Inventor · Palo Alto, CA, US

Hon Wah Chin

85Patents
22h-index
73Co-inventors
91Inventor score

Filing activity: Jun 17, 1994 → Mar 30, 2017

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5617421A Extended domain computer network using standard links Electricity 370 Expired
US5561669A Computer network switching system with expandable number of ports Electricity 265 Expired
US5959968A Port aggregation protocol Electricity 264 Expired
US5872783A Arrangement for rendering forwarding decisions for packets transferred among network switches Electricity 224 Expired
US5852607A Addressing mechanism for multiple look-up tables Electricity 113 Expired
US6298061A Port aggregation protocol Electricity 86 Expired
US6314110A Method and apparatus for distributed bandwidth allocation for a bi-directional ring media with spatial and local reuse Electricity 86 Expired
US6163543A Port aggregation protocol Electricity 80 Expired
US6820210B1 System and method for fault recovery for a two line bi-directional ring network Electricity 73 Expired
US6304347A Optical power management in an optical network Electricity 69 Expired
US7310688B1 Relative addressing for network elements Electricity 55 Expired
US9878787B2 System and method for operating unmanned aircraft Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 40 Active
US6718137B1 Method and apparatus for configuration by a first network element based on operating parameters of a second network element Electricity 38 Expired
US6269452A System and method for fault recovery for a two line bi-directional ring network Electricity 37 Expired
US6128296A Method and apparatus for distributed packet switching using distributed address tables Electricity 34 Expired
US9311802B1 Systems and methods for avoiding collisions with mobile hazards Physics 34 Active
US6615362B1 System and method for fault recovery for two line bi-directional ring network Electricity 29 Expired
US9902491B2 Reconfigurable unmanned aircraft system Performing Operations; Transporting 26 Active
US9878786B2 System and method for operation and management of reconfigurable unmanned aircraft Performing Operations; Transporting 25 Active
US9919797B2 System and method for operation and management of reconfigurable unmanned aircraft Performing Operations; Transporting 25 Active
US6181708A Lossless arbitration scheme and network architecture for collision based network protocols Electricity 24 Expired
US9582976B2 Systems and methods for detecting and reporting hazards on a pathway Human Necessities 23 Active
US6430700B1 System and method for fault recovery for a two line bi-directional ring network Electricity 21 Expired
US9375145B2 Systems and methods for controlling acquisition of sensor information Human Necessities 20 Active
US6757297B1 Method and apparatus for dynamic configuration and checking of network connections via out-of-band monitoring Electricity 18 Expired

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