VLSI Technology has a total of 42 patents globally, out of which 40 have been granted. Of these 42 patents, no patents are active. The United States of America is where VLSI Technology has filed the maximum number of patents, followed by Taiwan and Japan. Parallelly, The United States of America seems to be the main focused R&D center and also USA is the origin country of VLSI Technology.
VLSI Technology was founded in 1979. The Company designs, manufactures and markets custom and semi-custom integrated circuits. The Company’s products address a range of applications in the wireless communications, networking and consumer digital entertainment and advanced computing markets.
Do read about some of the most popular patents of VLSI Technology which have been covered by us in this article and also you can find VLSI Technology patents information, the worldwide patent filing activity and its patent filing trend over the years, and many other stats over VLSI Technology patent portfolio.
How many patents does the Founder of VLSI Technology have?
The Founder Jack Balletto has 0 patent.How many patents does VLSI Technology have?
VLSI Technology has a total of 42 patents globally. These patents belong to none of the unique patent families. Out of 42 patents, no patents are active.How Many Patents did VLSI Technology File Every Year?
The company has 42 patents and correspondingly the filing year is 2003 and 2014.Year of Patents Filing or Grant | VLSI Technology Applications Filed | VLSI Technology Patents Granted |
2014 | 1 | – |
2006 | – | 1 |
2005 | – | 3 |
2004 | – | 8 |
2003 | 1 | 28 |
How many VLSI Technology patents are Alive/Dead?
All the Patents were filed by VLSI Technology are Dead.How Many Patents did VLSI Technology File in Different Countries?
Countries in which VLSI Technology Filed Patents
Country | Patents |
United States Of America | 35 |
Taiwan | 2 |
Japan | 2 |
Europe | 1 |
Germany | 1 |
Where are Research Centers of VLSI Technology Patents Located?
10 Best VLSI Technology Patents
US6766025B1 is the most popular patent in the VLSI Technology portfolio. It has received 194 citations so far from companies like Nec Corporation, Hon Hai Precision Industry and Sonos Inc.Below is the list of 10 most cited patents of VLSI Technology:
Publication Number | Citation Count |
US6766025B1 | 194 |
US6523118B1 | 94 |
US6636575B1 | 36 |
US6581124B1 | 34 |
US6581125B1 | 28 |
US6505221B1 | 28 |
US6549563B1 | 24 |
US6567428B1 | 22 |
US6543018B1 | 20 |
US6625637B1 | 18 |
How many inventions of other companies were rejected due to VLSI Technology patents?
The statistics below share strategic R&D insights. It tells the companies that were trying to protect inventions similar to VLSI Technology invention. They couldn’t because VLSI Technology had protected those before them. Examiners at the USPTO referred 13 VLSI Technology patents in 43 rejections (35 USC § 102 or 35 USC § 103 types). The top citing companies in the VLSI Technology patent portfolio are IBM, Maxim Integrated and Nippon Telegraph and Telephone. List of the Companies whose Patents were rejected citing VLSI Technology –Company | Number of Patent Applications that faced Rejection Citing VLSI Technology Patents | Number of Rejections (102 & 103) |
IBM | 3 | 5 |
Maxim Integrated | 2 | 2 |
Nippon Telegraph And Telephone | 1 | 1 |
Teledyne Micralyne | 1 | 2 |
Qualcomm | 1 | 2 |
Hgst Netherlands | 1 | 4 |
Tsmc | 1 | 2 |
Himax | 1 | 4 |
Pantech Wireless | 1 | 2 |
Crestron Electronics | 1 | 1 |
Count of 102 and 103 Type Rejections based on VLSI Technology Patents
Top VLSI Technology Patents used in Rejecting Most Patent Applications
Patent Number | Count of Rejected Applications |
US6523118B1 | 4 |
US6766025B1 | 3 |
US6625637B1 | 2 |
US6748006B1 | 2 |
US6505221B1 | 2 |
US6523148B1 | 1 |
US6727166B1 | 1 |
US6539049B1 | 1 |
US6751579B1 | 1 |
US6541359B1 | 1 |
US6869885B1 | 1 |
US6549563B1 | 1 |
US6581125B1 | 1 |
List of VLSI Technology Patents
VLSI Technology Patents | Title |
US6889162B1 | Wafer Target Design And Method For Determining Centroid Of Wafer Target |
