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Robert Liang — 21 Patents

TITexas Instruments: 21 patents #563 of 12,488Top 5%
Frisco, TX: #61 of 1,349 inventorsTop 5%
Texas: #6,491 of 125,132 inventorsTop 6%
Overall (All Time): #201,324 of 4,157,543Top 5%
21 Patents All Time
Robert Liang has been granted 21 US patents while listed as an inventor at Texas Instruments. The first was granted in 2014 and the most recent in July 2025. Robert Liang ranks #201,324 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 4.8%). Patent records list Robert Liang in Frisco, TX, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2014 to 2025Bar chart with a peak of 3 patents in 2014.peak 32014: 3 patents20142015: 3 patents2016: 1 patents20162017: 2 patents2018: 2 patents20182019: 1 patents2020: 2 patents20202021: 2 patents2022: 1 patents20222023: 2 patents2024: 1 patents20242025: 1 patents2025

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–21 of 21 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12363643 Dynamic power negotiation outside enhanced beacon exchange in a wireless network via acknowledgment frames Liangcheng Tao, Arvind Kandhalu 2025-07-15
12003271 Sleepy device operation in asynchronous channel hopping networks Kumaran Vijayasankar, Jyothsna Kunduru, Kwang-Seop Eom 2024-06-04 $36,059,000
11696364 Selective multiple-media access control Xiaolin Lu, Mehul Soman, Kumaran Vijayasankar, Ramanuja Vedantham 2023-07-04
11637585 Sleepy device operation in asynchronous channel hopping networks Kumaran Vijayasankar, Jyothsna Kunduru, Kwang-Seop Eom 2023-04-25 $62,925,000
11329693 Dynamic medium switch in co-located PLC and RF networks Yanjun Sun, Gang Xu, Soon-Hyeok Choi, Bhadra Sandeep, Xiaolin Lu +3 more 2022-05-10 $53,234,000
11082086 Sleepy device operation in asynchronous channel hopping networks Kumaran Vijayasankar, Jyothsna Kunduru, Kwang-Seop Eom 2021-08-03 $28,719,000
11013060 Selective multiple-media access control Xiaolin Lu, Mehul Soman, Kumaran Vijayasankar, Ramanuja Vedantham 2021-05-18 $32,944,000
10833890 Carrier sense multiple access (CSMA) protocols for power line communications (PLC) Shu Du, Xiaolin Lu 2020-11-10 $40,893,000
10644750 Dynamic medium switch in co-located PLC and RF networks Yanjun Sun, Gang Xu, Soon-Hyeok Choi, Bhadra Sandeep, Xiaolin Lu +3 more 2020-05-05 $15,321,000
10491265 Sleepy device operation in asynchronous channel hopping networks Kumaran Vijayasankar, Jyothsna Kunduru, Kwang-Seop Eom 2019-11-26 $23,578,000
10104192 Selective multiple-media access control Xiaolin Lu, Mehul Soman, Kumaran Vijayasankar, Ramanuja Vedantham 2018-10-16 $19,080,000
10097371 Carrier sense multiple access (CSMA) protocols for power line communications (PLC) Shu Du, Xiaolin Lu 2018-10-09 $44,383,000
9819393 Joining process in a powerline communication (PLC) network Kumaran Vijayasankar, Ramanuja Vedantham 2017-11-14 $12,326,000
9615315 Powerline communication network system having device that performs a joining process Kumaran Vijayasankar, Ramanuja Vedantham 2017-04-04 $12,133,000
9282504 Joining process for powerline communication (PLC) networks Kumaran Vijayasankar, Ramanuja Vedantham 2016-03-08 $16,853,000
9184779 Dynamic medium switch in co-located PLC and RF networks Yanjun Sun, Gang Xu, Soon-Hyeok Choi, Bhadra Sandeep, Xiaolin Lu +3 more 2015-11-10 $15,007,000
9143197 Joining process for G3 networks Kumaran Vijayasankar, Ramanuja Vedantham 2015-09-22 $9,107,000
9094234 Carrier sense multiple access (CSMA) protocols for power line communications (PLC) Shu Du, Xiaolin Lu 2015-07-28 $10,990,000
8817847 Dynamic improvement of link symmetry in co-located PLC and RF networks Yanjun Sun, Gang Xu, Soon-Hyeok Choi, Bhadra Sandeep, Xiaolin Lu +3 more 2014-08-26 $9,823,000
8787195 Beacon selection in communication networks Kumaran Vijayasankar, Ramanuja Vedantham, Susan Yim, Xiaolin Lu 2014-07-22 $9,793,000
8711873 Carrier sense multiple access (CSMA) protocols for power line communications (PLC) Shu Du, Xiaolin Lu 2014-04-29 $10,911,000