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Patent Gallery
| Patent No. | Category | Year | Title | Inventor | Assignee | Date of Issue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7,458,512 | Software/Business Method | 2008 | Computer-Based Method and Apparatus for Verifying An Electronic Voting Process | Thomas J. Colson, Peter J. Vanderheyden, Mark R. O'Donnell | IP.com, Inc. | 12/02/2008 |
| 7,797,241 | Software/Business Method | 2010 | Global Information Network Product Publication System | Thomas J. Colson, John E. Cronin, Samuel C. Baxter, Robert Cantrell | IP.com, Inc. | 09/14/2010 |
| 8,131,612 | Software/Business Method | 2012 | Program Generator for Hedging the Guaranteed Benefits of a Set of Variable Annuity Contracts | Richard C. Payne | Genesis Financial Products, Inc. | 03/06/2012 |
| 8,117,048 | Software/Business Method | 2012 | Electronic Health Record System and Method For An Underserved Population | Mary Johnice Rzadkiewicz, Janet M. Stoeckl, Roberta Rifkin, Ryan William Brown, Justin Michael Del Vecchio, Alex James, Lauren Schmidt, Michael Nusinov | Independent Health Association, Inc.; CUBRC | 02/14/2012 |
| 7,477,370 | Software/Business Method | 2009 | Method of Detecting Incomplete Edge Bead Removal from a Disk-Like Object | Detlef Michelsson, Henning Backhauss, Gert Weniger | Vistec Semiconductor Systems GmbH | 01/13/2009 |
| 8,894,196 | Software/Business Method | 2014 | Decorative Concrete Surfaces | Grace T. Brewington, Bin Zhang | Xerox Corporation | 11/25/2014 |
| 8,005,277 | Software/Business Method | 2011 | Secure Fingerprint Matching by Hashing Localized Information | Sergey Tulyakov, Faisal Farooq, Sharat Chikkerur, Venu Govindaraju | Research Foundation-State University of NY | 08/23/2011 |
| 9,096,056 | Software/Business Method | 2015 | Apparatus and Method for Measuring Drop Volume | Jing Zhou, Fusheng Xu, James Beachner | Xerox Corporation | 08/04/2015 |
| 8,500,236 | Software/Business Method | 2013 | Computer Based Method and System for Adjusting Page Placement on a Continuous Feed Print Engine | David C. Robinson, Frederick John Ramsey | Xerox Corporation | 08/06/2013 |
| 5,233,513 | Software/Business Method | 1993 | Business Modeling, Software, Engineering and Prototyping Method and Apparatus | William P. Doyle | 08/03/1993 | |
| 8,013,282 | Software/Business Method | 2011 | System for Programming a Plurality of Chips Such as Photosensor Chips or Ink-Jet Chips, with Operating Parameters | Scott L. Tewinkle | Xerox Corporation | 09/06/2011 |
| 9,990,104 | Software/Business Method | 2018 | Computer-Based Apparatus and Method for Operating on Data | Jeffrey Shaun McNamara, Michael W. Hansen | Conduent Business Services, LLC | 06/05/2018 |
| 8,219,420 | Software/Business Method | 2012 | Method and Apparatus for Providing Access to Healthcare Funds | Michael P. Heffley, Robert M. States, Michael J. Colson | Manning & Napier Information Services, LLC | 07/10/2012 |
| 7,716,075 | Software/Business Method | 2010 | Computer Based System for Pricing Tax Flow-Through Annuity Product | Richard C. Payne | Genesis Financial Products, Inc. | 05/11/2010 |
| 8,172,798 | Software/Business Method | 2012 | System and Method for Managing Infusion Therapies | Roger L. Hungerford, Tuan Bui, Gary Colister | Sigma International General Medical Apparatus LLC | 05/08/2012 |
| 4,920,497 | Software/Business Method | 1990 | Method for Rendering Usable a Defective Raw Programmable Logic Array and a Defective Programmable Logic Array Rendered Usable by This Method | Shambhu J. Upadhyaya, Michael Demjanenko | State University Of New York | 04/24/1990 |
