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Stephen J. Richards — 8 Patents

Broadcom: 5 patents #2,119 of 9,346Top 25%
Rolls-Royce Plc: 1 patents #1,830 of 2,886Top 65%
Anaheim, CA: #135 of 1,337 inventorsTop 15%
California: #74,834 of 386,348 inventorsTop 20%
Overall (All Time): #600,572 of 4,157,543Top 15%
8 Patents All Time
Stephen J. Richards has been granted 8 US patents while listed as an inventor at Broadcom. The first was granted in 1992 and the most recent in June 2015. Stephen J. Richards ranks #600,572 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 14.4%). Patent records list Stephen J. Richards in Anaheim, CA, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1992 to 2015Bar chart with a peak of 3 patents in 2014.peak 31992: 1 patents19921995: 1 patents19951996: 1 patents19962013: 1 patents20132014: 3 patents20142015: 1 patents2015

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–8 of 8 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
9072035 Method and system for task mapping based on corresponding virtual modem identifiers in an operating system for virtual modems within a multi-SIM multi-standby communication device Zhijun Gong, Xiaoxin Qiu, Yuan Liu, Yaxin Cao, Yongqian Wang 2015-06-30 $12,193,000
8908579 Communication protocol technique for improving data throughput Yuan Liu, Sethuraman Gurumoorthy, Yaxin Cao, Giridhar Pattaswamy, Navin K. Karra +1 more 2014-12-09 $3,888,000
8874167 Method and system for multi-standby operation for a multi-SIM multi-standby communication device Xiaoxin Qiu, Yuan Liu, Yaxin Cao, Zhijun Gong, Yongqian Wang 2014-10-28 $3,290,000
8725212 Virtual modem suspension handler in multiple SIM user equipment Giridhar Pattaswamy, Navin K. Karra, Abhishek Pandit 2014-05-13 $3,310,000
8526946 Periodic registration updates for multiple SIM user equipment Giridhar Pattaswamy, Navin K. Karra, Abhishek Pandit, Yuan Liu, Yaxin Cao +1 more 2013-09-03 $4,343,000
5564898 Gas turbine engine and a diffuser therefor Gabriel Simmonds, John E. Hatfield 1996-10-15
D359666 Sand comb 1995-06-27
5125459 Apparatus for smoothing granular material 1992-06-30