Graduated from:
- Southern Oregon University (USA)
Location History:
- Arlington, TX (US) (1989)
- San Francisco, CA (US) (1997 - 2002)
- Union City, CA (US) (2001 - 2002)
- Weatherford, TX (US) (2004)
- Trophy Club, TX (US) (2003 - 2005)
- Hudson Oaks, TX (US) (2005)
- Los Altos, TX (US) (2007)
- Los Altos, CA (US) (1999 - 2008)
- Fort Worth, TX (US) (2007 - 2021)
- El Paso, TX (US) (2022)
Company Filing History:
11 out of 11 
16 out of 832,718 Years Active: 1989-2022
Dan Henderson is one of the foremost trailblazers in wireless technology, influencing global communication for the last thirty years. He holds 31 U.S. patents and has founded 14 companies. His groundbreaking work in wireless picture and video messaging in cell phones has been adopted worldwide.
Significantly, his patents claiming a 1994 priority date for wireless picture and video messaging in cellular phones (U.S. Patent 8,160,221, "Cellular telephone with the ability to display and store picture and video messages and Caller ID received from a message originator") and (U.S. Patent 8,472,595, "Method and Apparatus for providing a portable communication device with the ability to selectively display picture and video") were affirmed by the USPTO after extensive litigation, and have revolutionized global communication.
Henderson’s pioneering work came before the launch of the first smartphone and the establishment of the multimedia messaging standard. His patents, now cited over 1,000 times, have been licensed to most of the telecommunications industry. His other enterprises have licensed technologies to more than 170 other major companies. Henderson's prototype mock-up wireless devices were received at the National Museum of American History at the Smithsonian Institution.
Throughout his career, Henderson collaborated with iconic inventors, including Kazuo Hashimoto, an early prolific inventor of Caller ID and the modern answering machine, and Jack Kilby, the inventor of the computer chip. Henderson's 1993 innovations are now integral to nearly every cell phone on the planet.
Henderson has a strong connection with the New Jersey Institute of Technology, where he serves on the Board of Directors and the Dorman Honors College Board of Visitors. In 2011, he was awarded an honorary Doctor of Science degree from NJIT, and in 2022, he was inducted as a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors. He is committed to the power of the patent and innovation to address the grand challenges affecting humanity.
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