John Daniel Upton
20Patents
11h-index
24Co-inventors
75Inventor score
Filing activity: Sep 24, 1976 → Jun 18, 2008
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US7541940B2 | Proximity-based task alerts | Physics | 276 | Active |
| US6101610A | Computer system having thermal sensing with dual voltage sources for sensor stabilization | Physics | 38 | Expired |
| US5301279A | Apparatus for conditioning priority arbitration | Physics | 28 | Expired |
| US4347939A | Thermoformed closure of composite material | Performing Operations; Transporting | 27 | Expired |
| US4173362A | Female pipe coupling member with annular seal ring | Performing Operations; Transporting | 25 | Expired |
| US7305595B2 | Method, system, and product for isolating memory system defects to a particular memory system component | Physics | 22 | Expired |
| US5945979A | Combined digital and analog cursor control | Physics | 20 | Expired |
| US7810081B2 | Compilation error isolation, optimization and resolution | Physics | 20 | Active |
| US7076708B2 | Method and apparatus for diagnosis and behavior modification of an embedded microcontroller | Physics | 18 | Expired |
| US6629252B1 | Method for determining if a delay required before proceeding with the detected interrupt and exiting the interrupt without clearing the interrupt | Physics | 18 | Expired |
| US4685475A | Monitoring rod | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 11 | Expired |
| US6098181A | Screening methodology for operating system error reporting | Physics | 9 | Expired |
| US4502500A | Water traps | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 8 | Expired |
| US7579896B2 | Method and apparatus for generating multiple analog signals using a single microcontroller output pin | Physics | 8 | Active |
| US6725301B1 | System solution to allow 64-bit PCI adapters to determine state during reset | Physics | 2 | Expired |
| US6519555B1 | Apparatus and method of allowing PCI v1.0 devices to work in PCI v2.0 compliant system | Physics | 1 | Expired |
| US7647531B2 | Overriding daughterboard slots marked with power fault | Physics | 1 | Active |
| US8282687B2 | Security locking apparatus and method for portable computer | Physics | 1 | Active |
| US7477176B2 | Method and apparatus for generating multiple analog signals using a single microcontroller output pin | Physics | 1 | Active |
| US7412629B2 | Method to override daughterboard slots marked with power fault | Physics | 0 | Active |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.