
Wellsville, PA: #1 of 10 inventorsTop 10%
Pennsylvania: #5,450 of 74,527 inventorsTop 8%
Overall (All Time): #332,869 of 4,157,543Top 9%
14 Patents All Time
James David Kevern has been granted 14 US patents. The first was granted in 1987 and the most recent in August 2013. James David Kevern ranks #332,869 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 8.0%). Patent records list James David Kevern in Wellsville, PA, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1987 to 2013Bar chart with a peak of 2 patents in 1995.peak 21987: 1 patents19871988: 1 patents1991: 1 patents19911992: 1 patents1994: 1 patents19941995: 2 patents2000: 1 patents20002002: 2 patents2006: 1 patents20062012: 1 patents2013: 2 patents2013

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–14 of 14 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
8517613 Modular optical connector apparatus and method Edmund J. Haley 2013-08-27 $35,435,000
8359169 Method and apparatus for predicting physical contact Michael Lawrence Gurreri 2013-01-22 $15,712,000
8313249 Multi-fiber ferrules for making physical contact and method of determining same Michael Lawrence Gurreri, Michael Aaron Kadar-Kallen, Lou Castagna, Mike Hughes, Darrell R. Childers 2012-11-20 $30,012,000
7031567 Expanded beam connector system Soren Grinderslev, Randy Marshall Manning 2006-04-18 $57,240,000
6435730 Optical fiber connector with improved ferrule float feature Randy Marshall Manning 2002-08-20
6422759 Fiber optic connector 2002-07-23 $83,134,000
6019521 Optical fiber connector Randy Marshall Manning 2000-02-01
5447464 Automated method of finishing the tip of a terminated optical fiber Vinod J. Franklin 1995-09-05 $579,000
5403227 Machine for grinding and polishing terminated fiber optic cables Vinod J. Franklin 1995-04-04 $494,000
5321917 Tool for finishing terminated fiber optic cable Vinod J. Franklin 1994-06-21 $280,000
5140663 Latching beam mechanism having plug stops for optical connector Bryan T. Edwards, Steven Lee Flickinger, David D. Sonner, Robert N. Weber, Jeffrey A. Zeiders 1992-08-18 $4,329,000
5073046 Connector with floating alignment feature Bryan T. Edwards, Steven Lee Flickinger, David D. Sonner, Robert N. Weber, Jeffrey A. Zeiders 1991-12-17 $2,174,000
4741591 Optical fiber connector Dimitry G. Grabbe, Johannes C. W. Bakermans 1988-05-03 $9,323,000
4715675 Fiber optic ferrule William J. Stape, Robert N. Weber 1987-12-29 $6,112,000