Inventor · Dallas, TX, US

Hal Kurkowski

30Patents
15h-index
32Co-inventors
81Inventor score

Filing activity: May 13, 1988 → Nov 14, 2016

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6438502B1 Environmental condition sensor device and method Physics 461 Expired
US4937781A Dual port ram with arbitration status register Physics 217 Expired
US5023484A Architecture of high speed synchronous state machine Electricity 63 Expired
US6217213A Temperature sensing systems and methods Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 56 Expired
US5005151A Interleaved arbitration scheme for interfacing parallel and serial ports to a parallel system port Physics 48 Expired
US6112275A Method of communicating over a single wire bus between a host device and a module device which measures thermal accumulation over time Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 48 Expired
US5619066A Memory for an electronic token Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 47 Expired
US5297268A ID protected memory with a readable/writable ID template Physics 47 Expired
US5761697A Identifiable modules on a serial bus system and corresponding identification methods Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 37 Expired
US5864872A Single wire communication system Physics 33 Expired
US6108751A Single wire data communication method Physics 29 Expired
US4908796A Registered outputs for a memory device Physics 19 Expired
US5235548A Memory with power supply intercept in redundancy logic Physics 16 Expired
US5517015A Communication module Electricity 16 Expired
US5587955A Electronic token Physics 16 Expired
US4851720A Low power sense amplifier for programmable logic device Electricity 15 Expired
US6986057B1 Security device and method Physics 12 Expired
US5834834A Module mounting and adhesion systems and methods for electronic modules Physics 11 Expired
US5994770A Portable electronic data carrier Physics 10 Expired
US4903299A ID protected memory with a maskable ID template Physics 10 Expired
US5974504A Metal token having units of value stored therein using a single wire communication method Physics 9 Expired
US5223748A Battery manager Physics 5 Expired
US6587807B2 Environmental condition sensor device and method Physics 4 Expired
US7675166B2 Integrated circuit package device comprising electrical contacts making solderless and bondless electrical-mechanical connection Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 2 Active
US8338955B2 Single-sided, flat, no lead, integrated circuit package Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 1 Active

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