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Brian Minear — 49 Patents

Qualcomm: 48 patents #510 of 12,104Top 5%
San Diego, CA: #675 of 23,606 inventorsTop 3%
California: #8,285 of 386,348 inventorsTop 3%
Overall (All Time): #55,592 of 4,157,543Top 2%
49 Patents All Time
Brian Minear has been granted 49 US patents while listed as an inventor at Qualcomm. The first was granted in 2004 and the most recent in May 2020. Brian Minear ranks #55,592 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 1.3%). Patent records list Brian Minear in San Diego, CA, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2004 to 2020Bar chart with a peak of 10 patents in 2006.peak 102004: 1 patents20042005: 2 patents2006: 10 patents20062007: 3 patents2008: 3 patents20082009: 1 patents2010: 2 patents20102011: 1 patents2012: 3 patents20122013: 4 patents2014: 3 patents20142015: 6 patents2016: 2 patents20162017: 1 patents2018: 4 patents20182019: 1 patents2020: 2 patents2020

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 49 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
RE48001 Safe application distribution and execution in a wireless environment Laurence Lundblade, Marc S. Phillips, Yan Zhuang, Anand H. Krishnan, Stephen A. Sprigg +4 more 2020-05-19
10602348 System and method for updating dataset versions resident on a wireless device Eric J. Lekven, Mitchell B. Oliver, Phil Tien Nguyen, Richard Wayne Gardner, III, Stephen A. Sprigg 2020-03-24 $15,047,000
10348804 System to automatically process components on a device Stephen A. Sprigg 2019-07-09 $18,350,000
10043170 Application-based value billing in a wireless subscriber network Julie Yu, Mitchell B. Oliver, Laurence Lundblade, Gerald Charles Horel, Jaiteerth Patwari 2018-08-07 $11,386,000
10038999 Triggering event processing Stephen A. Sprigg, Paul E. Jacobs 2018-07-31 $18,138,000
10009743 System and method for providing subscribed applications on wireless devices over a wireless network Richard Wayne Gardner, III, Stephen A. Sprigg, Phil Tien Nguyen, Mitchell B. Oliver, Eric J. Lekven 2018-06-26 $10,646,000
9996868 Methods and apparatus for gifting over a data network Gerald Charles Horel, Phil Tien Nguyen, Jaiteerth Patwari 2018-06-12 $8,223,000
9591428 Method, software and apparatus for performing actions on a wireless device using action lists and versioning Sudheer Koganti, Stephen A. Sprigg, Amy McGaraghan, Phil Tien Nguyen 2017-03-07 $8,839,000
9386397 Method, software and apparatus for performing actions on a wireless device using action lists and versioning Sudheer Koganti, Stephen A. Sprigg, Amy Suzanne Therrell, Phil Tien Nguyen 2016-07-05 $7,179,000
9235644 Operator, device and platform independent aggregation, cross-platform translation, enablement and distribution of user activity catalogs Kabir Suresh Kasargod, Tianyu L. D'AMORE, Gabriel Da Silva 2016-01-12 $9,932,000
9185538 Wireless subscriber application and content distribution and differentiated pricing Mitchell B. Oliver, Gerald Charles Horel 2015-11-10 $6,275,000
9143622 Prepay accounts for applications, services and content for communication devices Stephen A. Sprigg, Mitchell B. Oliver, Richard Wayne Gardner, III 2015-09-22 $4,637,000
9134873 Apparatus and methods for presenting interaction information Jonathan Kies 2015-09-15 $4,484,000
9134989 System and method for updating dataset versions resident on a wireless device Eric J. Lekven, Mitchell B. Oliver, Phil Tien Nguyen, Richard Wayne Gardner, III, Stephen A. Sprigg 2015-09-15 $4,484,000
9092286 System to automatically process components on a device Stephen A. Sprigg 2015-07-28 $7,621,000
9043229 Methods and apparatus for gifting over a data network Gerald Charles Horel, Phil Tien Nguyen 2015-05-26 $10,104,000
8660613 System and method for providing messages on a wireless device connecting to an application server Mazen Chmaytelli, Mitchell B. Oliver, Stephen A. Sprigg 2014-02-25 $11,688,000
8630634 Processing of interactive screens for a wireless device Mazen Chmaytelli, Mitchell B. Oliver, Stephen A. Sprigg 2014-01-14 $12,277,000
8626146 Method, software and apparatus for performing actions on a wireless device using action lists and versioning Sudheer Koganti, Stephen A. Sprigg, Amy Suzanne Therrell, Phil Tien Nguyen 2014-01-07 $9,867,000
8620275 Server processing in providing messages for a wireless device connecting to a server Mazen Chmaytelli, Mitchell B. Oliver, Stephen A. Sprigg 2013-12-31 $7,382,000
8588766 Safe application distribution and execution in a wireless environment Laurence Lundblade, Marc S. Phillips, Yan Zhuang, Anand H. Krishnan, Stephen A. Sprigg +4 more 2013-11-19 $11,372,000
8582729 System and method of controlling a graphical user interface at a wireless device 2013-11-12 $11,291,000
8549166 Execution of unverified programs in a wireless, device operating environment Mitchell B. Oliver, Gerald Charles Horel 2013-10-01 $10,846,000
8249577 Method and apparatus for network initiated uninstallation of application program over wireless network Mazen Chmaytelli, Jason B. Kenagy, Paul E. Jacobs 2012-08-21 $16,296,000
8195124 Apparatus and methods for managing time sensitive application privileges on a wireless device 2012-06-05 $11,351,000