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Robert M. Best — 28 Patents

ATAT&T: 7 patents #2,622 of 18,772Top 15%
Dallas, TX: #194 of 7,543 inventorsTop 3%
Texas: #4,355 of 125,132 inventorsTop 4%
Overall (All Time): #134,628 of 4,157,543Top 4%
28 Patents All Time
Robert M. Best has been granted 28 US patents while listed as an inventor at AT&T. The first was granted in 1981 and the most recent in February 2021. Robert M. Best ranks #134,628 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 3.2%). Patent records list Robert M. Best in Dallas, TX, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1981 to 2021Bar chart with a peak of 5 patents in 2008.peak 51981: 2 patents19811982: 2 patents1984: 3 patents19841986: 1 patents1994: 1 patents19941995: 4 patents2005: 2 patents20052007: 1 patents2008: 5 patents20082017: 1 patents2018: 4 patents20182020: 1 patents2021: 1 patents2021

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 28 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
10929403 Dynamic data threading system Muralidhar Siddabathula, Sreelatha Bandla, David H. Lu, Kenneth A. Williams 2021-02-23 $57,070,000
10652720 Methods, systems, and products for security services Ted Fick, Hendrik Hofman, Timothy Plattner, Balaji Puli 2020-05-12 $40,656,000
10097427 Service assurance platform as a user-defined service Zhiqiang Qian, David H. Lu, Michael Zinnikas 2018-10-09 $47,259,000
10015659 Methods, systems, and products for security services Ted Fick, Hendrik Hofman, Timothy Plattner, Balaji Puli 2018-07-03 $58,689,000
9882789 Service assurance platform as a user-defined service Zhiqiang Qian, David H. Lu, Michael Zinnikas 2018-01-30 $42,626,000
9860728 Methods, systems, and products for security services Ted Fick, Hendrik Hofman, Timothy Plattner, Balaji Puli 2018-01-02 $33,152,000
9743263 Methods, systems, and products for security services Ted Fick, Hendrik Hofman, Timothy Plattner, Balaji Puli 2017-08-22 $34,128,000
7445549 Networked portable and console game systems 2008-11-04
7371163 3D portable game system 2008-05-13
7347780 Game system and game programs 2008-03-25
7350081 Secure execution of downloaded software 2008-03-25
7326117 Networked video game systems 2008-02-05
7278031 Secure distribution of portable game software 2007-10-02
6966837 Linked portable and video game systems 2005-11-22
6921336 Linked electronic game systems 2005-07-26
5393070 Talking video games with parallel montage 1995-02-28
5393071 Talking video games with cooperative action 1995-02-28
5393072 Talking video games with vocal conflict 1995-02-28
5393073 Talking video games 1995-02-28
5358259 Talking video games 1994-10-25
4569026 TV Movies that talk back 1986-02-04
4465901 Crypto microprocessor that executes enciphered programs 1984-08-14
4445187 Video games with voice dialog 1984-04-24
4433207 Cryptographic decoder for computer programs 1984-02-21
4333152 TV Movies that talk back 1982-06-01