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John S. Thompson — 16 Patents

ATAT&T: 7 patents #2,622 of 18,772Top 15%
Nortel Networks Limited: 2 patents #1,531 of 5,294Top 30%
NTNtrepid: 1 patents #14 of 33Top 45%
BCBoc Health Care: 1 patents #9 of 34Top 30%
SPSpectramed: 1 patents #9 of 16Top 60%
AVAvaya: 1 patents #1,063 of 775Top 140%
PLPlessey Overseas Limited: 1 patents #89 of 263Top 35%
Fujitsu Limited: 1 patents #14,843 of 24,456Top 65%
Chicago, IL: #696 of 13,327 inventorsTop 6%
Illinois: #5,176 of 84,256 inventorsTop 7%
Overall (All Time): #284,196 of 4,157,543Top 7%
16 Patents All Time
John S. Thompson has been granted 16 US patents while listed as an inventor at AT&T. The first was granted in 1985 and the most recent in April 2018. John S. Thompson ranks #284,196 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 6.8%). Patent records list John S. Thompson in Chicago, IL, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1985 to 2018Bar chart with a peak of 2 patents in 1985.peak 21985: 2 patents19851986: 1 patents1987: 1 patents19871990: 2 patents1991: 1 patents19911993: 1 patents1994: 2 patents19942002: 1 patents2003: 1 patents20032004: 1 patents2006: 1 patents20062013: 1 patents2018: 1 patents2018

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–16 of 16 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
9954825 Secure virtual machine Chad Alan Prey, Alexander Ryzhak, Jeff Thompson, Bradley Rintoul, Adam Browning +2 more 2018-04-24
8565175 Out-of-group interference reduction in wireless communication systems Yiwei FANG 2013-10-22
7062468 Licensed digital material distribution system and method James C. Hillegass, Yaobing Deng, Mark Eastom, Richard Fritz, John C. Gateley +8 more 2006-06-13
6725382 Device security mechanism based on registered passwords Melinda M. Thompson 2004-04-20 $21,260,000
6564037 Multi-user detection for antenna array receivers Catherine Zoe Wollaston Hassell Sweatman, Bernard Mulgrew 2003-05-13 $20,828,000
6477161 Downlink beamforming approach for frequency division duplex cellular systems John Hudson 2002-11-05 $9,236,000
5305308 Wireless access telephone-to-telephone network interface architecture Michael J. English, Charles Y. Farwell, Michael Lee Hearn, Richard M. Heidebrecht, David M. Kissel +6 more 1994-04-19
5278892 Mobile telephone system call processing arrangement Brian D. Bolliger, Talmage P. Bursh, Jr., Kelvin Ho, Alan Stuart Mulberg, LaJeana N. Roberts +3 more 1994-01-11
5195090 Wireless access telephone-to-telephone network interface architecture Brian D. Bolliger, Talmage P. Bursh, Jr., Marc K. Dennison, Michael J. English, Charles Y. Farwell +14 more 1993-03-16
5059171 Bubble detection system Burton E. Bridge, William T. Lemons 1991-10-22
4941475 Thermodilution by heat exchange Wilbur R. Williams, Gene A. Bornzin 1990-07-17
4935954 Automated message retrieval system Thomas J. Tierney, Jr. 1990-06-19
4691510 Fuel supply systems Peter Taylor, Alan Clarke 1987-09-08 $172,000
4598358 Pipelined digital signal processor using a common data and control bus James R. Boddie, Renato N. Gadenz 1986-07-01
4539635 Pipelined digital processor arranged for conditional operation James R. Boddie 1985-09-03
4503490 Distributed timing system 1985-03-05