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Irwin M. Jacobs — 14 Patents

Qualcomm: 13 patents #1,649 of 12,104Top 15%
Village of La Jolla, CA: #290 of 2,316 inventorsTop 15%
California: #43,920 of 386,348 inventorsTop 15%
Overall (All Time): #332,869 of 4,157,543Top 9%
14 Patents All Time
Irwin M. Jacobs has been granted 14 US patents while listed as an inventor at Qualcomm. The first was granted in 1990 and the most recent in November 2010. Irwin M. Jacobs ranks #332,869 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 8.0%). Patent records list Irwin M. Jacobs in Village of La Jolla, CA, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1990 to 2010Bar chart with a peak of 2 patents in 1990.peak 21990: 2 patents19901991: 1 patents1992: 2 patents19921994: 1 patents1995: 1 patents19951998: 2 patents1999: 1 patents19992003: 1 patents2004: 1 patents20042006: 1 patents2010: 1 patents2010

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–14 of 14 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
7839960 System and method for generating signal waveforms in a CDMA cellular telephone system Klein S. Gilhousen, Roberto Padovani, Lindsay A. Weaver, Jr., Charles E. Wheatley, III, Andrew J. Viterbi 2010-11-23 $28,839,000
7003021 System and method for generating signal waveforms in a CDMA cellular telephone system Klein S. Gilhousen, Roberto Padovani, Lindsay A. Weaver, Jr., Charles E. Wheatley, III, Andrew J. Viterbi 2006-02-21 $57,572,000
6693951 System and method for generating signal waveforms in a CDMA cellular telephone system Klein S. Gilhousen, Roberto Padovani, Lindsay A. Weaver, Jr., Charles E. Wheatley, III, Andrew J. Viterbi 2004-02-17 $43,051,000
6618429 System and method for generating signal waveforms in a CDMA cellular telephone system Klein S. Gilhousen, Roberto Padovani, Lindsay A. Weaver, Jr., Charles E. Wheatley, III, Andrew J. Viterbi 2003-09-09 $66,564,000
5943361 System and method for generating signal waveforms in a CDMA cellular telephone system Klein S. Gilhousen, Roberto Padovani, Lindsay A. Weaver, Jr., Charles E. Wheatley, III, Andrew J. Viterbi 1999-08-24 $89,443,000
5841806 Method and apparatus for the transmission of energy-scaled variable rate data Klein S. Gilhousen, Roberto Padovani, Lindsay A. Weaver, Jr., Charles E. Wheatley, III, Andrew J. Viterbi 1998-11-24 $16,350,000
5715236 System and method for generating signal waveforms in a CDMA cellular telephone system Klein S. Gilhousen, Roberto Padovani, Lindsay A. Weaver, Jr., Charles E. Wheatley, III, Andrew J. Viterbi 1998-02-03 $23,508,000
5416797 System and method for generating signal waveforms in a CDMA cellular telephone system Klein S. Gilhousen, Roberto Padovani, Lindsay A. Weaver, Jr., Andrew J. Viterbi 1995-05-16 $20,297,000
5309474 System and method for generating signal waveforms in a CDMA cellular telephone system Klein S. Gilhousen, Roberto Padovani, Lindsay A. Weaver, Jr., Charles E. Wheatley, III, Andrew J. Viterbi 1994-05-03 $13,416,000
5126748 Dual satellite navigation system and method William G. Ames, Lindsay A. Weaver, Jr., Klein S. Gilhousen 1992-06-30 $6,053,000
5103459 System and method for generating signal waveforms in a CDMA cellular telephone system Klein S. Gilhousen, Roberto Padovani, Lindsay A. Weaver, Jr., Charles E. Wheatley, III, Andrew J. Viterbi 1992-04-07 $7,689,000
5017926 Dual satellite navigation system William G. Ames, Lindsay A. Weaver, Jr., Klein S. Gilhousen 1991-05-21
4979170 Alternating sequential half duplex communication system Klein S. Gilhousen, Franklin P. Antonio, Lindsay A. Weaver, Jr. 1990-12-18
4901307 Spread spectrum multiple access communication system using satellite or terrestrial repeaters Klein S. Gilhousen, Lindsay A. Weaver, Jr. 1990-02-13