Cynthia M. Merkin
22Patents
11h-index
16Co-inventors
68Inventor score
Filing activity: Mar 31, 1992 → Feb 16, 2006
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US5715463A | Installation utility for device drivers and utility programs | Physics | 156 | Expired |
| US7107455B1 | Computer information access based on a transmitted identification signal | Electricity | 52 | Expired |
| US6772330B2 | System and method for storing component information and a program in a hidden partition, and loading the component information to a reserved portion of the memory using the program | Physics | 35 | Expired |
| US6904391B2 | System and method for interpreting sensor data utilizing virtual sensors | Physics | 31 | Expired |
| US5696968A | Method and apparatus for effecting drive ordering via adapter preference | Physics | 25 | Expired |
| US5634137A | Method and apparatus for updating system configuration based on open/closed state of computer housing cover | Physics | 24 | Expired |
| US6772099B2 | System and method for interpreting sensor data utilizing virtual sensors | Physics | 24 | Expired |
| US5568611A | Unauthorized access monitor | Physics | 23 | Expired |
| US6772376B1 | System and method for reporting detected errors in a computer system | Physics | 19 | Expired |
| US6826710B2 | System and method for providing a fault-resilient boot | Physics | 15 | Expired |
| US6119248A | Operating system notification of correctable error in computer information | Physics | 15 | Expired |
| US6751569B2 | System and method for receiving information from a test apparatus | Physics | 9 | Expired |
| US5812390A | Apparatus and method for message variable reordering | Physics | 7 | Expired |
| US6567272B1 | System and method for utilizing system configurations in a modular computer system | Physics | 7 | Expired |
| US7373308B2 | Computer system warranty upgrade method with configuration change detection feature | Physics | 5 | Expired |
| US6973564B2 | Automatically initiating a manufacturing mode of a system firmware | Physics | 4 | Expired |
| US7373307B2 | Computer system warranty upgrade method | Physics | 3 | Expired |
| US5754852A | Apparatus for combining cellular telephone ring signals and PSTN ring signals | Physics | 3 | Expired |
| US7039743B2 | System and method of retiring events upon device replacement | Physics | 2 | Expired |
| US6316740A | Protected configuration switch | Electricity | 1 | Expired |
| US6968406B2 | System and method for arbitrating access between common access requests on a bus | Physics | 1 | Expired |
| US7266628B2 | System and method of retiring events upon device replacement | Physics | 0 | Expired |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.