US6876063B1 | Method Of Improving Adhesion Of Cap Oxide To Nanoporous Silica For Integrated Circuit Fabrication |
US6869885B1 | Method For A Tungsten Silicide Etch |
US6766025B1 | Intelligent Speaker Training Using Microphone Feedback And Pre-Loaded Templates |
US6756316B1 | Semiconductor Pressure Transducer Structures And Methods For Making The Same |
US6751579B1 | Method Of Scaling Table Based Cell Library Timing Models In Order To Take Into Account Process, Temperature And Power Supply |
US6748006B1 | Method And Apparatus For Controlling System Timing With Use Of A Master Timer |
US6727166B1 | Removal Of Silicon Oxynitride Material Using A Wet Chemical Process After Gate Etch Processing |
US6691277B1 | High Speed Pre-Computing Circuit And Method For Finding The Error-Locator Polynomial Roots In A Reed-Solomon Decoder |
US6636575B1 | Cascading Pll Units For Achieving Rapid Synchronization Between Digital Communications Systems |
US6625637B1 | Method And Apparatus For Synthesizing Communication Support Based On Communication Types Of Application |
US6581125B1 | Pci Bridge Having Latency Inducing Serial Bus |
US6581124B1 | High Performance Internal Bus For Promoting Design Reuse In North Bridge Chips |
US6580706B1 | Efficient Generation Within A Remote Base Station Of A Synchronization Signal For A Cordless Communication System |
US6574691B1 | Apparatus And Method For Interfacing A Non-Sequential 486 Interface Burst Interface To A Sequential Asb Interface |
US6567392B1 | Method And System For Using Vocorder Rate Determination For High Quality Cdma Voice Transmission |
US6567428B1 | Method And System For Using Low Data Rate Vocorder Packets To Multiplex Signaling Packets Into A Cdma Traffic Channel For High Quality Cdma Voice Transmission |
US6549563B1 | Methods And Apparatus For Use In Generating Spreading Sequences For Multiple Modes Of Communication |
US6544860B1 | Shallow Trench Isolation Method For Forming Rounded Bottom Trench Corners |
US6546514B1 | Integrated Circuit Analysis And Design Involving Defective Circuit Element Replacement On A Netlist |
US6541359B1 | Optimized Gate Implants For Reducing Dopant Effects During Gate Etching |
US6542855B1 | Selecting A Cache Design For A Computer System Using A Model With A Seed Cache To Generate A Trace |
US6543018B1 | System And Method To Facilitate Flexible Control Of Bus Drivers During Scan Test Operations |
US6541283B1 | Method For Determining Magnification Error Portion Of Total Misalignment Error In A Stepper |
US6543030B1 | Computer-Implemented Conversion Of Combination-Logic Module For Improving Timing Characteristics Of Incorporating Integrated Circuit Design |
US6539049B1 | Device And Method For Maintaining Time Synchronous With A Network Master Time |
US6529790B1 | Computation Of Die-Per-Wafer Considering Production Technology And Wafer Size |
US6523148B1 | Majority Decision Method For Improved Frame Error Rate In The Digital Enhanced Cordless Telecommunications System |
US6522940B1 | Method And System For Varying Die Shape To Increase Wafer Productivity |
US6523118B1 | Secure Cache For Instruction And Data Protection |
US6519670B1 | Method And System For Optimizing A Host Bus That Directly Interfaces To A 16-Bit Pcmcia Host Bus Adapter |
US6519724B1 | Communication Systems, Circuits, Circuit Systems And Methods Of Operating A Circuit |
US6512508B2 | Joystick Interfaces And Methods Of Providing Position Information Of A Joystick |
US6505221B1 | Fir Filter Utilizing Programmable Shifter |
US6504852B1 | Intelligent Gateway Between A Service Control Point And A Signalling Network |
EP0766424B1 | Multiple Size Cryptographic Key System |
WO2014149358A1 | Interleaved Multipath Digital Power Amplification |
DE69808349T2 | Multi-Interface Coupling Device And Method For Reconfiguring Standard Pc Card Interfaces |
TWI254223B | Polygon Dividing Method |
TWI222581B | Method Of Piecing Together Polygon |
JP3516683B2 | Pipelined Analog-To-Digital Converter And Internal Stage Amplifier For The Converter And Method |
JP1998055230A5 | Device And Method For Hot-Docking Portable Computer Through Main Pci Bus To Docking Station, And Method For Disconnecting Them |