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Robert D. Sansom — 5 Patents

FSFore Systems: 4 patents #4 of 31Top 15%
Ericsson: 1 patents #5,704 of 421Top 1355%
Pittsburgh, PA: #1,639 of 7,570 inventorsTop 25%
Pennsylvania: #16,056 of 74,527 inventorsTop 25%
Overall (All Time): #907,971 of 4,157,543Top 25%
5 Patents All Time
Robert D. Sansom has been granted 5 US patents while listed as an inventor at Fore Systems. The first was granted in 1994 and the most recent in December 2006. Robert D. Sansom ranks #907,971 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 21.8%). Patent records list Robert D. Sansom in Pittsburgh, PA, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1994 to 2006Bar chart with a peak of 1 patents in 1994.peak 11994: 1 patents19941995: 1 patents19951997: 1 patents19971998: 1 patents19982006: 1 patents2006

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–5 of 5 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
7154896 ATM traffic having unknown characteristics including traffic with weighted priorities and traffic without weighted priorities Hyong S. Kim, Lawrence R. Cleeton 2006-12-26 $2,523,000
5825765 Communication network based on ATM for general purpose computers Onat Menzilcioglu, Eric C. Cooper, Francois J. Bitz 1998-10-20 $28,278,000
5689512 ATM cell interface and method for dispatching an ATM cell Francois J. Bitz, Onat Menzilcioglu, Eric C. Cooper 1997-11-18 $32,600,000
5479401 ATM cell interface and method for dispatching an ATM cell Francois J. Bitz, Onat Menzilcioglu, Eric C. Cooper 1995-12-26 $21,368,000
5323389 ATM cell interface and method for dispatching an ATM cell Francois J. Bitz, Onat Menzilcioglu, Eric C. Cooper 1994-06-21