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Alex Chow — 24 Patents

Oracle: 22 patents #376 of 14,854Top 3%
Palo Alto, CA: #1,027 of 9,675 inventorsTop 15%
California: #23,266 of 386,348 inventorsTop 7%
Overall (All Time): #168,038 of 4,157,543Top 5%
24 Patents All Time
Alex Chow has been granted 24 US patents while listed as an inventor at Oracle. The first was granted in 2007 and the most recent in July 2018. Alex Chow ranks #168,038 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 4.0%). Patent records list Alex Chow in Palo Alto, CA, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2007 to 2018Bar chart with a peak of 6 patents in 2012.peak 62007: 1 patents20072008: 1 patents2010: 3 patents20102011: 3 patents2012: 6 patents20122013: 2 patents2014: 3 patents20142015: 2 patents2016: 1 patents20162017: 1 patents2018: 1 patents2018

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–24 of 24 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
10030920 Method of cleaning a heat exchanger 2018-07-24
D790752 Lamp 2017-06-27
9472498 Multiple access over proximity communication R. David Hopkins, Robert J. Drost 2016-10-18 $29,116,000
9209165 Technique for controlling positions of stacked dies Michael Henry Soltau Dayringer, R. David Hopkins 2015-12-08 $40,544,000
8975752 Multiple access over proximity communication R. David Hopkins, Robert J. Drost 2015-03-10 $56,985,000
8917571 Configurable-width memory channels for stacked memory structures Philip Amberg, Robert D. Hopkins 2014-12-23 $88,530,000
8918752 Determining alignment using a spatially varying charge distribution Robert J. Drost, Ronald Ho, Robert D. Hopkins, Ivan E. Sutherland 2014-12-23 $88,530,000
8798530 Adaptive offset-compensating decision-feedback receiver Robert J. Drost, Robert D. Hopkins 2014-08-05 $41,557,000
8482072 Semiconductor die with integrated electro-static discharge device Robert J. Drost, Robert D. Hopkins 2013-07-09 $40,997,000
8358155 Circuit that facilitates proximity communication Robert J. Drost, Ronald Ho, Robert J. Proebsting 2013-01-22 $79,356,000
8299839 Capacitively and conductively coupled multiplexer Robert J. Drost, Robert D. Hopkins 2012-10-30
8183593 Semiconductor die with integrated electro-static discharge device Robert J. Drost, Robert D. Hopkins 2012-05-22 $54,397,000
8179208 Interconnect for surfing circuits Robert J. Drost, Suwen Yang, Mark R. Greenstreet 2012-05-15 $25,528,000
8164918 Steering fabric that facilitates reducing power use for proximity communication Robert J. Drost, Ronald Ho, Robert J. Proebsting 2012-04-24 $33,910,000
8097869 Diversity proximity communication R. David Hopkins, Robert J. Drost 2012-01-17 $41,606,000
8098079 Receive circuit for connectors with variable complex impedance Robert J. Drost, Robert D. Hopkins 2012-01-17 $41,606,000
8014113 Protection for proximity electronics against electrostatic discharge Robert J. Drost, Scott M. Fairbanks 2011-09-06 $34,663,000
7994604 Using floating fill metal to reduce power use for proximity communication Robert J. Drost, Ronald Ho, Robert J. Proebsting 2011-08-09 $28,879,000
7871833 Determining chip separation by comparing coupling capacitances Robert D. Hopkins, Justin M. Schauer 2011-01-18 $28,594,000
7701254 Reconfigurable circuits William S. Coates, Robert D. Hopkins 2010-04-20 $20,289,000
7659781 Active resistor used in a feedback amplifier particularly useful for proximity communication Robert J. Drost, Robert D. Hopkins 2010-02-09
7649255 Determining chip separation by comparing coupling capacitances Robert D. Hopkins, Justin M. Schauer 2010-01-19 $15,480,000
7425836 Measuring chip-to-chip capacitance differentials by demodulating signals over a capacitance bridge Robert D. Hopkins, Justin M. Schauer 2008-09-16 $7,756,000
7292050 Measuring rotational misalignment using spatial interference patterns Ronald Ho, Robert D. Hopkins 2007-11-06 $4,193,000