Inventor · Mission Viejo, CA, US

Stephen B. Knuth

14Patents
11h-index
8Co-inventors
57Inventor score

Filing activity: Apr 12, 1991 → Jul 6, 1998

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5400393A Voice mail digital telephone answering device Electricity 132 Expired
US5418839A Environmental adaptive mechanism for channel utilization in cordless telephones Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 103 Expired
US5646979A Cordless telephone with voice announced calling party identification Electricity 72 Expired
US5406618A Voice activated, handsfree telephone answering device Electricity 69 Expired
US5577104A Method for system and message activation based on distinctive ringing Electricity 59 Expired
US5197093A Enviromental adaptive mechanism for channel utilization in cordless telephones Electricity 56 Expired
US5432844A Shared line answering system with enhanced extension device features Electricity 35 Expired
US5781613A Telephone answering device and method for screening incoming telephone calls with blocked calling party identification information Electricity 27 Expired
US5826187A Integrated cordless telephone with telephone answering device and method of replaying messages through a handset thereof Electricity 24 Expired
US5768349A Voice mail telephone answering device Electricity 22 Expired
US6160872A Apparatus and method for preventing disconnection of consumer premises equipment Electricity 18 Expired
US5588046A Digital telephone answering device and method of testing message storage memory therein Electricity 6 Expired
US5392332A Shared line telephone answering system with a telephone line-powered disconnect module Electricity 5 Expired
US5606598A Telephone answering device with direct telephone line interface Electricity 3 Expired

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