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Nicholas A. Schmitz — 13 Patents

AMD: 6 patents #2,161 of 9,280Top 25%
GE: 4 patents #8,262 of 36,430Top 25%
LSLattice Semiconductor: 2 patents #213 of 544Top 40%
Shell Oil Compny: 1 patents #2,223 of 4,423Top 55%
Liverpool, NY: #35 of 425 inventorsTop 9%
New York: #11,463 of 115,490 inventorsTop 10%
Overall (All Time): #362,438 of 4,157,543Top 9%
13 Patents All Time
Nicholas A. Schmitz has been granted 13 US patents while listed as an inventor at AMD. The first was granted in 1981 and the most recent in August 2006. Nicholas A. Schmitz ranks #362,438 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 8.7%). Patent records list Nicholas A. Schmitz in Liverpool, NY, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1981 to 2006Bar chart with a peak of 2 patents in 1981.peak 21981: 2 patents19811983: 1 patents1984: 1 patents19841991: 1 patents1992: 1 patents19921993: 1 patents1996: 1 patents19961998: 1 patents1999: 1 patents19992003: 1 patents2004: 1 patents20042006: 1 patents2006

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–13 of 13 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
7099782 Vibration analysis for predictive maintenance in machinery Leith Patrick Hitchcock 2006-08-29
6753696 Programmable optimized-distribution logic allocator for a high-density complex PLD Om P. Agrawal, Bradley A. Sharpe-Geisler 2004-06-22 $7,391,000
6531890 Programmable optimized-distribution logic allocator for a high-density complex PLD Om P. Agrawal, Bradley A. Sharpe-Geisler 2003-03-11 $13,006,000
5869981 High density programmable logic device Om P. Agrawal, George Landers, Jerry D. Moench, Kerry A. Ilgenstein 1999-02-09 $3,120,000
5811987 Block clock and initialization circuit for a complex high density PLD Benjamin H. Ashmore, Jr., Jeffery Mark Marshall, Bryon Irwin Moyer, John D. Porter, Bradley A. Sharpe-Geisler 1998-09-22 $3,273,000
5521529 Very high-density complex programmable logic devices with a multi-tiered hierarchical switch matrix and optimized flexible logic allocation Om P. Agrawal, Bradley A. Sharpe-Geisler, Bryon Irwin Moyer 1996-05-28 $7,738,000
5225719 Family of multiple segmented programmable logic blocks interconnected by a high speed centralized switch matrix Om P. Agrawal, George Landers, Jerry D. Moench, Kerry A. Ilgenstein 1993-07-06 $27,041,000
5128871 Apparatus and method for allocation of resoures in programmable logic devices 1992-07-07 $2,733,000
5015884 Multiple array high performance programmable logic device family Om P. Agrawal, George Landers, Jerry D. Moench, Kerry A. Ilgenstein 1991-05-14 $4,455,000
4475280 Method of making an integrated circuit incorporating low voltage and high voltage semiconductor devices Louis J. Ragonese, Saverio F. Bevacqua, King Owyang 1984-10-09 $5,399,000
4412142 Integrated circuit incorporating low voltage and high voltage semiconductor devices Louis J. Ragonese, Saverio F. Bevacqua, King Owyang 1983-10-25 $11,323,000
4259716 Transformer for use in a static inverter James E. Harris, Robert J. McFadyen, William Peil 1981-03-31 $3,776,000
4245177 Inverter for operating a gaseous discharge lamp 1981-01-13 $1,915,000