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Eric Zbinden — 59 Patents

SASamtec: 49 patents #4 of 128Top 4%
Intel: 9 patents #4,462 of 30,777Top 15%
Santa Clara, CA: #156 of 9,301 inventorsTop 2%
California: #6,060 of 386,348 inventorsTop 2%
Overall (All Time): #40,067 of 4,157,543Top 1%
59 Patents All Time
Eric Zbinden has been granted 59 US patents while listed as an inventor at Samtec. The first was granted in 2004 and the most recent in December 2025. Eric Zbinden ranks #40,067 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 0.96%). Patent records list Eric Zbinden in Santa Clara, CA, US.

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Showing 1–25 of 59 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12487419 Vertical insertion interconnection system with ring connector for high-speed data transmission 2025-12-02
12278441 Ultra-dense, low-profile edge card connector Marc Epitaux, John Coronati, Jignesh H. Shah, Brandon Thomas Gore 2025-04-15
12244084 Interconnection system, case assembly, electrical connector, assembly and connector assembly using detachable, cabled front-panel connector Christina Kozlovsky, Jignesh H. Shah 2025-03-04
12230902 Data communication system Jignesh H. Shah 2025-02-18
12140809 Transceiver and interface for IC package Randall E. Musser, Jean-Marc Verdiell, John A. Mongold, Brian Vicich, Keith Guetig 2024-11-12
12055771 Optical block with textured surface Jignesh H. Shah, William J. Kozlovsky, David A. Langsam, Raymond J. Lee, R. Brad Bettman 2024-08-06
11846816 Optical transceiver with versatile positioning 2023-12-19
11828908 Rack-mountable equipment with a high-heat-dissipation module, and transceiver receptacle with increased cooling Thomas A. Hall 2023-11-28
11735844 Anti-backout latch for interconnect system Liam Parkes, Keith Guetig, Jignesh H. Shah, Jean Karlo Williams Barnett, Chadrick Paul Faith +1 more 2023-08-22
11693194 Optical block with textured surface Jignesh H. Shah, William J. Kozlovsky, David A. Langsam, Raymond J. Lee, R. Brad Bettman 2023-07-04
11650383 Rack-mountable equipment with a high-heat-dissipation module, and transceiver receptacle with increased cooling Thomas A. Hall 2023-05-16
11621523 Transceiver assembly array with fixed heatsink and floating transceivers Keith Guetig, Thomas A. Hall, Andrew R. Collingwood, John L. Nightingale 2023-04-04
11536918 Rack-mountable equipment with a high-heat-dissipation module, and transceiver receptacle with increased cooling Thomas A. Hall 2022-12-27
11536917 Rack-mountable equipment with a high-heat-dissipation module, and transceiver receptacle with increased cooling Thomas A. Hall 2022-12-27
11500167 Rack-mountable equipment with a high-heat-dissipation module, and transceiver receptacle with increased cooling Thomas A. Hall 2022-11-15
11500168 Rack-mountable equipment with a high-heat-dissipation module, and transceiver receptacle with increased cooling Thomas A. Hall 2022-11-15
11495899 Data communication system Jignesh H. Shah 2022-11-08
D960107 Electrical connector Jean Karlo Williams Barnett, Jignesh H. Shah 2022-08-09
11372178 Rack-mountable equipment with a high-heat-dissipation module, and transceiver receptacle with increased cooling Thomas A. Hall 2022-06-28
11196195 Interconnect system having retention features R. Brad Bettman, Liam Parkes, Keith Guetig, Jignesh H. Shah, Jean Karlo Williams Barnett +2 more 2021-12-07
11177614 Transceiver assembly array with fixed heatsink and floating transceivers Keith Guetig, Thomas A. Hall, Andrew R. Collingwood, John L. Nightingale 2021-11-16
11171432 Anti-backout latch for interconnect system Liam Parkes, Keith Guetig, Jignesh H. Shah, Jean Karlo Williams Barnett, Chadrick Paul Faith +1 more 2021-11-09
11125956 Optical transceiver with versatile positioning 2021-09-21
D924170 Electrical connector Jean Karlo Williams Barnett, Jignesh H. Shah 2021-07-06
10892585 Interconnect module for both panel and mid board mounting Jignesh H. Shah, Jean Karlo Williams Barnett 2021-01-12