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David W. Knapp — 6 Patents

SYSynopsys: 4 patents #328 of 2,302Top 15%
Lockheed Martin: 1 patents #2,818 of 6,507Top 45%
Palo Alto, CA: #3,345 of 9,675 inventorsTop 35%
California: #94,478 of 386,348 inventorsTop 25%
Overall (All Time): #779,687 of 4,157,543Top 20%
6 Patents All Time
David W. Knapp has been granted 6 US patents while listed as an inventor at Synopsys. The first was granted in 1998 and the most recent in December 2024. David W. Knapp ranks #779,687 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 18.8%). Patent records list David W. Knapp in Palo Alto, CA, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1998 to 2024Bar chart with a peak of 1 patents in 1998.peak 11998: 1 patents19982000: 1 patents20002003: 1 patents20032009: 1 patents20092015: 1 patents20152024: 1 patents2024

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–6 of 6 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12168530 Thermal control systems and methods for spacecraft Mark Ramirez, Donna Hooker, Olivia Chen, Megan Taylor Isabelle, Meredith Swegan Nevius 2024-12-17 $606,460,000
9118937 Real-time video transmission system Martin Miller, Wen Zhang 2015-08-25
RE40925 Methods for automatically pipelining loops Tai A. Ly, Ronald A. Miller, Donald Benton MacMillen 2009-09-29
6505339 Behavioral synthesis links to logic synthesis Ronald A. Miller, Donald Benton MacMillen, Tai A. Ly 2003-01-07 $33,385,000
6026219 Behavioral synthesis links to logic synthesis Ronald A. Miller, Donald Benton MacMillen, Tai A. Ly 2000-02-15 $42,511,000
5764951 Methods for automatically pipelining loops Tai A. Ly, Ronald A. Miller, Donald Benton MacMillen 1998-06-09 $34,900,000