Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025
FS

Francis Shen — 17 Patents

ALAastra Technologies Limited: 12 patents #1 of 17Top 6%
MNMitel Networks: 4 patents #36 of 257Top 15%
TSTt Systems: 2 patents #1 of 11Top 10%
Overall (All Time): #263,971 of 4,157,543Top 7%
17 Patents All Time
Francis Shen has been granted 17 US patents while listed as an inventor at Aastra Technologies Limited. The first was granted in 1996 and the most recent in June 2017. Francis Shen ranks #263,971 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 6.3%). Patent records list Francis Shen in Concord, NS, CA.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1996 to 2017Bar chart with a peak of 7 patents in 2000.peak 71996: 1 patents19962000: 7 patents20002001: 1 patents20012002: 4 patents20022015: 1 patents20152016: 1 patents20162017: 2 patents2017

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–17 of 17 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
9674286 Collaboration system and method Paulo Francisco 2017-06-06 $3,717,000
9648279 Method and system for video communication Paulo Francisco, David Sayson, Stephane Angelot, Keith Huthmacher, Lloyd Hucke 2017-05-09 $6,416,000
9241129 Video calls for external networks Paulo Francisco 2016-01-19 $7,022,000
9035991 Collaboration system and method Paulo Francisco 2015-05-19 $7,670,000
D464636 Telephone set Silviu Tanase 2002-10-22
D463390 Telephone set Silviu Tanase 2002-09-24
D461462 Telephone set Silviu Tanase 2002-08-13
D460954 Telephone set Silviu Tanase 2002-07-30
D449594 Screen portion for telephone set Silviu Tanase 2001-10-23
D435040 Corner indicator for caller ID display device Peter Welch 2000-12-12
6061438 Extension-in-use exclusion apparatus Anthony P. Shen, Grigor K. Kotzev 2000-05-09
D420672 Caller ID display buttons David Dunn 2000-02-15
D420673 Caller ID display device without a variable extending stand Peter Welch 2000-02-15
D420009 Caller ID display device David Dunn 2000-02-01
D419566 Caller ID display stand extension David Dunn 2000-01-25
D418516 Angled stand for caller ID display device Peter Welch 2000-01-04
5481594 Audio caller identification unit Anthony P. Shen, Eric Edwards, Gerrard B. Schmid, Grigor K. Kotzev 1996-01-02