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Ernest C. Chen — 73 Patents

DIDirectv: 69 patents #2 of 679Top 1%
HAHughes Aircraft: 1 patents #1,260 of 2,963Top 45%
HLHughes Electronics Limited: 1 patents #605 of 1,474Top 45%
Lam Research: 1 patents #1,379 of 2,128Top 65%
Rancho Palos Verdes, CA: #15 of 1,701 inventorsTop 1%
California: #4,150 of 386,348 inventorsTop 2%
Overall (All Time): #26,958 of 4,157,543Top 1%
73 Patents All Time
Ernest C. Chen has been granted 73 US patents while listed as an inventor at Directv. The first was granted in 1994 and the most recent in February 2019. Ernest C. Chen ranks #26,958 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 0.65%). Patent records list Ernest C. Chen in Rancho Palos Verdes, CA, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1994 to 2019Bar chart with a peak of 13 patents in 2009.peak 131994: 1 patents19942003: 1 patents2006: 1 patents20062007: 9 patents2008: 12 patents20082009: 13 patents2010: 7 patents20102011: 6 patents2012: 7 patents20122013: 2 patents2014: 2 patents20142015: 2 patents2016: 4 patents20162017: 2 patents2018: 3 patents20182019: 1 patents2019

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 73 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
10212561 Message transmission system, receiving apparatus, receiving method and computer-readable recording medium thereof Hsiang-Che Kung, Yu-Lee Horng, Ching-Wei Yang, Yu-Heng Lo 2019-02-19
10082530 Method and apparatus for rapid and scalable testing of antennas Terence Wu 2018-09-25
10080045 Method and apparatus for transmitting high bandwidth signals with low bandwidth transponders Romulo Pontual, Hanno Basse, Sassan Pejhan, Joseph Santoru 2018-09-18
9979464 Combining transponder bandwidths for source and forward error correction encoding efficiency 2018-05-22
9680230 Antenna reflector hydrophobic coating and method for applying same Joseph Santoru, Cecilia C. Comeaux, Terence Wu 2017-06-13
9537689 Method and apparatus for identifying co-channel interference Guangcai Zhou, Joseph Santoru, Judith M. Wang 2017-01-03
9525978 Method and apparatus for transmitting high bandwidth signals with low bandwidth transponders Romulo Pontual, Hanno Basse, Sassan Pejhan, Joseph Santoru 2016-12-20
9503177 Methods and systems for aligning a satellite receiver dish using a smartphone or tablet device Yangyang Shi, Cecilia C. Comeaux 2016-11-22
9485010 Adaptive coding and modulation for spot beam satellite broadcast Joseph Santoru, Patrick J. Loner, Shamik Maitra, Donald J. Breier, Leon J. Stanger +3 more 2016-11-01
9476124 Selective deposition and co-deposition processes for ferromagnetic thin films Aniruddha Joi, Yezdi Dordi 2016-10-25 $14,405,000
9059780 Device and method for nodal multiple access into communications channels John P. Godwin 2015-06-16 $59,314,000
8982004 Integrated ODU controller for antenna pointing Joseph Santoru, John L. Norin, Dipak M. Shah, Gustave R. Stroes, David J. Kuether +2 more 2015-03-17 $179,923,000
8804605 Feeder link configurations to support layered modulation for digital signals Paul R. Anderson, Joseph Santoru 2014-08-12 $48,022,000
8705435 Device and method for nodal multiple access into communications channels John P. Godwin 2014-04-22 $44,053,000
8594575 Shifted channel characteristics for mitigating co-channel interference Joseph Santoru, Shamik Maitra, Dennis Lai, Guangcai Zhou, Tung-Sheng Lin 2013-11-26 $48,816,000
8571480 Methods and apparatuses for minimizing co-channel interference Lin-Nan Lee, Feng-Wen Sun, Adam Von Ancken, Joseph Santoru, Shamik Maitra +3 more 2013-10-29 $22,452,000
8332449 Sample generation method and system for digital simulation processes Paul R. Anderson, Joseph Santoru, Tammy G. Liu 2012-12-11 $123,300,000
8259641 Feeder link configurations to support layered modulation for digital signals Paul R. Anderson, Joseph Santoru 2012-09-04 $154,750,000
8213553 Method and apparatus for identifying co-channel interference Guangcai Zhou, Joseph Santoru, Judith M. Wang 2012-07-03 $70,892,000
8208526 Equalizers for layered modulated and other signals Tung-Sheng Lin, Weizheng Wang, William C. Lindsey 2012-06-26 $48,183,000
8200149 Combining transponder bandwidths for source and forward error correction encoding efficiency 2012-06-12 $32,085,000
8134512 Antenna peak strength finder Gustave R. Stroes, Yang Shi, Guangcai Zhou 2012-03-13 $68,798,000
8130818 Maximizing power and spectral efficiencies for layered and conventional modulations 2012-03-06 $69,699,000
8085707 Device and method for nodal multiple access into communications channels John P. Godwin 2011-12-27 $64,086,000
8023888 Blind identification of advanced modulation and coding modes Joseph Santoru, Guangcai Zhou, Dennis Lai, Shamik Maitra 2011-09-20 $38,978,000