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Edward H. Frank — 84 Patents

Broadcom: 42 patents #166 of 9,346Top 2%
Oracle: 31 patents #211 of 14,854Top 2%
ATAres Technologies: 2 patents #4 of 11Top 40%
NBNxp B.V.: 2 patents #1,098 of 3,591Top 35%
FIFirstperson: 2 patents #1 of 4Top 25%
Apple: 1 patents #12,397 of 18,612Top 70%
CUCarnegie Mellon University: 1 patents #637 of 1,507Top 45%
APAvago Technologies General Ip (Singapore) Pte.: 1 patents #883 of 2,004Top 45%
Atherton, CA: #13 of 431 inventorsTop 4%
California: #3,153 of 386,348 inventorsTop 1%
Overall (All Time): #20,511 of 4,157,543Top 1%
84 Patents All Time
Edward H. Frank has been granted 84 US patents while listed as an inventor at Broadcom. The first was granted in 1984 and the most recent in June 2024. Edward H. Frank ranks #20,511 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 0.49%). Patent records list Edward H. Frank in Atherton, CA, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1984 to 2024Bar chart with a peak of 7 patents in 2000.peak 71984: 1 patents19841992: 1 patents1993: 3 patents1994: 1 patents19941995: 6 patents1996: 3 patents1997: 2 patents19971998: 2 patents1999: 6 patents2000: 7 patents20002001: 4 patents2002: 3 patents2004: 2 patents20042005: 1 patents2006: 2 patents2007: 4 patents20072008: 3 patents2010: 5 patents2011: 3 patents20112012: 6 patents2013: 5 patents2014: 5 patents20142015: 4 patents2017: 2 patents2018: 1 patents20182022: 1 patents2024: 1 patents2024

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 84 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12021979 Biometric scanner apparatus and methods for its use Christian Wentz 2024-06-25
11456865 Biometric scanner apparatus and methods for its use Christian Wentz 2022-09-27
9936384 Systems and methods for providing security to different functions Mark Buer, Jeyhan Karaoguz 2018-04-03 $7,187,000
9668299 Multi-mode WLAN/PAN MAC Jeyhan Karaoguz, Eric Ojard 2017-05-30 $30,213,000
9609024 Method and system for policy based authentication 2017-03-28 $7,034,000
9215593 Systems and methods for providing security to different functions Mark Buer, Jeyhan Karaoguz 2015-12-15 $10,357,000
9125303 Power supply input routing Kevin S. Fetterman, Kathleen A. Bergeron, John Field, Michelle Goldberg, Harsha Lakshmanan +4 more 2015-09-01 $86,742,000
9032192 Method and system for policy based authentication 2015-05-12 $5,579,000
9025582 Low power protocol for wireless terminal peer-to-peer communications Stephen Palm, Bruce E. Edwards, Jason A. Trachewsky 2015-05-05 $5,680,000
8909932 Method and apparatus for security over multiple interfaces Mark Buer 2014-12-09 $3,888,000
8856529 Systems and methods for providing security to different functions Mark Buer, Jeyhan Karaoguz 2014-10-07 $3,070,000
8798121 High speed data bus for communicating between wireless interface devices of a host device Prasanna Desai, Mark Gonikberg, Brima Ibrahim 2014-08-05 $3,657,000
8768253 Synchronized UWB piconets for SOP (simultaneously operating piconet) performance Jeyhan Karaoguz, Eric Ojard 2014-07-01 $3,736,000
8644763 Cooperative transceiving between wireless interface devices of a host device Brima Ibrahim 2014-02-04 $3,722,000
8600356 Authentication in a roaming environment Mark Buer, Jeyhan Karoguz 2013-12-03 $2,791,000
8584200 Multiple time outs for applications in a mobile device 2013-11-12 $2,632,000
8553666 Low power protocol for wireless terminal peer-to-peer communications Stephen Palm, Bruce E. Edwards, Jason A. Trachewsky 2013-10-08 $3,890,000
8464052 Systems and methods for providing security to different functions Mark Buer, Jeyhan Karaoguz 2013-06-11 $5,551,000
8451816 Multi-mode WLAN/PAN MAC Jeyhan Karaoguz, Eric Ojard 2013-05-28 $3,831,000
8300787 Selective unblocking of caller ID based on security level 2012-10-30
8281132 Method and apparatus for security over multiple interfaces Mark Buer 2012-10-02 $6,840,000
8243701 Low power protocol for wireless terminal peer-to-peer communications Stephen Palm, Bruce E. Edwards, Jason A. Trachewsky 2012-08-14 $6,886,000
8208449 Multi-mode WLAN/PAN MAC Jeyhan Karaoguz, Eric Ojard 2012-06-26 $3,832,000
8190124 Authentication in a roaming environment Mark Buer, Jeyhan Karoguz 2012-05-29 $4,147,000
8170484 Synchronized UWB piconets for SOP (simultaneously operating piconet) performance Jeyhan Karaoguz, Eric Ojard 2012-05-01 $2,857,000