John Dinwiddie
31Patents
20h-index
17Co-inventors
82Inventor score
Filing activity: Sep 19, 1975 → Apr 6, 2023
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US6481013B1 | Entertainment and computer coaxial network and method of distributing signals therethrough | Human Necessities | 268 | Expired |
| US5113522A | Data processing system with system resource management for itself and for an associated alien processor | Physics | 167 | Expired |
| US4309754A | Data interface mechanism for interfacing bit-parallel data buses of different bit width | Physics | 113 | Expired |
| US4086916A | Cardiac monitor wristwatch | Human Necessities | 104 | Expired |
| US5434590A | Multimedia system | Physics | 104 | Expired |
| US4371932A | I/O Controller for transferring data between a host processor and multiple I/O units | Physics | 89 | Expired |
| US5369749A | Method and apparatus for the direct transfer of information between application programs running on distinct processors without utilizing the services of one or both operating systems | Physics | 88 | Expired |
| US5325517A | Fault tolerant data processing system | Physics | 85 | Expired |
| US5155809A | Uncoupling a central processing unit from its associated hardware for interaction with data handling apparatus alien to the operating system controlling said unit and hardware | Physics | 72 | Expired |
| US5283868A | Providing additional system characteristics to a data processing system through operations of an application program, transparently to the operating system | Physics | 60 | Expired |
| US5388215A | Uncoupling a central processing unit from its associated hardware for interaction with data handling apparatus alien to the operating system controlling said unit and hardware | Physics | 59 | Expired |
| US5701502A | Isolating a central processing unit from the operating system controlling said unit and its associated hardware for interaction of the unit with data handling apparatus alien to the operating system | Physics | 56 | Expired |
| US5144692A | System for controlling access by first system to portion of main memory dedicated exclusively to second system to facilitate input/output processing via first system | Physics | 55 | Expired |
| US5245322A | Bus architecture for a multimedia system | Physics | 52 | Expired |
| US5434592A | Multimedia expansion unit | Physics | 43 | Expired |
| US4417304A | Synchronous cycle steal mechanism for transferring data between a processor storage unit and a separate data handling unit | Physics | 39 | Expired |
| US5363497A | System for removing section of memory from first system and allocating to second system in a manner indiscernable to both operating systems | Physics | 34 | Expired |
| US4479179A | Synchronous cycle steal mechanism for transferring data between a processor storage unit and a separate data handling unit | Physics | 33 | Expired |
| US5230041A | Bus interface circuit for a multimedia system | Physics | 33 | Expired |
| US5369767A | Servicing interrupt requests in a data processing system without using the services of an operating system | Physics | 22 | Expired |
| US9564268B2 | Power receiver for extracting power from electric field energy in the earth | Electricity | 13 | Active |
| USD417671S | Remote control | General | 13 | Expired |
| USD425902S | Modulator | General | 10 | Expired |
| USD426192S | Distribution unit | General | 10 | Expired |
| US7986990B2 | System and method for detecting extremely low frequency electric fields in the human body | Human Necessities | 2 | Active |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.