Inventor · Houston, TX, US

Gregory P. Ziarnik

17Patents
3h-index
16Co-inventors
53Inventor score

Filing activity: Dec 26, 2001 → Sep 26, 2013

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6873883B2 Adaptive fan controller for a computer system Physics 27 Expired
US7401644B2 Computer systems and related methods for cooling such systems Physics 18 Expired
US7809965B2 Computer systems and related methods for cooling such systems Physics 6 Active
US8909909B2 Apparatus and method of accessing a computer pre-boot routine before activation of a computer keyboard Physics 2 Active
US8495354B2 Apparatus for determining during a power-on sequence, a value to be written to a first register in a secure area and the same value to a second register in non-secure area, which during a protected mode, the value is compared such that if it is equal, enabling writing to a memory Physics 2 Active
US8533845B2 Method and apparatus for controlling operating system access to configuration settings Physics 1 Active
US8266461B2 Computer system with a fan and a temperature monitoring unit Physics 1 Active
US8984539B2 Loading a device driver from a device Physics 1 Active
US8661233B2 System configuration Physics 0 Active
US9865141B2 Providing a BIOS pulse signal for opening a cash drawer Physics 0 Active
US10175993B2 Device configuration prior to initialization of a system Physics 0 Active
US9419312B2 Disablement of connection between connection module and battery Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 0 Active
US9483426B2 Locking a system management interrupt (SMI) enable register of a chipset Physics 0 Active
US8856560B2 Settings based on output powered by low power state power rail Physics 0 Active
US7694120B2 Pin strap setting override system and method Physics 0 Active
US9021193B2 Utilization of stored timing data to configure a memory controller Physics 0 Active
US9639145B2 Method for determining whether to enter a S3 state based on user-defined permissible S3 period during an always on mode Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 0 Active

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