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Brad Needham — 9 Patents

Tektronix: 5 patents #224 of 1,698Top 15%
Intel: 3 patents #10,444 of 30,777Top 35%
North Plains, OR: #24 of 81 inventorsTop 30%
Oregon: #4,727 of 28,073 inventorsTop 20%
Overall (All Time): #535,341 of 4,157,543Top 15%
9 Patents All Time
Brad Needham has been granted 9 US patents while listed as an inventor at Tektronix. The first was granted in 1993 and the most recent in August 2018. Brad Needham ranks #535,341 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 12.9%). Patent records list Brad Needham in North Plains, OR, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1993 to 2018Bar chart with a peak of 4 patents in 1993.peak 41993: 4 patents19931995: 1 patents19952002: 1 patents20022016: 1 patents20162018: 2 patents2018

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–9 of 9 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
10055556 Technologies for authenticating a user of a computing device based on authentication context state Ned M. Smith, Nathan Heldt-Sheller, Micah J. Sheller, Kevin C. Wells, Hannah L. Scurfield +2 more 2018-08-21 $25,621,000
9990479 Technologies for authenticating a user of a computing device based on authentication context state Ned M. Smith, Nathan Heldt-Sheller, Micah J. Sheller, Kevin C. Wells, Hannah L. Scurfield +2 more 2018-06-05 $24,427,000
9488479 Method, system, and device for to-do-list based navigation Robin L. Jordan 2016-11-08 $9,907,000
6377263 Intelligent software components for virtual worlds Gary Falacara, Cass E. Cunningham, Nolan Tamashiro, Kevin Alvarado, Steve Warwick 2002-04-23
5430660 Digital pulse generator Jonathan Lueker, John Hengeveld, Burt Lee Price, Jim Schlegel, Mehrab Sedeh 1995-07-04
5252977 Digital pulse generator using digital slivers and analog vernier increments Jonathan Lueker, John Hengeveld, Burt Lee Price, Jim Schlegel, Mehrab Sedeh 1993-10-12 $4,809,000
5249132 Digital pulse generator Jonathan Lueker, John Hengeveld, Burt Lee Price, Jim Schlegel, Mehrab Sedeh 1993-09-28 $2,398,000
5224129 Method of synchronizing signals of a pulse generator Jonathan Lueker, John Hengeveld, Burt Lee Price, Jim Schlegel, Mehrab Sedeh 1993-06-29 $1,542,000
5208598 Digital pulse generator using leading and trailing edge placement Jonathan Lueker, John Hengeveld, Burt Lee Price, Jim Schlegel, Mehrab Sedeh 1993-05-04 $1,918,000