| 8,595,031 | Software/Business Method | 2013 | Method and Apparatus for Providing Access to Healthcare Funds | Michael P. Heffley; Michael J. Colson; Scott Strozyk; Robert M. States | Manning & Napier Information Services, LLC | 11/26/2013 |
| 8,612,440 | Software/Business Method | 2013 | Computer Based Method and System for Generating Custom Dynamic Templates | Richie Hoa Thang | Xerox Corporation | 12/17/2013 |
| 8,055,539 | Software/Business Method | 2011 | System and Method for Tracking Internet Related Revenue | Ladd M. Kline | 11/08/2011 | |
| 8,767,220 | Software/Business Method | 2014 | Automated Positioning of Printed Images | Jonathan B. Hunter, Andrew James Bonacci, David Mark Kerxhalli, Brian R. Conrow, Michael J. Martin | Xerox Corporation | 07/01/2014 |
| 10,963,201 | Software/Business Method | 2021 | System, Apparatus, and Method for Minimizing the Impact of Delays in Printing Path Schedules | John H. Conley, Norman E. Wright, Mark McKrell, Jennifer Anglum | Xerox Corporation | 03/30/2021 |
| 8,449,434 | Software/Business Method | 2013 | Method for Controlling An Automated Friction Clutch | Mario Jung, Cedric Kieffer, Bjoern Stehle | Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG | 05/28/2013 |
| 8,875,382 | Software/Business Method | 2014 | Method of Assembling Superconductor Bearing | Stefan Glueck | Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG | 11/04/2014 |
| 8,892,322 | Software/Business Method | 2014 | Clutch Parameters | Erhard Hodrus | Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG | 11/18/2014 |
| 7,590,581 | Software/Business Method | 2009 | Computer Based System for Pricing An Index-Offset Deposit Product | Richard C. Payne, John A. Rose, Marc G. Verrier | Genesis Financial Products, Inc. | 09/15/2009 |
| 9,014,255 | Software/Business Method | 2015 | System and Method for Identifying Unique Portions of Videos with Validation and Predictive Scene Changes | Stuart Schweid, Raja Bala, Yonghui Zhao | Xerox Corporation | 04/21/2015 |
| 7,386,500 | Software/Business Method | 2008 | Computer Based System for Valuing and Hedging Customized Indexed Call Option | Richard C. Payne | Genesis Financial Products, Inc. | 06/10/2008 |
| 11,112,966 | Software/Business Method | 2021 | Touchscreen Display Including Repositionable Virtual Input | Douglas K. Herrmann, Erwin Ruiz, Kirk V. Pothos | Xerox Corporation | 09/07/2021 |
| 11,227,467 | Software/Business Method | 2022 | Information Processing Apparatus Executable in a User Selectable Medium of Exchange | Kazuki Emori | Universal Entertainment Corporation | 01/18/2022 |
| 7,970,642 | Software/Business Method | 2011 | Computer Based System to Generate Data for Implementing Regional and Metropolitan Economic, Land Use and Transportation Planning | Alex Anas | 06/28/2011 | |
| 8,065,154 | Software/Business Method | 2011 | Augmentative Communications Device for the Speech Impaired Using Commercial-Grade Technology | Kris Schindler, Michael Buckley | The Research Foundation of State University of New York | 11/22/2011 |
| 9,517,180 | Software/Business Method | 2016 | Apparatus and Method for Non-Intravenously Administering a Medication | Frank M. Goetz, Paul R. Austin | Xerox Corporation | 12/13/2016 |
| 8,220,897 | Software/Business Method | 2012 | Computer Based Method and System for Adjusting Page Placement on a Continuous Feed Print Engine | David C. Robinson, Frederick John Ramsey | Xerox Corporation | 07/17/2012 |
