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Stephen Schaefer — 27 Patents

POPolycom: 17 patents #11 of 365Top 4%
PLPlantronics: 10 patents #42 of 433Top 10%
Cedar Park, TX: #99 of 1,158 inventorsTop 9%
Texas: #4,611 of 125,132 inventorsTop 4%
Overall (All Time): #142,059 of 4,157,543Top 4%
27 Patents All Time
Stephen Schaefer has been granted 27 US patents while listed as an inventor at Polycom. The first was granted in 2010 and the most recent in July 2023. Stephen Schaefer ranks #142,059 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 3.4%). Patent records list Stephen Schaefer in Cedar Park, TX, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2010 to 2023Bar chart with a peak of 5 patents in 2021.peak 52010: 1 patents20102011: 1 patents2012: 1 patents20122016: 2 patents2017: 2 patents20172018: 3 patents2019: 3 patents20192020: 3 patents2021: 5 patents20212022: 2 patents2023: 4 patents2023

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 26–27 of 27 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
7969461 System and method for exchanging connection information for videoconferencing units using instant messaging Alain Nimri, Rick Flott 2011-06-28 $47,345,000
7660428 Ceiling microphone assembly Jeffrey Rodman, Peter L. Chu, Alain Nimri, Martin Sexton 2010-02-09 $16,268,000