Inventor · Nimbus, CA, US

Lance W. Dover

73Patents
9h-index
34Co-inventors
78Inventor score

Filing activity: Dec 15, 1999 → May 23, 2024

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6836853B1 Non-volatile memory based monotonic counter Electricity 23 Expired
US6792438B1 Secure hardware random number generator Physics 23 Expired
US9331989B2 Secure shared key sharing systems and methods Electricity 23 Active
US6772276B2 Flash memory command abstraction Physics 22 Expired
US9569622B2 Self-measuring nonvolatile memory device systems and methods Physics 20 Active
US9613214B2 Self-measuring nonvolatile memory devices with remediation capabilities and associated systems and methods Physics 18 Active
US9686248B2 Secure shared key sharing systems and methods Electricity 12 Active
US6851013B1 Fast program mode Physics 12 Expired
US6609195B2 Configuring integrated circuit devices in a data processing system Physics 12 Expired
US7269614B2 Secure hardware random number generator Physics 9 Expired
US7644225B2 Performance or power-optimized code/data storage for nonvolatile memories Physics 7 Active
US6618790B1 Burst suspend and resume with computer memory Physics 7 Expired
US7533234B2 Method and apparatus for storing compressed code without an index table Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 6 Expired
US6920534B2 Virtual-port memory and virtual-porting Physics 6 Expired
US6553491B1 Configuring devices in a computer system Physics 6 Expired
US6732306B2 Special programming mode with hashing Physics 5 Expired
US7577028B2 Memory storage technique for a bi-directionally programmable memory device Physics 5 Active
US6834323B2 Method and apparatus including special programming mode circuitry which disables internal program verification operations by a memory Physics 4 Expired
US10984136B2 Secure memory device with unique identifier for authentication Electricity 3 Active
US10560263B2 Secure memory arrangements Electricity 3 Active
US10387336B2 Memory protection based on system state Physics 2 Active
US9146856B2 Remapping and compacting in a memory device Physics 2 Active
US7345914B2 Use of flash memory blocks outside of the main flash memory array Physics 2 Expired
US7885990B2 Random telegraph signal noise as a source for random numbers Electricity 2 Active
US11483148B2 Batch transfer of control of memory devices over computer networks Electricity 2 Active

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