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Michael S. Shaffer — 14 Patents

ASAgere Systems: 10 patents #101 of 1,849Top 6%
LSLsi: 4 patents #903 of 3,238Top 30%
Lynnfield, MA: #32 of 205 inventorsTop 20%
Massachusetts: #8,931 of 88,656 inventorsTop 15%
Overall (All Time): #332,869 of 4,157,543Top 9%
14 Patents All Time
Michael S. Shaffer has been granted 14 US patents while listed as an inventor at Agere Systems. The first was granted in 2004 and the most recent in September 2012. Michael S. Shaffer ranks #332,869 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 8.0%). Patent records list Michael S. Shaffer in Lynnfield, MA, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2004 to 2012Bar chart with a peak of 4 patents in 2012.peak 42004: 3 patents20042005: 1 patents20052009: 2 patents20092010: 2 patents20102011: 2 patents20112012: 4 patents2012

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–14 of 14 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
8270289 Methods and apparatus for system framing synchronization control for a framer/mapper/multiplexor device with 1+1 and equipment protection Cheng Gang Duan, Lin Hua, Tao Wang, Qian Xu 2012-09-18
8249063 Method and apparatus for signal formation with guaranteed consistent overhead insertion Cheng Gang Duan, Lin Hua, Ze Huang, Tao Wang 2012-08-21
8179807 In-band communication of alarm status information in a synchronous transport communication system Cheng Gang Duan, Lin Hua 2012-05-15
8169918 Received information monitor adaptive to multiple monitoring modes in a communication device Cheng Gang Duan, Lin Hua, Ze Huang, Qian Xu 2012-05-01
7944830 Methods and appratus for evaluating a utilization of a system that provides connections using a normalized bandwidth scheme Jay Patrick Wilshire, Harold J. Wilson 2011-05-17
7940808 Communications system with symmetrical interfaces and associated methods Himanshu M. Thaker, Charles A. Webb, III, Lesley Jen-Yuan Wu 2011-05-10
7792132 Framer/mapper/multiplexor device with 1+1 and equipment protection Si Ruo Chen, Chenggang Duan, Lin Hua, Qian Xu 2010-09-07
7742493 Synchronous transport signal mapper with payload extraction and insertion functionality Cheng Gang Duan, Lin Hua 2010-06-22
7489710 Stall need detection and associated stall mechanism for delay compensation in virtual concatenation applications Sameer Gupta, Himanshu M. Thaker 2009-02-10
7486703 Communications system with symmetrical interfaces and associated methods Himanshu M. Thaker, Charles A. Webb, III, Lesley Jen-Yuan Wu 2009-02-03
6909727 Communications system and associated methods with out-of-band control Himanshu M. Thaker, Charles A. Webb, III, Lesley Jen-Yuan Wu 2005-06-21 $9,118,000
6775302 Communications system with symmetrical interfaces and associated methods Himanshu M. Thaker, Charles A. Webb, III, Lesley Jen-Yuan Wu 2004-08-10
6678842 Communications system and associated deskewing methods Himanshu M. Thaker, Charles A. Webb, III, Lesley Jen-Yuan Wu 2004-01-13
6675327 Communications system including lower rate parallel electronics with skew compensation and associated methods Mohammad S. Mobin, Himanshu M. Thaker, Charles A. Webb, III, Lesley Jen-Yuan Wu 2004-01-06