John S. Lacombe
17Patents
9h-index
27Co-inventors
68Inventor score
Filing activity: Mar 15, 1996 → Aug 17, 2012
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US6101459A | System and associated method for cooling components within a computer system | Physics | 87 | Expired |
| US5918059A | Method and apparatus for responding to actuation of a power supply switch for a computing system | Physics | 72 | Expired |
| US7000100B2 | Application-level software watchdog timer | Physics | 42 | Expired |
| US5834856A | Computer system comprising a method and apparatus for periodic testing of redundant devices | Physics | 31 | Expired |
| US5887169A | Method and apparatus for providing dynamic entry points into a software layer | Physics | 22 | Expired |
| US6543010B1 | Method and apparatus for accelerating a memory dump | Physics | 20 | Expired |
| US7849232B2 | Method and apparatus for using a single multi-function adapter with different operating systems | Physics | 18 | Active |
| US6378004B1 | Method of communicating asynchronous elements from a mini-port driver | Physics | 17 | Expired |
| US6055647A | Method and apparatus for determining computer system power supply redundancy level | Physics | 11 | Expired |
| US7003775B2 | Hardware implementation of an application-level watchdog timer | Physics | 8 | Expired |
| US6950969B2 | Cascadable dual fan controller | Electricity | 6 | Expired |
| US5964875A | Method and apparatus for identification of features associated with computers | Physics | 5 | Expired |
| US8271694B2 | Method and apparatus for using a single multi-function adapter with different operating systems | Physics | 5 | Active |
| US8032664B2 | Method and apparatus for using a single multi-function adapter with different operating systems | Physics | 5 | Active |
| US6026495A | Nonintrusive monitoring of a computer system's downtime due to a supply power outage condition | Physics | 5 | Expired |
| US8489778B2 | Method and apparatus for using a single multi-function adapter with different operating systems | Physics | 4 | Active |
| US7143276B2 | Entrypoint discovery techniques in a bios entity | Physics | 2 | Expired |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.