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Ronald Stephens — 20 Patents

HLHrl Laboratories: 9 patents #168 of 709Top 25%
HAHughes Aircraft: 4 patents #389 of 2,963Top 15%
HLHughes Electronics Limited: 4 patents #139 of 1,474Top 10%
ATAT&T: 2 patents #7,295 of 18,772Top 40%
SDSdl: 1 patents #76 of 128Top 60%
UFUS Air Force: 1 patents #6,232 of 16,312Top 40%
Turlock, CA: #5 of 139 inventorsTop 4%
California: #29,208 of 386,348 inventorsTop 8%
Overall (All Time): #214,803 of 4,157,543Top 6%
20 Patents All Time
Ronald Stephens has been granted 20 US patents while listed as an inventor at Hrl Laboratories. The first was granted in 1985 and the most recent in January 2023. Ronald Stephens ranks #214,803 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 5.2%). Patent records list Ronald Stephens in Turlock, CA, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1985 to 2023Bar chart with a peak of 3 patents in 1999.peak 31985: 1 patents19851988: 1 patents1990: 1 patents19901991: 1 patents1995: 1 patents19951998: 1 patents1999: 3 patents19992002: 2 patents2003: 2 patents20032004: 1 patents2005: 1 patents20052006: 1 patents2008: 1 patents20082010: 1 patents2021: 1 patents20212023: 1 patents2023

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–20 of 20 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
11570248 Highly redundant and scalable storage area network architecture John Hawkins, Charles Baiamonte, David Barr, David A. Daniel, John Kile +1 more 2023-01-31 $44,527,000
10944823 Highly redundant and scalable storage area network architecture John Hawkins, Charles Baiamonte, David Barr, David A. Daniel, John Kile +1 more 2021-03-09 $51,091,000
7649495 Wavelength division multiplexing methods and apparatus for constructing photonic beamforming networks 2010-01-19 $20,288,000
7324048 Wavelength division multiplexing methods and apparatus for constructing photonic beamforming networks 2008-01-29 $15,350,000
7026988 Method and apparatus for passive optical extraction of signals 2006-04-11 $9,902,000
6844848 Wavelength division multiplexing methods and apparatus for constructing photonic beamforming networks 2005-01-18 $16,736,000
6828934 Wavelength division multiplexing methods and apparatus for constructing photonic beamforming networks 2004-12-07
6535165 Phased array antenna beamformer 2003-03-18
6515622 Ultra-wideband pulse coincidence beamformer Hossein Izadpanah, Gregory L. Tangonan 2003-02-04
6452546 Wavelength division multiplexing methods and apparatus for constructing photonic beamforming networks 2002-09-17
6348890 Phased array antenna beamformer 2002-02-19
5999128 Multibeam phased array antennas and methods Jar J. Lee 1999-12-07
5861845 Wideband phased array antennas and methods Jar J. Lee, Harry T. Wang 1999-01-19
5859611 Mixing and modulating methods and structures using nonlinear optical amplifiers Juan F. Lam, Gregory L. Tangonan 1999-01-12
5717516 Hybrid laser power combining and beam cleanup system using nonlinear and adaptive optical wavefront compensation Marvin Klein, David M. Pepper, Thomas R. O'Meara, David F. Welch, Robert J. Lang +2 more 1998-02-10 $5,796,000
5386426 Narrow bandwidth laser array system 1995-01-31
5059917 Optical phase conjugation apparatus including light pipe for multiple beam combination 1991-10-22
4943782 Four-pass phase conjugate optical amplifier system and method Richard R. Craig, Huan-Wun Yen, Richard C. Lind 1990-07-24
4757268 Energy scalable laser amplifier Richard L. Abrams, Hans W. Bruesselbach, Concetto R. Giuliano, Richard C. Lind, Monica Minden +2 more 1988-07-12
4494827 Imaging apparatus for transverse electrode electro-optic tunable filter Richard L. Abrams, David Matthew Henderson, Douglas A. Pinnow 1985-01-22