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Ian A. Laity — 25 Patents

Intel: 9 patents #4,462 of 30,777Top 15%
XIXircom: 8 patents #1 of 40Top 3%
XIXirrus: 6 patents #6 of 26Top 25%
San Diego, CA: #1,622 of 23,606 inventorsTop 7%
California: #22,079 of 386,348 inventorsTop 6%
Overall (All Time): #158,593 of 4,157,543Top 4%
25 Patents All Time
Ian A. Laity has been granted 25 US patents while listed as an inventor at Intel. The first was granted in 1999 and the most recent in December 2025. Ian A. Laity ranks #158,593 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 3.8%). Patent records list Ian A. Laity in San Diego, CA, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1999 to 2017Bar chart with a peak of 4 patents in 2000.peak 41999: 2 patents19992000: 4 patents2001: 3 patents20012002: 1 patents2003: 2 patents20032004: 2 patents2005: 3 patents20052006: 2 patents2012: 1 patents20122014: 2 patents2016: 1 patents20162017: 1 patents2017

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 25 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12505468 Turret system and method for portable projection deployment Peter Ta, Gerald Maliszewski, Mark Graham 2025-12-23
9565030 Testing system for a wireless access device and method Abraham Hartenstein, Steven Smith, Andrew Little, Steven C. Krattiger 2017-02-07
9491638 Wireless access point array Steve Smith, Dirk I. Gates, Michael R. Conley, Michael de la Garrigue, Kurt Sauter 2016-11-08
8665851 Wireless access point array Steve Smith, Dirk I. Gates, Michael R. Conley, Michael de la Garrigue, Kurt Sauter 2014-03-04
8665850 Wireless LAN array Steve Smith, Dirk I. Gates, Michael R. Conley, Michael de la Garrigue, Kurt Sauter 2014-03-04
8160036 Access point in a wireless LAN Steve Smith, Dirk I. Gates, Michael R. Conley, Michael de la Garrigue, Kurt Sauter 2012-04-17
D526973 Electronic device housing Dirk I. Gates 2006-08-22
7038138 Network communications system James R. Bauder, Franklin E. McLinn 2006-05-02 $12,289,000
6934788 Port expansion peripheral module system Timothy J. Thornton, George Q. Gu 2005-08-23 $20,377,000
6909046 Network communications system James R. Bauder, Franklin E. McLinn 2005-06-21 $21,477,000
D502465 Communications module Michael R. Smither 2005-03-01
6780047 Network communications system James R. Bauder, Franklin E. McLinn 2004-08-24 $22,522,000
6697892 Port expansion system Timothy J. Thornton, George Q. Gu 2004-02-24 $44,165,000
D482025 Communications module Michael R. Smither 2003-11-11
D469776 Communications module Michael R. Smither 2003-02-04
6488542 Type III PCMCIA card with integrated receptacles for receiving standard communications plugs 2002-12-03 $79,622,000
6241550 Connector system Joakim Ahlström 2001-06-05
6183307 PC cards with integrated I/O communication receptacles Gerald Pepper, James Hughes, Donald C. Barrett, Frank McLinn 2001-02-06 $7,819,000
6183308 Type III PCMCIA card with integrated receptacles for receiving standard communications plugs 2001-02-06 $7,819,000
D432540 PC card David Roth, Joakim Ahlström 2000-10-24
6116962 Type III PCMCIA card with integrated receptacles for receiving standard communications plugs 2000-09-12
6115257 PCMCIA card frame, connector and cover assembly 2000-09-05 $14,906,000
6095851 Status indicator for electronic device Joakim Ahlström 2000-08-01 $15,633,000
5984731 Removable I/O device with integrated receptacles for receiving standard plugs 1999-11-16 $17,897,000
5940275 PCMCIA card frame connector and cover assembly 1999-08-17 $15,382,000