Centurion Patentors as of September 2, 2025
Welcome to September 2, 2025. This week, we aim to celebrate the centurion patentors who have reached noteworthy milestones in their fields.

Jeremy R Fox
Platform Lead CIO FileNet | Senior Program Manager | IBM Master Inventor | PMP | IBM Academy of Technology Member.
Patent №: 12405124 – Digital twin simulation for transportation.

A processor uses digital twin simulation to evaluate how different vehicles could transport an object under given conditions, then selects the vehicle that best optimizes the outcome.

Patent №: 12404044 – Reducing package vibration during transportation by initiating mobile vehicles based on computer analysis. A package delivery system uses unmanned vehicles with inflatable units to track package positions and inflate supports where needed to reduce vibration and prevent movement during transit.

Philip Rodney Kwok
Senior manager with diverse experience in R&D, commercially-relevant innovation, robust product design, and development of strategic IP.
Patent №: 12403277 – Acclimization therapy for first time CPAP and NIV users.

A method gradually acclimates users to CPAP therapy by starting at lower pressure and adjusting upward across sessions based on patient or partner feedback.

Johannes Catharinus Hubertus Mulkens
Trusted Technology Expert | Optical & Immersion Lithography Innovator at ASML.
Contributed to key breakthroughs from the first 193-nm system to immersion lithography, driving ASML’s technology leadership.
Patent №: RE50571 – Lithographic apparatus, device manufacturing method, and method of correcting a mask.

A lithographic apparatus uses a mask correction system that alters mask properties by directing radiation onto specific spots, with the ability to adjust multiple areas at once.

Benjamin J Haasl
Process Development Associate Senior Fellow at Boston Scientific with a passion for product and process development focused on design for manufacturability.
Patent №: 12403306 – Electric field shaping leads for treatment of cancer.

An implantable lead delivers shaped electric fields through electrodes to target and treat cancerous tumors.

William Walter Shumway
Sr. Technical Advosor at Halliburton.
Patent №: 12404440 – Environmentally acceptable wellbore stability additiv.

A treatment fluid for oil and gas operations uses nanoparticles to stabilize wellbore walls or form a filtercake that prevents fluid loss, with particle sizes tailored and optionally coated for effectiveness.