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Robert P. Higgins — 26 Patents

The Boeing: 26 patents #207 of 15,756Top 2%
Seattle, WA: #901 of 21,776 inventorsTop 5%
Washington: #3,231 of 76,902 inventorsTop 5%
Overall (All Time): #150,017 of 4,157,543Top 4%
26 Patents All Time
Robert P. Higgins has been granted 26 US patents while listed as an inventor at The Boeing. The first was granted in 1994 and the most recent in March 2024. Robert P. Higgins ranks #150,017 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 3.6%). Patent records list Robert P. Higgins in Seattle, WA, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1994 to 2024Bar chart with a peak of 3 patents in 2012.peak 31994: 2 patents19941995: 1 patents2003: 1 patents20032004: 1 patents2005: 1 patents20052008: 1 patents2010: 2 patents20102011: 1 patents2012: 3 patents20122013: 1 patents2014: 2 patents20142015: 3 patents2016: 2 patents20162017: 2 patents2020: 1 patents20202022: 1 patents2024: 1 patents2024

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 26 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
11933736 Apparatus and methods of inspecting a wire segment Brian J. Tillotson, Andrej Martin Savol 2024-03-19 $40,825,000
11333613 Apparatus and methods of inspecting a wire segment Brian J. Tillotson, Andrej Martin Savol 2022-05-17 $30,503,000
10649087 Object detection system for mobile platforms Jonathan M. Saint Clair, William D. Sherman, Mitchell D. Voth, Ronald N. Murata, Bentley E. Northon +4 more 2020-05-12 $25,835,000
9583012 System and method for detection and avoidance Richard J. Loftis, Andrew L. Armatorio, Tuan Nguyen 2017-02-28 $18,518,000
9565403 Video processing system 2017-02-07 $25,892,000
9513606 Safety systems and methods for production environments Ty A. Larsen, Robert R. Keever, Harold E. Hager 2016-12-06 $12,561,000
9427867 Localization within an environment using sensor fusion Peter Trautman, Hui Li 2016-08-30 $18,112,000
9167972 Systems and methods for non-contact biometric sensing Jonathan M. Saint Clair, David C. Soreide, Gary A. Ray, Tyler M. Anderson, Donald Allen Spurgeon +2 more 2015-10-27 $21,786,000
9111361 Distinguishing between moving targets and clutter in a video 2015-08-18 $13,727,000
9055195 Method and apparatus for providing bi-directional data services and live television programming to mobile platforms Greg A. Bengeult, Jeffrey Paul Harrang, William R. Richards, Michael G. Lynch, Michael de La Chapelle +8 more 2015-06-09 $29,218,000
8666661 Video navigation 2014-03-04 $20,017,000
8646010 Method and apparatus for providing bi-directional data services and live television programming to mobile platforms Greg A. Bengeult, Jeffrey Paul Harrang, William R. Richards, Michael G. Lynch, Michael de La Chapelle +8 more 2014-02-04 $12,704,000
8483806 Systems and methods for non-contact biometric sensing Jonathan M. Saint Clair, David C. Soreide, Gary A. Ray, Tyler M. Anderson, Donald Allen Spurgeon +2 more 2013-07-09 $30,651,000
8254362 Method and device of generating time-varying preamble sequence and pseudorandom noise (PN) binary sequence in direct sequence spread spectrum (DSSS) communications Xinyu Wang, Igor Elgorriaga, Marcus R. Gahler, Yefim Poberezhskiy, Paul R. Norris +2 more 2012-08-28 $10,457,000
8194925 Method, apparatus and computer program product for recognizing a gesture 2012-06-05 $10,840,000
8111734 Device and method for fast transition from preamble synchronization to data demodulation in direct sequence spread spectrum (DSSS) communications Xinyu Wang, Marcus R. Gahler, Paul R. Norris 2012-02-07 $36,291,000
7983450 Method, apparatus and computer program product for recognizing a gesture 2011-07-19 $15,939,000
7853195 Adaptive RF canceller system and method 2010-12-14 $18,462,000
7688878 Method and device of peak detection in preamble synchronization for direct sequence spread spectrum communication Xinyu Wang, Marcus R. Gahler, Igor Elgorriaga, Paul R. Norris 2010-03-30 $13,685,000
7454037 System, method and computer program product for adaptive video processing 2008-11-18 $24,278,000
6866231 Method for limiting interference between satellite communications systems 2005-03-15 $23,868,000
6726152 Satellite communications system 2004-04-27 $31,972,000
6511020 Method for limiting interference between satellite communications systems 2003-01-28 $45,885,000
5390198 Soft decision viterbi decoder for M-ary convolutional codes 1995-02-14 $23,255,000
5341396 Multi-rate spread system John H. Nitardy 1994-08-23 $39,611,000