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Frank van Diggelen — 88 Patents

GLGlobal Locate: 56 patents #2 of 19Top 15%
Broadcom: 28 patents #311 of 9,346Top 4%
VPVodafone Group Plc.: 1 patents #155 of 243Top 65%
San Jose, CA: #339 of 32,062 inventorsTop 2%
California: #2,888 of 386,348 inventorsTop 1%
Overall (All Time): #18,739 of 4,157,543Top 1%
88 Patents All Time
Frank van Diggelen has been granted 88 US patents while listed as an inventor at Global Locate. The first was granted in 2002 and the most recent in August 2020. Frank van Diggelen ranks #18,739 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 0.45%). Patent records list Frank van Diggelen in San Jose, CA, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2002 to 2020Bar chart with a peak of 9 patents in 2007.peak 92002: 6 patents20022003: 6 patents2004: 6 patents20042005: 3 patents2006: 3 patents20062007: 9 patents2008: 2 patents20082009: 7 patents2010: 5 patents20102011: 8 patents2012: 7 patents20122013: 5 patents2014: 5 patents20142015: 7 patents2016: 3 patents20162017: 3 patents2018: 1 patents20182019: 1 patents2020: 1 patents2020

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 88 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
RE48176 Method and apparatus for generating and distributing satellite tracking information in a compact format Charles Abraham, James W. LaMance 2020-08-25
10520606 Method and system for determining time in a satellite positioning system Charles Abraham, Sergei Podshivalov 2019-12-31
9961618 Apparatus and method for performing low-power geo-fence operations Charles Abraham 2018-05-01 $182,520,000
9658338 Apparatus and method to conserve power in a portable GNSS unit Stephen Mole 2017-05-23 $65,632,000
9599720 Method and apparatus for locating mobile receivers using a wide area reference network for propagating ephemeris 2017-03-21
9562976 Method and apparatus for distinguishing direct GNSS signals from reflections Stephen Mole 2017-02-07
9482739 Indoor/outdoor transition determination Stephen Mole, Yan Lu 2016-11-01
9274225 Method and apparatus for generating and distributing satellite tracking information Charles Abraham, Matthew Riben 2016-03-01
9252826 Method and apparatus for reducing the time required to acquire a GPS signal Charles Abraham 2016-02-02
9179428 Communications device with direct cellular-to-collocated device communication channel interface Kamesh Medapalli, Robert G. Lorenz, Charles Abraham, Brima Ibrahim 2015-11-03 $10,722,000
9116233 Power mode control for sensors Roberto Ernesto Zanutta, Steven Malkos 2015-08-25 $7,403,000
9037154 Method and apparatus for processing position information in a mobile device Charles Abraham 2015-05-19
8977288 Apparatus and method for performing low-power geo-fence operations Charles Abraham 2015-03-10 $6,097,000
8963773 Method and apparatus for maintaining integrity of long-term orbits in a remote receiver Matthew Riben 2015-02-24
8934853 Systems and methods for integrating cellular and location detection functionality using a single crystal oscillator Robert G. Lorenz, Kamesh Medapalli, Charlie Abraham 2015-01-13 $5,937,000
8930137 Method and apparatus for locating mobile receivers using a wide area reference network for propagating ephemeris 2015-01-06
8902104 Method and apparatus for combining measurements and determining clock offsets between different satellite positioning systems 2014-12-02
8854259 Method and system for maintaining a GNSS receiver in a hot-start state Charles Abraham 2014-10-07 $3,070,000
8823587 Method of keeping a GPS receiver in a state that enables rapid signal acquisition Charlie Abraham 2014-09-02 $3,669,000
8692712 Method and apparatus for processing of satellite signals without time of day information Charles Abraham 2014-04-08
8643541 Method and apparatus for enhanced autonomous GPS Sergei Podshivalov, Charles Abraham 2014-02-04 $3,722,000
8581779 Method and apparatus for validating a position in a satellite positioning system using range-rate measurements 2013-11-12
8571147 Method and apparatus for reducing the time required to acquire a GPS signal Charles Abraham 2013-10-29
8514126 Method and apparatus for monitoring the integrity of satellite tracking data used by a remote receiver David Lundgren, Charles Abraham 2013-08-20
8395543 Method and apparatus for mitigating multipath effects at a satellite signal receiver using a sequential estimation filter Charles Abraham, Sergei Podshivalov 2013-03-12