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Brian E. Hoffmann — 14 Patents

HP: 13 patents #1,394 of 16,619Top 9%
Boise, ID: #645 of 3,546 inventorsTop 20%
Idaho: #982 of 8,810 inventorsTop 15%
Overall (All Time): #332,869 of 4,157,543Top 9%
14 Patents All Time
Brian E. Hoffmann has been granted 14 US patents. The first was granted in 1997 and the most recent in October 2016. Brian E. Hoffmann ranks #332,869 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 8.0%). Patent records list Brian E. Hoffmann in Boise, ID, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1997 to 2016Bar chart with a peak of 3 patents in 1998.peak 31997: 1 patents19971998: 3 patents19981999: 2 patents19992000: 1 patents20002001: 1 patents20012004: 1 patents20042009: 2 patents20092012: 1 patents20122015: 1 patents20152016: 1 patents2016

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–14 of 14 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
9461824 Transmitting a document Randall Edward Grohs, Steven J. Simske 2016-10-04 $6,802,000
8966256 Transmitting a document Randall Edward Grohs, Steven J. Simske 2015-02-24 $6,320,000
8122447 Firmware installation Eugene Cohen, Chris C. Lee 2012-02-21 $14,788,000
7576878 Enhanced management of raster image processing resources Robert Christiansen, Paul Wissenbach, Scott C. Clouthier, Robert Stevahn 2009-08-18 $27,792,000
7576880 Cooperative rasterization of print data in an enterprise network Robert Christiansen, Scott C. Clouthier 2009-08-18 $27,792,000
6826629 Apparatus and method for enhancing learning ability and behavior for a computer peripheral device Loay Abu-Husein, David A. Martz 2004-11-30 $9,228,000
6178011 Adaptive image resolution enhancement technology Qian Lin, Brent M. Bradburn 2001-01-23 $69,362,000
6034711 Self-indicating test page for use in setting density level and color balance in a color laser printer Jeffrey L. Trask 2000-03-07 $107,744,000
5949964 Method and apparatus for halftoning of images in a printer Scott C. Clouthier, Douglas B. Heins, James R. Nottingham, Gary L. Vondran, Jr. 1999-09-07 $46,510,000
5898505 Resolution enhancement procedure and apparatus for a color laser printer Qian Lin, Jeffrey L. Trask 1999-04-27 $54,725,000
5852742 Configurable data processing pipeline Gary L. Vondran, Jr., James R. Nottingham, Scott C. Clouthier, Douglas B. Heins 1998-12-22 $49,511,000
5793406 Adjustment of dot size for laser imagers Jeffrey L. Trask, Rulon Gregory Esplin, David S. Pitou, Richard Benear, James A. Kazakoff 1998-08-11 $17,386,000
5760920 System and method for generating calibrated dither matrices Qian Lin 1998-06-02
5657430 Software-based procedure for conversion of a scalable font character bitmap to a gray level bitmap Marcus A. Smith, Jeffrey L. Trask 1997-08-12 $53,926,000