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NIELSEN A C CO

Overview
  • Total Patents
    383
About

NIELSEN A C CO has a total of 383 patent applications. Its first patent ever was published in 1936. It filed its patents most often in United States, Canada and Australia. Its main competitors in its focus markets telecommunications, audio-visual technology and computer technology are ELEKTRO GERAETE BURGSTAEDT, MEDIAMETRIE and TELEVISION AUDIENCE MEASUREMEN.

Patent filings per year

Chart showing NIELSEN A C COs patent filings per year from 1900 to 2020

Top inventors

# Name Total Patents
#1 Lu Daozheng 36
#2 Haselwood Donald E 34
#3 Rahmel Henry A 33
#4 Solar Carl M 30
#5 Freeman Robert L 25
#6 Currey Charles H 19
#7 Thumm Jeffrey R 17
#8 Kiewit David A 15
#9 Haselwood D 14
#10 Fred Krahulec 14

Latest patents

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WO02075631A2 Market research database for category management
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US5629739A Apparatus and method for injecting an ancillary signal into a low energy density portion of a color television frequency spectrum
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US5594934A Real time correlation meter
CA2119970A1 Program monitoring system
US5488408A Serial data channel metering attachment for metering channels to which a receiver is tuned
US5481294A Audience measurement system utilizing ancillary codes and passive signatures
CA2106143A1 Universal broadcast code and multi-level encoded signal monitoring system
US5550928A Audience measurement system and method
US5331544A Market research method and system for collecting retail store and shopper market research data
US5305464A Method and apparatus for determining channel to which a receiver is tuned
US5315093A Market research method and system for collecting retail store market research data
US5243423A Spread spectrum digital data transmission over TV video