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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Sept 30, 2025
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William L. Thomas

RGRovi Guides: 135 patents #4 of 684Top 1%
UPUnited Video Properties: 68 patents #2 of 191Top 2%
OPOds Properties: 7 patents #5 of 31Top 20%
AGAdeia Guides: 7 patents #33 of 333Top 10%
Microsoft: 4 patents #10,696 of 40,388Top 30%
ZRZenith Radio: 4 patents #20 of 184Top 15%
ANA.C. Nielsen: 4 patents #4 of 44Top 10%
RGRovl Guides: 2 patents #5 of 69Top 8%
NPNews America Publications: 2 patents #2 of 17Top 15%
RPRovi Product: 1 patents #13 of 56Top 25%
OTOds Technologies: 1 patents #11 of 16Top 70%
UFUS Air Force: 1 patents #6,190 of 16,312Top 40%
CDControl Data: 1 patents #56 of 192Top 30%
NRNielsen Media Research: 1 patents #13 of 31Top 45%
TCTelecommunications Of Colorado: 1 patents #4 of 16Top 25%
ITInternational Telephone And Telegraph: 1 patents #182 of 507Top 40%
Evergreen, CO: #1 of 385 inventorsTop 1%
Colorado: #10 of 40,980 inventorsTop 1%
Overall (All Time): #2,108 of 4,157,543Top 1%
244 Patents All Time

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 151–175 of 244 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDate
8949906 Interactive television program guide system with pay program package promotion Edward B. Knudson, Michael D. Ellis, Bruce L. Davis 2015-02-03
8918818 Television chat system Toby DeWeese, Pamela L. McKissick, Michael D. Ellis 2014-12-23
8904439 Program guide system with combination category search Edward B. Knudson, Joel G. Hassell, Michael D. Ellis 2014-12-02
8776126 Client-server based interactive television guide with server recording Michael D. Ellis, Thomas R. Lemmons 2014-07-08
8768147 Systems and methods for interactive program guides with personal video recording features Michael D. Ellis, Danny R. Gaydou, M. Scott Reichardt, Joseph P. Baumgartner 2014-07-01
8768148 Interactive television program guide with remote access Michael D. Ellis, Joel G. Hassell, Thomas R. Lemmons, David M. Berezowski, Robert A. Knee +1 more 2014-07-01
8755666 Interactive television program guide with remote access Michael D. Ellis, Joel G. Hassell, Thomas R. Lemmons, David M. Berezowski, Robert A. Knee +1 more 2014-06-17
8732779 Interactive television program guide system with pay program package promotion Edward B. Knudson, Michael D. Ellis, Bruce L. Davis 2014-05-20
8732756 Interactive media guide with media guidance interface W. Benjamin Herrington, David M. Berezowski, Robert A. Knee, Michael D. Ellis, Todd A. Walker +2 more 2014-05-20
8613020 Program guide system with flip and browse advertisements Edward B. Knudson, Joel G. Hassell, Connie T. Marshall, Thomas R. Lemmons, Steven J. Reynolds +6 more 2013-12-17
8595767 Methods and systems for selecting a package of videos Edward B. Knudson, Michael D. Ellis, Bruce L. Davis 2013-11-26
8584184 Systems and methods for relocating media Michael D. Ellis, Kevin B. Easterbrook, M. Scott Reichardt, Robert A. Knee 2013-11-12
8584172 Interactive television program guide with remote access Michael D. Ellis, Joel G. Hassell, Thomas R. Lemmons, David M. Berezowski, Robert A. Knee +1 more 2013-11-12
8578423 Interactive television program guide with remote access Michael D. Ellis, Joel G. Hassell, Thomas R. Lemmons, David M. Berezowski, Robert A. Knee +1 more 2013-11-05
8578413 Interactive television program guide with remote access Michael D. Ellis, Joel G. Hassell, Thomas R. Lemmons, David M. Berezowski, Robert A. Knee +1 more 2013-11-05
8572654 Program guide system with combination category search Edward B. Knudson, Joel G. Hassell, Michael D. Ellis 2013-10-29
8528032 Client-server based interactive television program guide system with remote server recording Michael D. Ellis, Thomas R. Lemmons 2013-09-03
8457475 Systems and methods for interactive program guides with personal video recording features Michael D. Ellis, Danny R. Gaydou, M. Scott Reichardt, Joseph P. Baumgartner 2013-06-04
8424038 Interactive media guide with media guidance interface W. Benjamin Herrington, David M. Berezowski, Robert A. Knee, Michael D. Ellis, Todd A. Walker +2 more 2013-04-16
8397259 Program guide system with advertisements Edward B. Knudson, Joel G. Hassell, Connie T. Marshall, Thomas R. Lemmons, Steven J. Reynolds +6 more 2013-03-12
8381248 Program guide system with combination category search Edward B. Knudson, Joel G. Hassell, Michael D. Ellis 2013-02-19
8291461 Systems and methods for managing the distribution of on-demand media Michael D. Ellis, David M. Berezowski, Kevin B. Easterbrook, Joseph P. Baumgartner, W. Benjamin Herrington 2012-10-16
8272019 Client-server based interactive television program guide system with remote server recording Michael D. Ellis, Thomas R. Lemmons 2012-09-18
8266662 Client-server based interactive television program guide system with remote server recording Michael D. Ellis, Thomas R. Lemmons 2012-09-11
8250614 Systems and methods for providing an on-demand media portal and grid guide Michael D. Ellis, Matthew Scott Reichardt, Simo Elkhadiri, Kevin Kershaw 2012-08-21