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P. Thomas Watson — 10 Patents

ATAT&T: 7 patents #2,622 of 18,772Top 15%
BPBellsouth Intellectual Property: 3 patents #134 of 749Top 20%
Alpharetta, GA: #238 of 1,936 inventorsTop 15%
Georgia: #3,440 of 35,610 inventorsTop 10%
Overall (All Time): #481,000 of 4,157,543Top 15%
10 Patents All Time
P. Thomas Watson has been granted 10 US patents while listed as an inventor at AT&T. The first was granted in 2002 and the most recent in November 2013. P. Thomas Watson ranks #481,000 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 11.6%). Patent records list P. Thomas Watson in Alpharetta, GA, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2002 to 2013Bar chart with a peak of 2 patents in 2010.peak 22002: 1 patents20022003: 1 patents20032005: 1 patents20052008: 1 patents20082010: 2 patents20102012: 2 patents20122013: 2 patents2013

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–10 of 10 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
8584180 Method to enable cooperative processing and resource sharing between set-top boxes, personal computers, and local devices James Gray, Scott R. Swix 2013-11-12 $16,882,000
8352372 Software conditional access system for a media delivery network Scott R. Swix, Randy Zimler 2013-01-08 $18,115,000
8276179 Method to enable cooperative processing and resource sharing between set-top boxes, personal computers, and local devices James Gray, Scott R. Swix 2012-09-25 $27,202,000
8117324 System and method to remotely manage and audit set top box resources Scott R. Swix, James Gray 2012-02-14 $21,694,000
7792978 System and method to remotely manage and audit set top box resources Scott R. Swix, James Gray 2010-09-07 $32,607,000
7734771 System and method to remotely manage and audit set top box resources Scott R. Swix, James Gray 2010-06-08 $27,860,000
7430753 Method to enable cooperative processing and resource sharing between set-top boxes, personal computers, and local devices James Gray, Scott R. Swix 2008-09-30 $127,077,000
6850202 Motorized antenna pointing device 2005-02-01 $63,028,000
6559806 Motorized antenna pointing device 2003-05-06 $469,154,000
6480161 Motorized antenna pointing device 2002-11-12 $78,506,000