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ALTERA CORP

Overview
  • Total Patents
    4,775
  • GoodIP Patent Rank
    1,376
  • Filing trend
    ⇩ 77.0%
About

ALTERA CORP has a total of 4,775 patent applications. It decreased the IP activity by 77.0%. Its first patent ever was published in 1984. It filed its patents most often in United States, EPO (European Patent Office) and China. Its main competitors in its focus markets computer technology, basic communication technologies and semiconductors are XILINX INC, INMOS LTD and AITO INTERACTIVE OY.

Patent filings per year

Chart showing ALTERA CORPs patent filings per year from 1900 to 2020

Top inventors

# Name Total Patents
#1 Langhammer Martin 237
#2 Sung Chiakang 204
#3 Cliff Richard G 200
#4 Lewis David 198
#5 Shumarayev Sergey 195
#6 Huang Joseph 182
#7 Pedersen Bruce B 171
#8 Wong Wilson 154
#9 Lee Andy L 138
#10 Patel Rakesh H 115

Latest patents

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