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Tim L. Zhang — 16 Patents

CCCompaq Computer: 8 patents #122 of 1,604Top 8%
HP: 7 patents #2,783 of 16,619Top 20%
IBM: 1 patents #44,878 of 70,183Top 65%
Spring, TX: #185 of 2,039 inventorsTop 10%
Texas: #9,126 of 125,132 inventorsTop 8%
Overall (All Time): #284,196 of 4,157,543Top 7%
16 Patents All Time
Tim L. Zhang has been granted 16 US patents while listed as an inventor at Compaq Computer. The first was granted in 1999 and the most recent in April 2008. Tim L. Zhang ranks #284,196 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 6.8%). Patent records list Tim L. Zhang in Spring, TX, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1999 to 2008Bar chart with a peak of 4 patents in 2001.peak 41999: 1 patents19992000: 3 patents20002001: 4 patents20012002: 1 patents20022003: 1 patents20032004: 2 patents20042005: 1 patents20052006: 2 patents20062008: 1 patents2008

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–16 of 16 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
7353416 Wireless access point seek mode for wireless access clients Jeffrey Kevin Jeansonne, James L. Mondshine, Jeffrey C. Parker 2008-04-01 $16,243,000
7103698 Docking alignment sensor Robert C. Hurbanis, Jr., Dan V. Forlenza, Jeffrey Kevin Jeansonne 2006-09-05 $6,395,000
7028128 Port replication in an electronic device that allows for a single network controller Robert C. Hurbanis, Jr., Richard S. Lin, Jeff Jeansonne, John Chow 2006-04-11 $7,307,000
6881098 System and method for selectively communicatively coupling and transmitting power between an electronic device and a peripheral component Jeffrey Kevin Jeansonne, Earl W. Moore 2005-04-19 $12,297,000
6792480 Status display being visible in a closed position and displaying a track number during play mode comprising a reduced power of a system Craig L. Chaiken, James L. Mondshine, Daniel V. Forlenza, Mark J. Schlaffer 2004-09-14 $6,321,000
6704811 Audio CD play controller for controlling a CD-rom drive independent of system bios of a computer system William E. Jacobs, Daniel V. Forlenza, James L. Mondshine, Gregory B. Memo, Kevin R. Frost +1 more 2004-03-09 $13,217,000
6654827 Portable computer system with an operating system-independent digital data player Pablo Salazar, J. Luke Mondshine, Eric M. Kilponen 2003-11-25 $10,437,000
6393499 Providing an audio track number to a status display of a portable computer system which is in an audio compact disk play mode Craig L. Chaiken, James L. Mondshine, Daniel V. Forlenza, Mark J. Schlaffer 2002-05-21
6279056 Computer system capable of playing audio CDs in a CD-ROM drive independent of an operating system Bill Jacobs, Dan V. Forlenza, James L. Mondshine, Greg B. Memo, Kevin R. Frost +1 more 2001-08-21 $36,260,000
6266714 Audio CD play subsystem capable for playing audio CDs in a CD-ROM drive during computer system is in power-off state William E. Jacobs, Daniel V. Forlenza, James L. Mondshine, Gregory B. Memo, Kevin R. Frost +1 more 2001-07-24 $88,371,000
6195713 Polling and displaying updated audio disk track number in a portable computer Craig L. Chaiken, James L. Mondshine, Daniel V. Forlenza, Mark J. Schlaffer 2001-02-27 $68,604,000
6179432 Lighting system for a keyboard Jeffrey Kevin Jeansonne 2001-01-30 $138,971,000
6151008 Method and apparatus for controlling the brightness of a display screen 2000-11-21 $105,549,000
6122277 Parallel computer network broadcasting and acknowledgement Derrick LeRoy Garmire, Donald G. Grice 2000-09-19 $39,208,000
6116767 Displaying audio disk track number in portable computer system Craig L. Chaiken, James L. Mondshine, Daniel V. Forlenza, Mark J. Schlaffer 2000-09-12 $78,611,000
6006285 Computer system capable of playing audio CDs in a CD-ROM drive independent of an operating system William E. Jacobs, Daniel V. Forlenza, James L. Mondshine, Gregory B. Memo, Kevin R. Frost +1 more 1999-12-21 $144,928,000