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Michael A. Nelson — 16 Patents

CSCrossroads Systems: 3 patents #18 of 44Top 45%
Tektronix: 3 patents #378 of 1,698Top 25%
IBM: 3 patents #26,335 of 70,183Top 40%
Chevron: 2 patents #1,782 of 4,788Top 40%
BDBlack & Decker: 1 patents #2,388 of 2,745Top 90%
Rochester, MN: #379 of 3,042 inventorsTop 15%
Minnesota: #4,638 of 52,454 inventorsTop 9%
Overall (All Time): #284,196 of 4,157,543Top 7%
16 Patents All Time
Michael A. Nelson has been granted 16 US patents while listed as an inventor at Crossroads Systems. The first was granted in 1991 and the most recent in September 2017. Michael A. Nelson ranks #284,196 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 6.8%). Patent records list Michael A. Nelson in Rochester, MN, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1991 to 2017Bar chart with a peak of 3 patents in 2010.peak 31991: 1 patents19911992: 2 patents2003: 1 patents20032005: 2 patents2008: 1 patents20082009: 1 patents2010: 3 patents20102011: 1 patents2014: 1 patents20142016: 2 patents2017: 1 patents2017

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–16 of 16 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
9772353 Equivalent-time sampling techninque for non-coherently modulated signals John E. Carlson 2017-09-26
9471924 Control of digital media character replacement using personalized rulesets Zachary Adam Garbow, Candace Trielle Pederson 2016-10-18 $1,445,000
9228081 Biological polymeric compositions and methods related thereto Michael J. Riebel 2016-01-05
8683333 Brokering of personalized rulesets for use in digital media character replacement Zachary Adam Garbow, Candace Trielle Pederson 2014-03-25 $4,381,000
7867422 Biological polymeric compositions and methods related thereto Michael J. Riebel 2011-01-11
7746058 Sequential equivalent—time sampling with an asynchronous reference clock Pavel R. Zivny 2010-06-29
7736560 Biological polymeric compositions and methods related thereto 2010-06-15
7646960 Determining chapters based on presentation of a program Zachary Adam Garbow, Kevin G. Paterson 2010-01-12 $8,801,000
7522661 Method of producing a two-dimensional probability density function (PDF) eye diagram and Bit Error Rate eye arrays John E. Carlson 2009-04-21
7333489 System and method for storing frame header data Thomas W. Bucht 2008-02-19
6977897 System and method for jitter compensation in data transfers Thomas W. Bucht 2005-12-20 $403,000
6927511 Generator having dual path airflow cooling arrangement and method therefor Aris C. Cleanthous, Daniel J. White 2005-08-09 $14,763,000
6668290 System and method for controlling readout of frame data from buffer 2003-12-23 $1,534,000
5146086 Method and apparatus for imaging porous media and method for fabricating novel optical materials Bibhas R. De, Kiran K. Pande 1992-09-08 $56,778,000
5132623 Method and apparatus for broadband measurement of dielectric properties Bibhas R. De 1992-07-21 $54,590,000
5056972 Deburring device George E. Burwell 1991-10-15