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AT&T Bell Laboratories

3,366Patents
17Active
3,366Granted
49Portfolio score

Filing activity: Jan 5, 1979 → Mar 23, 1994

Most-cited patents

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5206903A Automatic call distribution based on matching required skills with agents skills Electricity 793 Expired
US5013691A Anisotropic deposition of silicon dioxide Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 784 Expired
US5329589A Mediation of transactions by a communications system Electricity 671 Expired
US5301286A Memory archiving indexing arrangement Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 594 Expired
US4555775A Dynamic generation and overlaying of graphic windows for multiple active program storage areas Physics 539 Expired
US5311594A Fraud protection for card transactions Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 435 Expired
US5212752A Optical fiber ferrule connector having enhanced provisions for tuning Physics 402 Expired
US5195086A Multiple call control method in a multimedia conferencing system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 392 Expired
US5227878A Adaptive coding and decoding of frames and fields of video Electricity 387 Expired
US4850007A Telephone toll service with advertising Electricity 381 Expired
US4611094A Method for customer definable telephone capability Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 371 Expired
US5327421A Apparatus for interfacing between telecommunications call signals and broadband signals Electricity 370 Expired
US5285513A Optical fiber cable provided with stabilized waterblocking material Physics 358 Expired
US5129030A Movable lightguide connector panel Physics 357 Expired
US5020112A Image recognition method using two-dimensional stochastic grammars Physics 345 Expired
US5345446A Establishing telecommunications call paths in broadband communication networks Electricity 340 Expired
US5274729A Universal optical fiber buildout system Physics 331 Expired
US5345445A Establishing telecommunications calls in a broadband network Electricity 317 Expired
US5115309A Method and apparatus for dynamic channel bandwidth allocation among multiple parallel video coders Electricity 315 Expired
US5089442A Silicon dioxide deposition method using a magnetic field and both sputter deposition and plasma-enhanced CVD Electricity 314 Expired
US5136671A Optical switch, multiplexer, and demultiplexer Physics 313 Expired
US5305312A Apparatus for interfacing analog telephones and digital data terminals to an Electricity 312 Expired
US5186647A High frequency electrical connector Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 311 Expired
US4613990A Radiotelephone transmission power control Electricity 308 Expired
US5172213A Molded circuit package having heat dissipating post Electricity 306 Expired

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