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Thomas J. Schaefer — 17 Patents

VTVlsi Technology: 8 patents #55 of 594Top 10%
GRGraco: 4 patents #18 of 149Top 15%
ACAmerican Cyanamid: 2 patents #617 of 1,554Top 40%
SFState Farm: 2 patents #623 of 1,137Top 55%
Buffalo, MN: #10 of 168 inventorsTop 6%
Minnesota: #4,335 of 52,454 inventorsTop 9%
Overall (All Time): #263,971 of 4,157,543Top 7%
17 Patents All Time
Thomas J. Schaefer has been granted 17 US patents while listed as an inventor at Vlsi Technology. The first was granted in 1984 and the most recent in November 2024. Thomas J. Schaefer ranks #263,971 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 6.3%). Patent records list Thomas J. Schaefer in Buffalo, MN, US.

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–17 of 17 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12149602 Method and system for optimizing dynamic user experience applications John M. VanAntwerp, Dan Kalmes, Victoria Ann Spaulding-Burford 2024-11-19
11550565 Method and system for optimizing dynamic user experience applications John M. VanAntwerp, Dan Kalmes, Victoria Ann Spaulding-Burford 2023-01-10
5956257 Automated optimization of hierarchical netlists Arnold Ginetti, Robert D. Shur, Christopher H. Kingsley 1999-09-21
5841672 Method and apparatus for verifying signal timing of electrical circuits Athanasius W. Spyrou, Michael Grossman, Michael N. Misheloff, Marie C. Salet, Clementina Bures 1998-11-24 $1,370,000
5787010 Enhanced dynamic programming method for technology mapping of combinational logic circuits Robert D. Shur 1998-07-28
5617325 Method for estimating interconnect delays in integrated circuits 1997-04-01 $13,316,000
5402356 Buffer circuit design using back track searching of site trees Robert D. Shur 1995-03-28 $1,473,000
5402357 System and method for synthesizing logic circuits with timing constraints Robert D. Shur 1995-03-28 $1,473,000
5369022 Method to improve the protection of crops from herbicidal injury Keith E. Newhouse 1994-11-29
5348230 Planar foam nozzle Timothy Lloyd Mullen, Tera D. McCutcheon 1994-09-20 $619,000
D346729 Foam gun Scott A. Olson, Tera D. McCutcheon, Timothy Lloyd Mullen 1994-05-10
5290753 Method for the prevention of crop injury in the presence of synergistic pesticide combinations Keith E. Newhouse, Gail E. Cary 1994-03-01 $10,033,000
5197015 System and method for setting capacitive constraints on synthesized logic circuits Mark R. Hartoog, Robert D. Shur 1993-03-23 $943,000
5154532 Reciprocating pump coupling Calvin S. Hulburt 1992-10-13 $818,000
5068812 Event-controlled LCC stimulation Robert D. Shur 1991-11-26 $2,634,000
5062067 Levelized logic simulator with fenced evaluation Robert D. Shur 1991-10-29 $1,578,000
4427153 Plural component dispensing device 1984-01-24 $548,000