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NIELSEN MEDIA RES INC

Overview
  • Total Patents
    555
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NIELSEN MEDIA RES INC has a total of 555 patent applications. Its first patent ever was published in 1992. It filed its patents most often in WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organization), EPO (European Patent Office) and Canada. Its main competitors in its focus markets telecommunications, audio-visual technology and computer technology are WRIGHT DAVID HOWELL, INVIDI TECHNOLOGIES CORP and PACKET VISION LTD.

Patent filings per year

Chart showing NIELSEN MEDIA RES INCs patent filings per year from 1900 to 2020

Top inventors

# Name Total Patents
#1 Ramaswamy Arun 137
#2 Srinivasan Venugopal 111
#3 Lu Daozheng 96
#4 Feininger William A 47
#5 Wright David Howell 37
#6 Harkness David H 33
#7 Nelson Dan 33
#8 Luff Robert A 31
#9 Kempter Paul C 24
#10 Wright David H 24

Latest patents

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MX2007015979A Methods, systems, and apparatus for multi-purpose metering.
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