Sonics, Inc.
🏢 View company profile →87Patents
38Active
87Granted
47Portfolio score
Filing activity: Jan 2, 1990 → Nov 23, 2016 · 20 expiring within 5 years
Most-cited patents
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US5272757A | Multi-dimensional reproduction system | Electricity | 280 | Expired |
| US5459790A | Personal sound system with virtually positioned lateral speakers | Electricity | 103 | Expired |
| US6182183A | Communications system and method with multilevel connection identification | Electricity | 100 | Expired |
| US5948089A | Fully-pipelined fixed-latency communications system with a real time dynamic bandwidth allocation | Physics | 99 | Expired |
| US6725313B1 | Communications system and method with multilevel connection identification | Electricity | 88 | Expired |
| US6330225A | Communication system and method for different quality of service guarantees for different data flows | Electricity | 67 | Expired |
| US6144747A | Head mounted surround sound system | Electricity | 62 | Expired |
| US5661812A | Head mounted surround sound system | Electricity | 53 | Expired |
| US8711867B2 | Credit flow control scheme in a router with flexible link widths utilizing minimal storage | Electricity | 53 | Active |
| US6578117B2 | Method and apparatus for scheduling requests using ordered stages of scheduling criteria | Physics | 52 | Expired |
| US5841879A | Virtually positioned head mounted surround sound system | Electricity | 51 | Expired |
| US8514889B2 | Use of common data format to facilitate link width conversion in a router with flexible link widths | Electricity | 50 | Active |
| US6853732B2 | Center channel enhancement of virtual sound images | Electricity | 48 | Expired |
| US8798038B2 | Efficient header generation in packetized protocols for flexible system on chip architectures | Electricity | 46 | Active |
| US7120712B2 | Communications system and method with multilevel connection identification | Electricity | 40 | Expired |
| USD358150S | Combined 3D audio headset and glasses | General | 36 | Expired |
| US6961834B2 | Method and apparatus for scheduling of requests to dynamic random access memory device | Physics | 35 | Expired |
| US6804738B2 | Method and apparatus for scheduling a resource to meet quality-of-service restrictions | Electricity | 34 | Expired |
| US7149829B2 | Various methods and apparatuses for arbitration among blocks of functionality | Physics | 34 | Expired |
| US8601288B2 | Intelligent power controller | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 34 | Active |
| US7325221B1 | Logic system with configurable interface | Physics | 29 | Expired |
| US7793345B2 | Method and apparatus for a configurable protection architecture for on-chip systems | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 29 | Active |
| US7155554B2 | Methods and apparatuses for generating a single request for block transactions over a communication fabric | Physics | 29 | Expired |
| US6785753B2 | Method and apparatus for response modes in pipelined environment | Physics | 26 | Expired |
| US7165094B2 | Communications system and method with non-blocking shared interface | Physics | 24 | Expired |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Counts and citation impact are objective bibliographic measures.