Inventor · Stanford, CA, US

Martin E. Hellman

12Patents
8h-index
4Co-inventors
65Inventor score

Filing activity: Sep 6, 1977 → Jan 6, 2014

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US4658093A Software distribution system Electricity 1,066 Expired
US4200770A Cryptographic apparatus and method Electricity 1,048 Expired
US4218582A Public key cryptographic apparatus and method Electricity 598 Expired
US4424414A Exponentiation cryptographic apparatus and method Electricity 364 Expired
US4633036A Method and apparatus for use in public-key data encryption system Electricity 76 Expired
US5872917A Authentication using random challenges Physics 73 Expired
US7840178B2 FM broadcast system competitive with satellite radio Electricity 44 Active
US7865917B2 Security enhanced tiered subscription broadcast system Electricity 20 Active
US8270901B2 Dropout-resistant media broadcasting system Electricity 6 Active
US8627354B2 Tiered subscription broadcast system Electricity 6 Active
US8401462B2 FM broadcast system competitive with satellite radio Electricity 3 Active
US9124375B1 Tiered subscription broadcast system Electricity 0 Active

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