Inventor · Gilbert, AZ, US

David K. Ford

26Patents
8h-index
20Co-inventors
75Inventor score

Filing activity: Jan 5, 1990 → Mar 22, 2024

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6507644B1 Pre-paid telephone calling card linked to a stored value account Electricity 128 Expired
US10235524B2 Methods and apparatus for identifying and removing malicious applications Physics 46 Active
US5818890A Method for synchronizing signals and structures therefor Electricity 25 Expired
US5170492A Digitally frequency-locking a radio transceiver to the received signal Electricity 16 Expired
US5563594A Circuit and method of timing data transfers Electricity 13 Expired
US5060264A Radiotelephone controller configured for coresident secure and nonsecure modes Electricity 11 Expired
US5418496A Serial data clock recovery circuit using dual oscillator circuit Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 11 Expired
US6470297B1 Method of multi-dimensionally accentuating a deviation in information and identifying its cause Physics 10 Expired
US5548285A Circuit and method of indicating data hold-time Electricity 6 Expired
US9122870B2 Methods and apparatus for validating communications in an open architecture system Electricity 5 Active
US10230759B2 Methods and apparatus for varying soft information related to the display of hard information Electricity 3 Active
US5010570A Method for active feedback suppression Electricity 3 Expired
US6817218B1 Non-linear statistically constrained AVO inversion Physics 3 Expired
US10958682B2 Methods and apparatus for varying soft information related to the display of hard information Electricity 3 Active
US9659175B2 Methods and apparatus for identifying and removing malicious applications Physics 2 Active
US11379564B2 Network and device security system, method, and apparatus Physics 2 Active
US11868450B2 Network and device security system, method, and apparatus Physics 1 Active
US11283833B2 Methods and apparatus for detecting a presence of a malicious application Electricity 1 Active
US11687653B2 Methods and apparatus for identifying and removing malicious applications Physics 0 Active
US11063963B2 Methods and apparatus for detecting remote control of a client device Electricity 0 Active
US12361101B2 System, methods, and apparatus for mobile device security Physics 0 Active
US12346444B2 Methods and apparatus for interfering with malware using displaced display elements Physics 0 Active
US10091219B2 Methods and apparatus for detecting remote control of a client device Electricity 0 Active
US11943255B2 Methods and apparatus for detecting a presence of a malicious application Electricity 0 Active
US12368753B2 Methods and apparatus for detecting a presence of a malicious application Electricity 0 Active

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.