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Joseph Santoru — 53 Patents

DIDirectv: 47 patents #4 of 679Top 1%
HAHughes Aircraft: 3 patents #508 of 2,963Top 20%
HLHughes Electronics Limited: 2 patents #325 of 1,474Top 25%
RTX (Raytheon): 1 patents #8,290 of 15,912Top 55%
Craydon Court, CA: #11 of 407 inventorsTop 3%
California: #7,278 of 386,348 inventorsTop 2%
Overall (All Time): #48,528 of 4,157,543Top 2%
53 Patents All Time
Joseph Santoru has been granted 53 US patents while listed as an inventor at Directv. The first was granted in 1990 and the most recent in August 2020. Joseph Santoru ranks #48,528 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 1.2%). Patent records list Joseph Santoru in Craydon Court, CA, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1990 to 2020Bar chart with a peak of 10 patents in 2008.peak 101990: 2 patents19901996: 1 patents1997: 1 patents19972000: 1 patents2003: 1 patents20032005: 1 patents2007: 5 patents20072008: 10 patents2009: 5 patents20092010: 6 patents2011: 4 patents20112012: 3 patents2013: 3 patents20132014: 1 patents2015: 1 patents20152016: 2 patents2017: 2 patents20172018: 1 patents2019: 2 patents20192020: 1 patents2020

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 53 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
10750247 Facilitating mixed service use of bonded satellite transponders Trevor Yang, James A. Michener, An Vuong, Sassan Pejhan 2020-08-18
10306329 Facilitating mixed service use of bonded satellite transponders Trevor Yang, James A. Michener, An Vuong, Sassan Pejhan 2019-05-28
10181634 Outdoor unit configured for customer installation and method of aligning same Philip J. Goswitz, Michael A. Thorburn, Jeff Bentzler, Robert Clifford Tennant 2019-01-15
10080045 Method and apparatus for transmitting high bandwidth signals with low bandwidth transponders Romulo Pontual, Hanno Basse, Sassan Pejhan, Ernest C. Chen 2018-09-18
9680230 Antenna reflector hydrophobic coating and method for applying same Ernest C. Chen, Cecilia C. Comeaux, Terence Wu 2017-06-13
9537689 Method and apparatus for identifying co-channel interference Guangcai Zhou, Ernest C. Chen, 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, Ernest C. Chen 2016-12-20
9485010 Adaptive coding and modulation for spot beam satellite broadcast Ernest C. Chen, Patrick J. Loner, Shamik Maitra, Donald J. Breier, Leon J. Stanger +3 more 2016-11-01
8982004 Integrated ODU controller for antenna pointing John L. Norin, Dipak M. Shah, Gustave R. Stroes, David J. Kuether, Shamik Maitra +2 more 2015-03-17 $179,923,000
8804605 Feeder link configurations to support layered modulation for digital signals Paul R. Anderson, Ernest C. Chen 2014-08-12 $48,022,000
8594575 Shifted channel characteristics for mitigating co-channel interference Ernest C. Chen, 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, Ernest C. Chen, Shamik Maitra +3 more 2013-10-29 $22,452,000
8451171 Tool to automatically align outdoor unit 2013-05-28 $71,230,000
8332449 Sample generation method and system for digital simulation processes Ernest C. Chen, Paul R. Anderson, Tammy G. Liu 2012-12-11 $123,300,000
8259641 Feeder link configurations to support layered modulation for digital signals Paul R. Anderson, Ernest C. Chen 2012-09-04 $154,750,000
8213553 Method and apparatus for identifying co-channel interference Guangcai Zhou, Ernest C. Chen, Judith M. Wang 2012-07-03 $70,892,000
8023888 Blind identification of advanced modulation and coding modes Guangcai Zhou, Ernest C. Chen, Dennis Lai, Shamik Maitra 2011-09-20 $38,978,000
7982687 Ka/Ku outdoor unit configuration using a frequency selective surface 2011-07-19 $64,162,000
7961880 Methods and apparatuses for determining scrambling codes for signal transmission Judith M. Wang, Guangcai Zhou, Ernest C. Chen, Shamik Maitra, Dennis Lai +1 more 2011-06-14 $136,533,000
7912427 Single-wire multiswitch and channelized RF cable test meter David J. Kuether, Benjamin Mui, Shamik Maitra, Dipak M. Shah, Romulo Pontual +5 more 2011-03-22 $39,910,000
7859330 Optimized uplink efficiencies for transmission of satellite data Guangcai Zhou, Tung-Sheng Lin, Dennis Lai, Ernest C. Chen, Shamik Maitra +1 more 2010-12-28 $24,020,000
7844213 Reducing spectral roll-off factors to increase spectral efficiency Ernest C. Chen, Shamik Maitra, Dennis Lai, Tung-Sheng Lin, Guangcai Zhou 2010-11-30 $63,519,000
7738587 Method and apparatus for layered modulation Ernest C. Chen 2010-06-15 $35,233,000
7715786 Blind identification of advanced modulation and coding modes Guangcai Zhou, Ernest C. Chen, Dennis Lai, Shamik Maitra 2010-05-11 $85,637,000
7706466 Lower complexity layered modulation signal processor Ernest C. Chen, Weizheng Wang, Guangcai Zhou, Tung-Sheng Lin 2010-04-27 $57,632,000