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Snell & Wilcox Limited

53Patents
9Active
53Granted
37Portfolio score

Filing activity: Mar 25, 1991 → Dec 17, 2007 · 9 expiring within 5 years

Most-cited patents

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6898321B1 Method and apparatus for blocking effect reduction Electricity 168 Expired
US6088393A Video signal processing Electricity 43 Expired
US6285716A Video compression Electricity 43 Expired
US5255091A Digital television standards conversion Electricity 37 Expired
US6259489A Video noise reducer Electricity 28 Expired
US5734435A Video processing to convert between field rates Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 28 Expired
US5874991A Apparatus for the creation of video test signals Electricity 20 Expired
US6674802B2 Video process where part of compressed version of video signal accompanies video signal itself Electricity 19 Expired
US6668088B1 Digital signal compression encoding with improved quantisation Electricity 15 Expired
US6075818A Video signal processing Electricity 15 Expired
US6625221B2 Video compression Electricity 12 Expired
US7009656B2 Video signal processing Electricity 11 Expired
US6229851A Method and apparatus for looping of compressed video bitstreams Electricity 10 Expired
US6480232B1 Video processing to convert between field rates Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 10 Expired
US5805207A Moving image reproduction system providing compensation for cinematographic artifacts Electricity 8 Expired
US7023925B1 Data compression unit control for alignment of output signal Electricity 7 Expired
USD565046S1 Control panel General 6 Expired
US5754246A Video signal processing with motion compensation at low bandwidth Electricity 6 Expired
US5166792A Video signal processing and video stores Electricity 6 Expired
US7492822B2 Compression techniques Electricity 6 Expired
USD573989S1 Keyboard for control desk General 5 Expired
US6421749B1 Playback and monitoring of compressed bitstreams Electricity 5 Expired
US6922214B1 Video signal processing Electricity 5 Expired
USD562318S1 Display with input mechanisms General 4 Expired
US5602762A Digital sample rate conversion Electricity 4 Expired

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