Patent assignee · US · COMPANY

American Telephone and Telegraph, Co.

400Patents
8Active
400Granted
44Portfolio score

Filing activity: Mar 27, 1975 → Sep 11, 1997

Most-cited patents

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US4837798A Communication system having unified messaging Electricity 990 Expired
US4953159A Audiographics conferencing arrangement Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 631 Expired
US4850007A Telephone toll service with advertising Electricity 381 Expired
US4922486A User to network interface protocol for packet communications networks Electricity 356 Expired
US4922522A Telecommunications access to lottery systems Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 317 Expired
US4937653A Semiconductor integrated circuit chip-to-chip interconnection scheme Electricity 258 Expired
US4897798A Adaptive environment control system Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 236 Expired
US4763353A Terminal based adjunct call manager for a communication system Electricity 209 Expired
US4679189A Alternate routing arrangement Electricity 206 Expired
US5164983A Telemarketing complex performance management system Electricity 198 Expired
US4924492A Method and apparatus for wideband transmission of digital signals between, for example, a telephone central office and customer premises Electricity 193 Expired
US5361259A Wide area network (WAN)-arrangement Electricity 186 Expired
US4653090A Graphics based call management Electricity 178 Expired
US4914650A Bandwidth allocation and congestion control scheme for an integrated voice and data network Electricity 169 Expired
US4816653A Security file system for a portable data carrier Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 168 Expired
US4897711A Subassembly for optoelectronic devices Physics 160 Expired
US4882474A Security file system and method for securing data in a portable data carrier Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 159 Expired
US4823338A Virtual local area network Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 153 Expired
US4670770A Integrated circuit chip-and-substrate assembly Electricity 152 Expired
US4748656A Personal computer--as an interface between a telephone station set and a business communication system Electricity 146 Expired
US4754479A Station number portability Electricity 138 Expired
US4769833A Wideband switching system Electricity 136 Expired
US4533795A Integrated electroacoustic transducer Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 131 Expired
US4900126A Bonded array of transmission media Physics 131 Expired
US4850036A Radio communication system using synchronous frequency hopping transmissions Electricity 127 Expired

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Counts and citation impact are objective bibliographic measures.