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Derek T. Nelson — 4 Patents

MAMacrovision: 3 patents #19 of 69Top 30%
RTRovi Technologies: 1 patents #95 of 59Top 165%
Menlo Park, CA: #1,553 of 3,774 inventorsTop 45%
California: #126,026 of 386,348 inventorsTop 35%
Overall (All Time): #1,080,739 of 4,157,543Top 30%
4 Patents All Time
Derek T. Nelson has been granted 4 US patents while listed as an inventor at Macrovision. The first was granted in 2002 and the most recent in August 2012. Derek T. Nelson ranks #1,080,739 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 26.0%). Patent records list Derek T. Nelson in Menlo Park, CA, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2002 to 2012Bar chart with a peak of 1 patents in 2002.peak 12002: 1 patents20022004: 1 patents20042008: 1 patents20082012: 1 patents2012

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–4 of 4 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
8250597 Method and apparatus for providing copy protection using a transmittal mode command Peter Wonfor 2012-08-21 $13,102,000
7395545 Method and apparatus for providing copy protection using a transmittal mode command Peter Wonfor 2008-07-01 $16,830,000
6701062 Generational copy control of a video signal Johan Cornelis Talstra, Mark Hollar, Kordian Kurowski, David C. Collier, William J. Wrobleski +4 more 2004-03-02 $10,933,000
6381747 Method for controlling copy protection in digital video networks Peter Wonfor 2002-04-30 $9,132,000