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:
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
TopVLSI 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
What are VLSI Technology key innovation segments?
What Technologies are Covered by VLSI Technology?
The chart below distributes patents filed by VLSI Technology in different countries on the basis of the technology protected in patents. It also represents the markets where VLSI Technology thinks it’s important to protect particular technology inventions.
R&D Focus: How has VLSI Technology search focus changed over the years?
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