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Robert Edward Liston — 10 Patents

Cisco: 8 patents #1,771 of 13,007Top 15%
TJTellabs San Jose: 2 patents #12 of 55Top 25%
Menlo Park, CA: #833 of 3,774 inventorsTop 25%
California: #61,378 of 386,348 inventorsTop 20%
Overall (All Time): #481,000 of 4,157,543Top 15%
10 Patents All Time
Robert Edward Liston has been granted 10 US patents while listed as an inventor at Cisco. The first was granted in 2004 and the most recent in July 2025. Robert Edward Liston ranks #481,000 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 11.6%). Patent records list Robert Edward Liston in Menlo Park, CA, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2004 to 2025Bar chart with a peak of 2 patents in 2018.peak 22004: 1 patents20042008: 1 patents20082018: 2 patents20182021: 2 patents20212023: 1 patents20232024: 2 patents20242025: 1 patents2025

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–10 of 10 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12348283 Wireless reliability for devices in motion Wai-tian Tan, Herbert M. Wildfeuer 2025-07-01
11984947 Wireless reliability for devices in motion Wai-tian Tan, Herbert M. Wildfeuer 2024-05-14 $47,359,000
11936453 Forward predictive precoded MIMO John Graybeal, Paul Anthony Polakos, Wai-tian Tan, Xiaoqing Zhu 2024-03-19 $59,120,000
11652513 Wireless reliability for devices in motion Wai-tian Tan, Herbert M. Wildfeuer 2023-05-16 $56,979,000
11070301 Learning-based wireless transmission parameter adaptation based on client activity detection Shi Su, Kaidong Wang, Wai-tian Tan, Xiaoqing Zhu 2021-07-20 $38,094,000
11005697 Orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing equalization using deep neural network John G. Apostolopoulos 2021-05-11 $58,663,000
10096123 Method and device for establishing correspondence between objects in a multi-image source environment Xiaoqing Zhu, Wai-tian Tan 2018-10-09 $46,994,000
9904883 Method and apparatus for tracking assets in one or more optical domains Wai-tian Tan, John G. Apostolopoulos 2018-02-27 $68,242,000
7400638 Apparatus and methods for managing packets in a broadband data stream Joe Keirouz, Simeon Ngo Sy 2008-07-15 $7,562,000
6741562 Apparatus and methods for managing packets in a broadband data stream Joe Keirouz, Simeon Ngo Sy 2004-05-25 $19,705,000