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Steven J. Zier — 16 Patents

IBM: 16 patents #6,980 of 70,183Top 10%
Hopewell Junction, NY: #117 of 648 inventorsTop 20%
New York: #9,128 of 115,490 inventorsTop 8%
Overall (All Time): #284,196 of 4,157,543Top 7%
16 Patents All Time
Steven J. Zier has been granted 16 US patents while listed as an inventor at IBM. The first was granted in 1988 and the most recent in July 2012. Steven J. Zier ranks #284,196 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 6.8%). Patent records list Steven J. Zier in Hopewell Junction, NY, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1988 to 2012Bar chart with a peak of 3 patents in 2007.peak 31988: 1 patents19881992: 1 patents19922003: 1 patents20032005: 1 patents20052007: 3 patents20072008: 3 patents20082009: 1 patents20092010: 2 patents20102012: 3 patents2012

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–16 of 16 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
8219040 Transmitter bandwidth optimization circuit Louis L. Hsu, Hayden C. Cranford, Jr., Joseph Natonio, James D. Rockrohr, Huihao Xu 2012-07-10 $6,782,000
8219041 Design structure for transmitter bandwidth optimization circuit Louis L. Hsu, Hayden C. Cranford, Jr., Joseph Natonio, James D. Rockrohr, Huihao Xu 2012-07-10 $6,782,000
8126045 System and method for latency reduction in speculative decision feedback equalizers John F. Bulzacchelli, Gautam Gangasani, Mounir Meghelli, Sergey V. Rylov, Michael A. Sorna 2012-02-28 $6,579,000
7694243 Avoiding device stressing Hibourahima Camara, Louis C. Hsu, James D. Rockrohr, Karl D. Selander, Huihao Xu 2010-04-06 $5,890,000
7660350 High-speed multi-mode receiver Louis C. Hsu, Brian L. Ji, James S. Mason, Karl D. Selander, Michael A. Soma 2010-02-09 $5,437,000
7486114 Signal detector with calibration circuit arrangement Minhan Chen, Louis L. Hsu, Joseph Natonio, Karl D. Selander, Michael A. Sorna 2009-02-03 $3,057,000
7409019 High Speed Multi-Mode Receiver with adaptive receiver equalization and controllable transmitter pre-distortion Louis C. Hsu, Brian L. Ji, James S. Mason, Karl D. Selander, Michael A. Sorna 2008-08-05 $7,485,000
7394283 CML to CMOS signal converter Louis L. Hsu, Gautam Gangasani, Michael A. Sorna 2008-07-01 $7,630,000
7332956 Method to avoid device stressing Hibourahima Camara, Louis C. Hsu, James D. Rockrohr, Karl D. Selander, Huihao Xu 2008-02-19 $12,555,000
7268624 Differential amplifier offset voltage minimization independently from common mode voltage adjustment Minhan Chen, Westerfield J. Ficken, Louis L. Hsu 2007-09-11 $7,316,000
7265696 Methods and apparatus for testing an integrated circuit Louis L. Hsu, Jack A. Mandelman, Joseph O. Marsh 2007-09-04 $5,939,000
7205830 Analog MOS circuits having reduced voltage stress Gautam Gangasani, Louis L. Hsu, Karl D. Selander 2007-04-17 $6,339,000
6937054 Programmable peaking receiver and method Louis L. Hsu, Karl D. Selander, Michael A. Sorna, William F. Washburn, Huihao Xu 2005-08-30 $6,623,000
6528777 Optical power meter derived from common-mode voltage of optical transimpedance amplifier Stephen J. Ames, Steven J. Baumgartner, Kenneth P. Jackson, Clint L. Schow, Michael A. Sorna 2003-03-04 $10,423,000
5166552 Multi-emitter BICMOS logic circuit family with superior performance Anthony Gus Aipperspach, Gerard Boudon, Allan H. Dansky, Pierre Mollier, Ieng Ong +3 more 1992-11-24 $10,999,000
4746817 BIFET logic circuit Dennis C. Banker, Allan H. Dansky, Jack A. Dorler, Walter S. Klara, Frank M. Masci +1 more 1988-05-24 $27,575,000