Inventor · Grass Valley, CA, US

John Abt

17Patents
10h-index
19Co-inventors
69Inventor score

Filing activity: Oct 23, 1986 → Jun 27, 2011

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US4853784A Video switcher with independent processing of selected video signals Electricity 41 Expired
US4821269A Diagnostic system for a digital signal processor Physics 34 Expired
US4965668A Adaptive rounder for video signals Physics 33 Expired
US4858011A Video switcher system with modular architecture Electricity 30 Expired
US5638133A Method of creating video effects by use of keyframes Electricity 23 Expired
US4823183A Video mixer with multicolor boarder Electricity 20 Expired
US4805022A Digital wipe generator Electricity 15 Expired
US4700232A Interpolator for television special effects system Electricity 15 Expired
US4873568A Digital video effects apparatus Electricity 12 Expired
US7353284B2 Synchronized transmission of audio and video data from a computer to a client via an interface Electricity 12 Expired
US4947254A Layered mix effects switcher architecture Electricity 10 Expired
US4963977A Apparatus for generating a video signal representing a field of spatially varying color Electricity 9 Expired
US5235423A Controllable pseudo random noise pattern generator for use in video special effects Electricity 8 Expired
US7668099B2 Synthesis of vertical blanking signal Electricity 6 Active
US5850267A Non-additive video mixer Electricity 1 Expired
US7970926B2 Synchronized transmission of audio and video data from a computer to a client via an interface Electricity 1 Active
US8838825B2 Synchronized transmission of audio and video data from a computer to a client via an interface Electricity 0 Active

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.