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Robert C. Elder — 7 Patents

Motorola: 6 patents #2,180 of 14,142Top 20%
McHenry, IL: #53 of 350 inventorsTop 20%
Illinois: #13,121 of 84,256 inventorsTop 20%
Overall (All Time): #680,018 of 4,157,543Top 20%
7 Patents All Time
Robert C. Elder has been granted 7 US patents while listed as an inventor at Motorola. The first was granted in 1996 and the most recent in December 1999. Robert C. Elder ranks #680,018 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 16.4%). Patent records list Robert C. Elder in McHenry, IL, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1996 to 1999Bar chart with a peak of 3 patents in 1998.peak 31996: 1 patents19961997: 2 patents19971998: 3 patents19981999: 1 patents1999

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–7 of 7 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
6009130 Multiple access digital transmitter and receiver Daniel Morris Lurey, Alan P. Rottinghaus, Sheila M. Rader, Yuda Luz, Paul F. Smith +5 more 1999-12-28 $31,736,000
5818883 Multi-channel digital transceiver and method Paul F. Smith, John M. Smith, Alan P. Rottinghaus, Shelia Marie Rader, Danny T. Pinckley +5 more 1998-10-06 $9,577,000
5812605 Multi-channel digital transceiver and method Paul F. Smith, John M. Smith, Alan P. Rottinghaus, Shelia Marie Rader, Danny T. Pinckley +5 more 1998-09-22 $7,047,000
5796777 Apparatus and method for digitizing and detecting a received radio frequency signal Daniel Joseph Terlep 1998-08-18 $13,448,000
5659546 Wideband frequency signal digitizer and method 1997-08-19
5640385 Method and apparatus for simultaneous wideband and narrowband wireless communication James F. Long 1997-06-17 $15,163,000
5579341 Multi-channel digital transceiver and method Paul F. Smith, John M. Smith, Alan P. Rottinghaus, Shelia Marie Rader, Danny T. Pinckley +5 more 1996-11-26 $12,379,000