| 9,651,141 | Software/Business Method | 2017 | Method for Controlling a Motor Vehicle Transmission | Werner Schmitt | Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG | 05/16/2017 |
| 8,223,350 | Software/Business Method | 2012 | System and Method for Minimizing Visibility of Print Defects | Dale Robert Mashtare, Dan Rene Rasmussen | Xerox Corporation | 07/17/2012 |
| 11,169,912 | Software/Business Method | 2021 | Entity and Relationship Joint Extraction Method Orientated to Software Bug Knowledge | Bin Li, Dingshan Chen, Cheng Zhou, Xiaobing Sun | Yangzhou University | 11/09/2021 |
| 7,808,921 | Software/Business Method | 2010 | Bridging Centrality: A Concept and Formula to Identify Bridging Nodes in Scale-Free Networks | Aidong Zhang, Murali Ramanathan, Woo-Chang Hwang, Young-Rae Cho | The Research Foundation of State University of New York | 10/05/2010 |
| 9,640,084 | Software/Business Method | 2017 | Computer-Based System and Method for Creating Customized Medical Video Information Using Crowd Sourcing | Stuart Schweid, Beilei Xu, Michael P. Kehoe, Lee Anne Williams, Robert P. Loce | Xerox Corporation | 05/02/2017 |
| 11,386,136 | Software/Business Method | 2022 | Automatic Construction Method of Software Bug Knowledge Graph | Bin Li, Dingshan Chen, Xiaobing Sun | Yangzhou University | 07/12/2022 |
| RE46,767 | Software/Business Method | 2018 | Gaming Machine Allowing Selection of Stopping Order of Reels for Sustaining Player's Anticipation, and Control Method Thereof | Nakayasu Tsukahara | Universal Entertainment Corporation | 03/27/2018 |
| 10,565,820 | Software/Business Method | 2020 | Game Information Analysis System | Kengo Takeda | Universal Entertainment Corporation | 02/18/2020 |
| 10,573,125 | Software/Business Method | 2020 | Game Information Analysis System | Kengo Takeda | Universal Entertainment Corporation | 02/25/2020 |
| 7,904,408 | Software/Business Method | 2011 | Method and System for Monitoring Innovation Activity | Thomas J. Colson, Samuel C. Baxter | IP.com I, LLC | 03/08/2011 |
| 5,058,182 | Software/Business Method | 1991 | Method and Apparatus for Handwritten Character Recognition | Chih-Chau Kuan, Jonathan J. Hull, Sargur N. Srihari | The Research Foundation of State Univ. of New York | 10/15/1991 |
| 12,045,565 | Software/Business Method | 2024 | Information Provision System and Information Provision Method | Takuo Henmi, Junichi Sato | Universal Entertainment Corporation | 07/23/2024 |
| 7,827,164 | Software/Business Method | 2010 | System for Obtaining, Managing, and Providing Retrieved Content and a System Thereof | Linda M. Stevenson | LucidityWorks, LLC | 11/02/2010 |
| 9,020,834 | Software/Business Method | 2015 | System And Method To Control On-Demand Marketing Campaigns And Personalized Trajectories In Hyper-Local Domains | Shanmuganathan Gnanasambandam, Michael R. Furst, Naveen Sharma | Xerox Corporation | 04/28/2015 |
| 12,236,738 | Software/Business Method | 2025 | Management Server | Jun Haishima | Universal Entertainment Corporation | 02/25/2025 |
| 10,393,711 | Software/Business Method | 2019 | System and Method for Identifying and Distinguishing Materials, Method for Identifying or Distinguishing Materials, and Measuring Device for Recording Material Properties of Materials | Stefan Nettesheim | Maschinenfabrik Reinhausen GmbH | 08/27/2019 |
| 10,445,834 | Software/Business Method | 2019 | Method and System for Adaptive Construction of Optimal Portfolio with Leverage Constraint and Optional Guarantees | Richard C. Payne | Genesis Financial Development, Inc. | 10/15/2019 |
