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Gte Communication Systems
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Gte Communication Systems
— 200 Patents
Rank
(All Time):
#3,714
of
105,732
Top 4%
135
inventors
200
Patents All Time
Patents per Year
Patents granted per year, 1985 to 2011
Bar chart with a peak of 60 patents in 1987.
peak 60
1985: 23 patents
1985
1986: 59 patents
1986
1987: 60 patents
1987
1988: 42 patents
1988
1989: 11 patents
1989
1990: 1 patents
1990
2000: 1 patents
2000
2001: 1 patents
2001
2002: 1 patents
2002
2011: 1 patents
2011
Top Inventors at Gte Communication Systems
All Time
Showing
1–50
of
135
inventors
Rank
Name
Patents
1
William A. Reimer
13
2
Eduard F. B. Boeckmann
12
3
Thomas D. Belanger, Jr.
9
#4
James B. Black
7
#4
John Maliskas
7
#6
Peter S. Bernardson
6
#7
Edwin P. Crabbe, Jr.
5
#7
Joseph A. Conforti
5
#7
Karl E. Pommer, II
5
#7
Robert E. Renner
5
#7
Tom L. Blackburn
5
#12
Jeffrey Patrick Mills
4
#12
Louis W. Smith
4
#12
Max S. Macrander
4
#12
Robert H. Beeman
4
#12
Robert G. Thomson
4
#12
Wayne E. Neese
4
#12
William E. Stepan
4
#19
David L. Vonder
3
#19
Francesco Sacca
3
#19
George K. Tarleton
3
#19
Gulay Sencer
3
#19
James V. Koppensteiner
3
#19
Miklos J. Kollanyi
3
#19
Michael D. Martys
3
#19
Robert J. Abrant
3
#19
Robert V. Burns
3
#19
Steve S. Gorshe
3
#29
A. Lee Walsh
2
#29
Antonio Rahimzad
2
#29
Anthony Traina
2
#29
Bernard D. Bray
2
#29
Chieh-Pin Chang
2
#29
Charles K. Kubik
2
#29
David J. Farrell
2
#29
Ernest E. Blondeau, Jr.
2
#29
Friedrich Stadelmayer
2
#29
George M. Janda
2
#29
Gregor D. McGibbon
2
#29
Hubertus Notohamiprodjo
2
#29
John Csapo
2
#29
Johannes Draayer
2
#29
John M. Huft
2
#29
John E. Kaczkos
2
#29
John Stewart Young
2
#29
Kothandaraman S. Ravindhran
2
#29
Leo V. Jones, Jr.
2
#29
Man S. Lee
2
#29
Michael D. Mitchell
2
#29
Milan Zrnich
2
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