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Robert W. Boyd — 50 Patents

WHWherenet: 14 patents #2 of 18Top 15%
Harris: 7 patents #236 of 2,461Top 10%
URUniversity Of Rochester: 7 patents #45 of 1,162Top 4%
ZIZih: 7 patents #30 of 277Top 15%
TLThe Boc Group Limited: 2 patents #207 of 612Top 35%
UFUniversity Of South Florida: 2 patents #543 of 1,794Top 35%
CICorning Incorporated: 1 patents #2,786 of 3,890Top 75%
ZSZebra Enterprise Solutions: 1 patents #8 of 20Top 40%
DUDuke University: 1 patents #1,064 of 2,315Top 50%
UFUS Air Force: 1 patents #6,232 of 16,312Top 40%
ZTZebra Technologies: 1 patents #422 of 699Top 65%
Honeywell: 1 patents #15,474 of 16,504Top 95%
TSTexas A&M University System: 1 patents #649 of 1,706Top 40%
University of California: 1 patents #8,022 of 18,278Top 45%
TOThe University Of Ottawa: 1 patents #117 of 325Top 40%
Eidson, TN: #1 of 2 inventorsTop 50%
Tennessee: #142 of 20,272 inventorsTop 1%
Overall (All Time): #53,743 of 4,157,543Top 2%
50 Patents All Time
Robert W. Boyd has been granted 50 US patents while listed as an inventor at Wherenet. The first was granted in 1981 and the most recent in January 2024. Robert W. Boyd ranks #53,743 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 1.3%). Patent records list Robert W. Boyd in Eidson, TN, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1981 to 2024Bar chart with a peak of 5 patents in 2001.peak 51981: 1 patents19811987: 2 patents1988: 1 patents1990: 2 patents19901993: 1 patents1999: 2 patents2000: 2 patents20002001: 5 patents2002: 4 patents2003: 1 patents20032004: 2 patents2005: 3 patents2006: 1 patents20062007: 5 patents2009: 1 patents2010: 2 patents20102011: 2 patents2016: 5 patents2017: 2 patents20172018: 2 patents2020: 1 patents2021: 1 patents20212023: 1 patents2024: 1 patents2024

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 50 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
11874365 Passive radio frequency identification ranging David S. Wisherd 2024-01-16 $54,273,000
11709097 Measurement apparatus of wavefront and polarization profile of vectorial optical fields Zhimin Shi, Darrick Hay, Ziyi Zhu, Yiyu Zhou 2023-07-25
11067450 Measurement apparatus of wavefront and polarization profile of vectorial optical fields Zhimin Shi, Darrick Hay, Ziyi Zhu, Yiyu Zhou 2021-07-20
10677652 Apparatus and method for calibrating measuring instruments Samuel Lemieux, Mathieu Manceau, Gerd Leuchs, Maria V. Chekhova 2020-06-09
9995818 Method, apparatus, and computer program product for processing received signals for locating Jerald W. English, Thomas L. Richardson, Michael A. Wohl 2018-06-12
9983303 Passive radio frequency identification ranging David S. Wisherd 2018-05-29
9810766 Method and apparatus for modeling time relationships between clocks 2017-11-07
9660757 Low latency fiber optic local area network Mark W. Beranek, Nicholas Peterson 2017-05-23
9519046 System and method for determining signal source location in wireless local area network 2016-12-13
9500531 Wavefront sensing apparatus, method and applications Zhimin Shi, Mohammad Mirhosseini, Mehul Malik 2016-11-22
9395432 Method and apparatus for modeling timing relationships between clocks 2016-07-19
9285454 Method, apparatus, and computer program product for processing received signals for locating Jerald W. English, Thomas L. Richardson, Michael A. Wohl 2016-03-15
9274207 System and method for determining signal source location in wireless local area network 2016-03-01
7990540 Apparatus and methods using highly optically dispersive media Daniel J. Gauthier, Zhimin Shi 2011-08-02
7899006 Location system for wireless local area network (WLAN) using RSSI and time difference of arrival (TDOA) processing 2011-03-01
7767968 Correlated ghost imager Daniel Youngner, Lisa Lust 2010-08-03 $5,178,000
7755541 System and method for tracking vehicles and containers David S. Wisherd, Tom Richardson, Santiago Romero, Michael A. Wohl 2010-07-13
7624770 Intelligent compressor strategy to support hydrogen fueling David G. Wardle, Kelly Leitch, Satish S. Tamhankar, Gary Peter Lomas 2009-12-01
7253871 Efficient room-temperature source of polarized single photons Svetlana G. Lukishova, Carlos R. Stroud 2007-08-07
7245801 Apparatus with a series of resonator structures situated near an optical waveguide for manipulating optical pulses John E. Heebner 2007-07-17
7218229 Location system and method that achieves time synchronized network performance with nodes divided into separate networks 2007-05-15
7212563 Real-time locating system and method using timing signal Donald K. Belcher, Michael A. Wohl, David S. Wisherd 2007-05-01
7190271 Location system and method that achieves time synchronized network performance using unsynchronized receiver clocks 2007-03-13
6987744 Wireless local area network with geo-location capability Timothy C. Harrington, Donald K. Belcher, David S. Wisherd 2006-01-17
6892054 Interference suppression for wireless local area network and location system Donald K. Belcher, Michael A. Wohl 2005-05-10