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Genrad, Inc.

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72Patents
0Active
72Granted
38Portfolio score

Filing activity: Sep 2, 1976 → Oct 4, 2001

Most-cited patents

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6138143A Method and apparatus for asynchronous transaction processing Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 265 Expired
US4620304A Method of and apparatus for multiplexed automatic testing of electronic circuits and the like Physics 191 Expired
US6393458B1 Method and apparatus for load balancing in a distributed object architecture Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 138 Expired
US6175230A Circuit-board tester with backdrive-based burst timing Physics 110 Expired
US4186338A Phase change detection method of and apparatus for current-tracing the location of faults on printed circuit boards and similar systems Physics 83 Expired
US5506510A Adaptive alignment probe fixture for circuit board tester Physics 58 Expired
US4228537A Method of and apparatus for automatic fault diagnosis of electrical circuits employing on-line simulation of faults in such circuits during diagnosis Physics 53 Expired
US5861743A Hybrid scanner for use in an improved MDA tester Physics 51 Expired
US4242751A Automatic fault-probing method and apparatus for checking electrical circuits and the like Physics 51 Expired
US5172377A Method for testing mixed scan and non-scan circuitry Physics 38 Expired
US4977370A Apparatus and method for circuit board testing Physics 35 Expired
US4459693A Method of and apparatus for the automatic diagnosis of the failure of electrical devices connected to common bus nodes and the like Physics 33 Expired
US4196475A Method of and apparatus for automatic measurement of impedance or other parameters with microprocessor calculation techniques Physics 32 Expired
US4236246A Method of and apparatus for testing electronic circuit assemblies and the like Physics 28 Expired
US4808815A Apparatus for testing light-emitting devices using probe means having a preselected pattern arrangement Physics 25 Expired
US5057775A Method of testing control matrices for flat-panel displays Physics 22 Expired
US5486753A Simultaneous capacitive open-circuit testing Physics 20 Expired
US5124636A Tester interconnect system Physics 20 Expired
US4951283A Method and apparatus for identifying defective bus devices Physics 20 Expired
US4414664A Wait circuitry for interfacing between field maintenance processor and device specific adaptor circuit Physics 20 Expired
US5282211A Slip detection during bit-error-rate measurement Electricity 19 Expired
US5124638A Automatic circuit tester employing a three-dimensional switch-matrix layout Physics 19 Expired
US6233509A Electronic diagnostic system Performing Operations; Transporting 18 Expired
US5736862A System for detecting faults in connections between integrated circuits and circuit board traces Physics 18 Expired
US5592614A Fault identification system Physics 17 Expired

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