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2022
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AT&T
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William Cottrill
WC
William Cottrill
— 7 Patents in 2022
AT
AT&T
:
7
patents
#63
of
1,119
Top 6%
Canton, GA
:
#3
of
42
inventors
Top 8%
Georgia
:
#75
of
4,233
inventors
Top 2%
Overall
(2022):
#14,389
of
548,613
Top 3%
7
Patents 2022
Issued Patents
2022
Showing
1–7
of
7
patents
Patent #
Title
Co-Inventors
Date
Approx Value ⓘ
11432219
Mobile device display of federated wireless access point networks for 5G or other next generation network
Natalia Schenck
,
Sheldon Kent Meredith
2022-08-30
$36,633,000
11403430
Secure CPU architecture using encryption of return addresses
Sheldon Kent Meredith
,
Peter Hardie
2022-08-02
$58,163,000
11398986
Controlling data rate based on domain and radio usage history
Sheldon Kent Meredith
,
John Pastore
2022-07-26
$54,719,000
11381484
Dynamically requesting mobile devices to report network information
Sheldon Kent Meredith
,
Biren Parekh
2022-07-05
$35,153,000
11336959
Method and apparatus for enhancing audience engagement via a communication network
Sheldon Kent Meredith
,
Brandon B. Hilliard
2022-05-17
$46,123,000
11240305
Task allocation among devices in a distributed data storage system
Sheldon Kent Meredith
,
Juliette Zerick
2022-02-01
$52,963,000
11218403
Methods, devices and systems for determining a target path in a network
Sheldon Kent Meredith
,
Zachary Meredith
2022-01-04
$47,979,000
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