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William L. Long — 8 Patents

SCStratus Computer: 3 patents #8 of 72Top 15%
ASAlcatel Usa Sourcing: 2 patents #77 of 360Top 25%
ALAlcatel: 1 patents #1,083 of 2,861Top 40%
WWW.A. Whitney: 1 patents #10 of 26Top 40%
Cisco: 1 patents #7,948 of 13,007Top 65%
Pembroke, MA: #19 of 86 inventorsTop 25%
Massachusetts: #16,020 of 88,656 inventorsTop 20%
Overall (All Time): #600,572 of 4,157,543Top 15%
8 Patents All Time
William L. Long has been granted 8 US patents while listed as an inventor at Stratus Computer. The first was granted in 1990 and the most recent in August 2004. William L. Long ranks #600,572 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 14.4%). Patent records list William L. Long in Pembroke, MA, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1990 to 2004Bar chart with a peak of 3 patents in 1990.peak 31990: 3 patents19902001: 1 patents20012003: 2 patents20032004: 2 patents2004

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–8 of 8 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
6777641 Method and apparatus for laser piercing and cutting metal sheet and plate Ira E. Cole, III 2004-08-17
6778488 Matrix recovery system and method in a telecommunications node Richard G. Van Tyne, Jr., William L. Brazell, Jose A. Salmones, Donald Loewen, Johnny Wheat +1 more 2004-08-17 $1,652,000
6615257 Secure multi-user cable modem configuration editor and viewer Glenn Lee, Patrick S. King 2003-09-02 $201,915,000
6522732 System and method of preserving stable calls during a split mode operation of telecommunications equipment Mark W. Pullen, Darrin L. Meek, Lee E. Ballard, Jerry L. Buchheit, Shihlung Chiang +6 more 2003-02-18 $2,576,000
6281892 System and method of table-driven computer interface Richard G. Van Tyne, Jr., Scott J. Haney, Dwight C. Hilton, Michael Duncan, Vasundhara K. Reddy 2001-08-28 $1,458,000
4974144 Digital data processor with fault-tolerant peripheral interface Robert F. Wambach, Kurt F. Baty, Joseph M. Lamb 1990-11-27 $2,644,000
4939643 Fault tolerant digital data processor with improved bus protocol Robert F. Wambach, Kurt F. Baty, Joseph M. Lamb 1990-07-03 $5,728,000
4926315 Digital data processor with fault tolerant peripheral bus communications Robert F. Wambach, Kurt F. Baty, Joseph M. Lamb, John E. McNamara 1990-05-15 $5,906,000