Inventor · Renton, WA, US

Brian T. Hill

17Patents
10h-index
30Co-inventors
72Inventor score

Filing activity: Sep 1, 1989 → Dec 16, 2019

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5151978A LAN interface which permits a host computer to obtain data without interrupting a ladder program executing in the interface Physics 242 Expired
US5159673A Apparatus for networking programmable logic controllers to host computers Electricity 132 Expired
US5245704A System for sharing data between microprocessor based devices Physics 127 Expired
US5131092A Communication system enabling programmable logic controllers access to host computer tasks and host computer access to programmable logic controllers without polling Physics 118 Expired
US5163151A System for processing and prioritizing alarms from devices on data communications network Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 59 Expired
US6701454B1 Method and system for recovering information during a program failure Physics 42 Expired
US6675295B1 Method and computer system for detecting and correcting a failure in a computer application program during startup Physics 30 Expired
US5127090A Map interface unit for industrial programmable logic controllers Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 25 Expired
US9098837B2 Side-by-side shared calendars Physics 23 Active
USD650715S1 Child alert transmitter and key fob receiver set for a car seat General 19 Expired
US9715678B2 Side-by-side shared calendars Physics 9 Active
US6857085B1 Method and system for handling an unexpected exception generated by an application Physics 7 Expired
US7089455B2 Method and system for handling an unexpected exception generated by an application Physics 4 Expired
US10547580B2 Dynamically re-parenting email messages based on updated conversations Electricity 3 Active
US9235335B2 Touch interactions with a drawing application Physics 2 Active
US10482638B2 Collaborative commenting in a drawing tool Electricity 0 Active
US11153245B2 Dynamically re-parenting email messages based on updated conversations Electricity 0 Active

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