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Martin E. Hellman — 12 Patents

UNUnknown: 7 patents #1,646 of 83,584Top 2%
Stanford University: 2 patents #1,354 of 5,197Top 30%
SUStanford University: 1 patents #58 of 261Top 25%
AOAol: 1 patents #897 of 1,465Top 65%
Stanford, CA: #152 of 1,454 inventorsTop 15%
California: #51,404 of 386,348 inventorsTop 15%
Overall (All Time): #396,045 of 4,157,543Top 10%
12 Patents All Time
Martin E. Hellman has been granted 12 US patents while listed as an inventor at Unknown. The first was granted in 1980 and the most recent in September 2015. Martin E. Hellman ranks #396,045 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 9.5%). Patent records list Martin E. Hellman in Stanford, CA, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1980 to 2015Bar chart with a peak of 2 patents in 1980.peak 21980: 2 patents19801984: 1 patents1986: 1 patents19861987: 1 patents1999: 1 patents19992010: 1 patents2011: 1 patents20112012: 1 patents2013: 1 patents20132014: 1 patents2015: 1 patents2015

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–12 of 12 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
9124375 Tiered subscription broadcast system 2015-09-01
8627354 Tiered subscription broadcast system 2014-01-07
8401462 FM broadcast system competitive with satellite radio 2013-03-19
8270901 Dropout-resistant media broadcasting system 2012-09-18
7865917 Security enhanced tiered subscription broadcast system 2011-01-04
7840178 FM broadcast system competitive with satellite radio 2010-11-23
5872917 Authentication using random challenges 1999-02-16 $989,831,000
4658093 Software distribution system 1987-04-14
4633036 Method and apparatus for use in public-key data encryption system Carl E. Bach 1986-12-30
4424414 Exponentiation cryptographic apparatus and method Stephen C. Pohlig 1984-01-03
4218582 Public key cryptographic apparatus and method Ralph C. Merkle 1980-08-19
4200770 Cryptographic apparatus and method Bailey W. Diffie, Ralph C. Merkle 1980-04-29