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Ivan E. Sutherland — 67 Patents

Oracle: 62 patents #55 of 14,854Top 1%
Caltech: 1 patents #2,143 of 4,321Top 50%
Portland, OR: #238 of 9,213 inventorsTop 3%
Oregon: #446 of 28,073 inventorsTop 2%
Overall (All Time): #31,718 of 4,157,543Top 1%
67 Patents All Time
Ivan E. Sutherland has been granted 67 US patents while listed as an inventor at Oracle. The first was granted in 1980 and the most recent in March 2016. Ivan E. Sutherland ranks #31,718 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 0.76%). Patent records list Ivan E. Sutherland in Portland, OR, US.

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Showing 1–25 of 67 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
9298421 Performing quotient selection for a carry-save division operation Josephus C. Ebergen, Navaneeth P. Jamadagni 2016-03-29 $48,137,000
9218157 Performing a division operation using a split division circuit Josephus C. Ebergen, Navaneeth P. Jamadagni 2015-12-22 $53,052,000
9182782 Synchronizing timing of communication between integrated circuits 2015-11-10 $25,528,000
9076663 Determining spacing using a spatially varying charge distribution 2015-07-07 $50,880,000
8918752 Determining alignment using a spatially varying charge distribution Alex Chow, Robert J. Drost, Ronald Ho, Robert D. Hopkins 2014-12-23 $88,530,000
7994501 Method and apparatus for electronically aligning capacitively coupled mini-bars Robert J. Drost, William S. Coates 2011-08-09 $28,879,000
7786427 Proximity optical memory module having an electrical-to-optical and optical-to-electrical converter Craig S. Forrest, Robert J. Drost, Ronald Ho 2010-08-31 $24,782,000
7660842 Method and apparatus for performing a carry-save division operation Josephus C. Ebergen, Danny Cohen 2010-02-09
7636361 Apparatus and method for high-throughput asynchronous communication with flow control Jo C. Ebergen, Justin M. Schauer, Robert D. Hopkins 2009-12-22 $28,133,000
7561584 Implementation of a graph property in a switching fabric for fast networking Bernard Tourancheau, Henri Gouraud, Danny Cohen 2009-07-14 $25,222,000
7417993 Apparatus and method for high-throughput asynchronous communication Josephus C. Ebergen, Robert J. Drost 2008-08-26 $6,819,000
7384804 Method and apparatus for electronically aligning capacitively coupled mini-bars Robert J. Drost, William S. Coates 2008-06-10 $9,064,000
7200830 Enhanced electrically-aligned proximity communication Robert J. Drost, Ronald Ho 2007-04-03 $8,215,000
7064583 Arbiters with preferential enables for asynchronous circuits Jo C. Ebergen, Bernard Tourancheau 2006-06-20 $6,054,000
7046017 Full-wave rectifier for capacitance measurements Robert J. Drost, Ronald Ho 2006-05-16 $27,404,000
7026867 Floating input amplifier for capacitively coupled communication Robert J. Drost, Ronald Ho 2006-04-11 $6,283,000
7020779 Secure, distributed e-mail system 2006-03-28 $4,659,000
7012459 Method and apparatus for regulating heat in an asynchronous system 2006-03-14 $8,891,000
6995039 Method and apparatus for electrostatically aligning integrated circuits David L. Harris, Robert J. Drost 2006-02-07 $4,907,000
6987412 Sense amplifying latch with low swing feedback Robert J. Bosnyak, Robert J. Drost 2006-01-17 $10,134,000
6987394 Full-wave rectifier for capacitance measurements Robert J. Drost, Ronald Ho 2006-01-17 $10,134,000
6925411 Method and apparatus for aligning semiconductor chips using an actively driven vernier Robert J. Drost 2005-08-02 $5,581,000
6870271 Integrated circuit assembly module that supports capacitive communication between semiconductor dies Robert J. Drost, Gary R. Lauterbach, Howard L. Davidson 2005-03-22 $9,428,000
6847247 Jittery polyphase clock Ian W. Jones 2005-01-25 $17,566,000
6825708 Apparatus and method for an offset-correcting sense amplifier Robert J. Drost 2004-11-30 $15,114,000