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Mark J. Foster — 45 Patents

ZSZenith Data Systems: 9 patents #2 of 84Top 3%
DEDigital Equipment: 7 patents #143 of 2,100Top 7%
AGAgiletv: 6 patents #1 of 11Top 10%
PSPromptu Systems: 3 patents #9 of 23Top 40%
CGCompaq Information Technologies Group: 3 patents #17 of 407Top 5%
Nec: 3 patents #4,217 of 14,502Top 30%
ZEZenith Electronics: 2 patents #142 of 411Top 35%
HAHasbro: 2 patents #137 of 494Top 30%
Tupelo, MS: #2 of 130 inventorsTop 2%
Mississippi: #18 of 4,257 inventorsTop 1%
Overall (All Time): #64,393 of 4,157,543Top 2%
45 Patents All Time
Mark J. Foster has been granted 45 US patents while listed as an inventor at Zenith Data Systems. The first was granted in 1987 and the most recent in April 2017. Mark J. Foster ranks #64,393 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 1.5%). Patent records list Mark J. Foster in Tupelo, MS, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1987 to 2017Bar chart with a peak of 4 patents in 1996.peak 41987: 1 patents19871988: 1 patents1991: 2 patents1992: 3 patents19921993: 1 patents1994: 1 patents1995: 1 patents19951996: 4 patents1997: 3 patents1998: 1 patents19981999: 2 patents2000: 1 patents2001: 3 patents20012002: 4 patents2004: 1 patents2005: 1 patents20052006: 2 patents2007: 1 patents2008: 2 patents20082010: 2 patents2011: 1 patents2012: 2 patents20122013: 3 patents2015: 1 patents2017: 1 patents2017

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 45 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
D782853 Ring display 2017-04-04
8994700 Artifact-free transitions between dual display controllers 2015-03-31
RE44326 System and method of voice recognition near a wireline node of a network supporting cable television and/or video delivery Theodore Calderone, Paul M. Cook 2013-06-25
D678425 Toy truck 2013-03-19
8395483 Power controller for an electronic reader device Garth Conboy, Vincent Le Chevalier, John Rivlin, Khin Zaw 2013-03-12
8113348 Hybrid mounting cards utilized in sterile barrier packing systems 2012-02-14
8095370 Dual compression voice recordation non-repudiation system 2012-01-10
7914361 Entertainment apparatus and methods propelling toy vehicles about multiple tracks LaMont C. Morris, Douglas Arthur Schultheis 2011-03-29 $27,806,000
7685523 System and method of voice recognition near a wireline node of network supporting cable television and/or video delivery Theodore Calderone, Paul M. Cook 2010-03-23
D609703 Laptop computer Nicholas Negroponte, Yves Behar, Walter Bender, Michail Bletsas, Jacques Gagne +5 more 2010-02-09
7434788 Pest deterrent fence 2008-10-14
7428273 Method and apparatus for efficient preamble detection in digital data receivers 2008-09-23
7260538 Method and apparatus for voice control of a television control device Theodore Calderone, Harry Printz, James Kistler 2007-08-21
7047196 System and method of voice recognition near a wireline node of a network supporting cable television and/or video delivery Theodore Calderone, Paul M. Cook 2006-05-16
7039074 N-way demultiplexer Theodore Calderone 2006-05-02
6925651 Method and processor engine architecture for the delivery of audio and video content over a broadband network Theodore Calderone 2005-08-02
6786168 Portable boat beaching device 2004-09-07
6480703 Common carrier, multiple output RF upconverter Theodore Calderone 2002-11-12
6456488 One inch notebook computer Michele Bovio 2002-09-24 $8,238,000
6426871 One inch notebook computer Michele Bovio 2002-07-30 $40,274,000
6378068 Suspend/resume capability for a protected mode microprocesser Saifuddin Fakhruddin, James Les Walker, Matthew B. Mendelow, Jiming Sun, Rodman S. Brahman +6 more 2002-04-23 $16,000
6307740 One inch notebook computer Michele Bovio 2001-10-23 $19,288,000
6301673 Suspend/resume capability for a protected mode microprocessor Saifuddin Fakhruddin, James Les Walker, Matthew B. Mendelow, Jiming Sun, Rodman S. Brahman +6 more 2001-10-09 $28,000
6223293 Suspend/resume capability for a protected mode microprocessor Saifuddin Fakhruddin, James Les Walker, Matthew B. Mendelow, Jiming Sun, Rodman S. Brahman +6 more 2001-04-24 $30,000
6125034 Computer having internally mounted peripheral devices with moveable adapter Michele Bovio, Robert C. Frame, John H. Mallard 2000-09-26