Joe Manico

Joe Manico’s career began with the Eastman Kodak Company in 1975 and about 10 years later he moved to Kodak’s Research & Development Labs and began collaborating with other inventors and filing patents on new inventions. The patent portfolio he contributed to includes inventions in digital image processing, film and digital cameras, innovative digital displays, printers, and print finishing systems.  In 2013 he was identified as one of the primary contributors to the Kodak Patent Portfolio which was sold in $525M.  After the sale he joined Kodak Alaris as a Research Scientist and continue to help protect corporate research investments with intellectual property.

Patent Portfolio Statistics:

• Contributed to 249 Granted US Patents
• Assignees Include – Eastman Kodak, Kodak Alaris, Apple, and Carestream Health
• Forward Citation Counts: Portfolio Average: 26 per patent, 12 Patent >100, 1 >500
• Issuance rate exceeds 90%

Awards:

• Received the Eastman Kodak “President’s Award” in 2014 for reaching the 200-patent milestone.
• Recognized by “The Society for Imaging Science and Technology” in 2008 as one of Rochester’s most prolific “Imaging Inventors”.
• Received the Eastman Kodak “Century Award” in 2003 for reaching the 100-patent milestone.
• Received the first “Burnham Award for Innovation Excellence”.
• Inducted into Kodak Research Lab’s Distinguished Inventors Gallery in 1995.