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Fred Chu — 34 Patents

ADAdtran: 33 patents #4 of 346Top 2%
Madison, AL: #12 of 715 inventorsTop 2%
Alabama: #87 of 10,951 inventorsTop 1%
Overall (All Time): #100,737 of 4,157,543Top 3%
34 Patents All Time
Fred Chu has been granted 34 US patents while listed as an inventor at Adtran. The first was granted in 2001 and the most recent in July 2025. Fred Chu ranks #100,737 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 2.4%). Patent records list Fred Chu in Madison, AL, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2001 to 2025Bar chart with a peak of 4 patents in 2015.peak 42001: 1 patents20012003: 2 patents2004: 2 patents20042005: 2 patents2006: 2 patents20062007: 1 patents2008: 1 patents20082009: 3 patents2012: 2 patents20122013: 1 patents2014: 3 patents20142015: 4 patents2016: 3 patents20162017: 2 patents2018: 2 patents20182019: 1 patents2023: 1 patents20232025: 1 patents2025

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 34 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12375126 Coordination of DPUs in a crosstalk environment Martin Kuipers 2025-07-29
11567282 Fiber access extension over power line drop 2023-01-31
10291382 Initializing communication for multiple transceivers 2019-05-14 $6,881,000
10122641 Systems and methods for bonding multiple data links with differential delay Martin Kuipers, Richard L. Goodson 2018-11-06 $3,029,000
9912376 Managing crosstalk in vectored transmissions Martin Kuipers, Richard L. Goodson 2018-03-06 $2,717,000
9742905 Communication systems and methods for using shared channels to increase peak data rates Kevin W. Schneider, Kenneth D. Ko, Richard L. Goodson 2017-08-22 $2,968,000
9692481 Systems and methods for communicating among network distribution points Kenneth D. Ko 2017-06-27 $5,276,000
9503185 Systems and methods for communications across drop connections Daniel M. Joffe, Richard L. Goodson 2016-11-22 $6,579,000
9432169 Systems and methods for power optimized framing Richard L. Goodson, Martin Kuipers 2016-08-30 $5,707,000
9294212 Systems and methods for avoiding crosstalk Martin Kuipers, Richard L. Goodson 2016-03-22 $6,312,000
9191495 Systems and methods for communicating vectoring streams in multi-card vectoring groups Richard L. Goodson, Arlynn Wayne Wilson 2015-11-17 $1,296,000
9143195 Systems and methods for communicating among network distribution points Kenneth D. Ko, Richard L. Goodson, Kevin W. Schneider 2015-09-22 $2,628,000
9088642 Systems and methods for handling crosstalk vectoring failures in multi-card vectoring groups Richard L. Goodson, Arlynn Wayne Wilson 2015-07-21 $5,804,000
9083785 Systems and methods selectively excluding tones from vectoring Richard L. Goodson, Arlynn Wayne Wilson 2015-07-14 $1,359,000
8854942 Systems and methods for bypassing failed line cards in multi-card vectoring groups Richard L. Goodson, Arlynn Wayne Wilson 2014-10-07 $2,331,000
8854943 Systems and methods for adjusting time slots of vectoring streams based on bit loading Richard L. Goodson, Arlynn Wayne Wilson, Kevin W. Schneider 2014-10-07 $2,331,000
8767921 System and method for detecting anomalies along telecommunication lines Gary D. Hunt, Lee T. Gusler, Jr. 2014-07-01 $4,521,000
8582425 Systems and methods for cancelling crosstalk in satellite access devices Michael D. Turner, Arlynn Wayne Wilson 2013-11-12 $4,985,000
8242785 System and method for detecting anomalies along telecommunication lines Gary D. Hunt, Lee T. Gusler, Jr. 2012-08-14 $5,935,000
8208604 Systems and methods for diagnosing anomalies along bonded loop communication media Philip David Williams 2012-06-26 $7,092,000
7634032 System and method for detecting non-linear distortion of signals communicated across telecommunication lines Michael D. Turner 2009-12-15 $10,324,000
7624314 Echo canceler-based mechanism for performing and reporting fault diagnostic testing of repeatered telecommunication line 2009-11-24 $9,859,000
7483481 System and method for adaptively updating precoder taps Ayman Ghobrial, Michael D. Turner, Kevin W. Schneider 2009-01-27 $8,795,000
7460498 System and method for detecting anomalies along telecommunication lines Gary D. Hunt, Lee T. Gusler, Jr. 2008-12-02 $7,215,000
7174488 Echo canceler-based mechanism for performing and reporting fault diagnostic testing of repeatered telecommunication line 2007-02-06 $10,520,000