Inventor · St. Petersburg, FL, US

Mark A. Flood

36Patents
19h-index
36Co-inventors
81Inventor score

Filing activity: Apr 12, 1982 → Dec 21, 2021

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US7007106B1 Protocol and method for multi-chassis configurable time synchronization Electricity 275 Expired
US5777874A Programmable controller backup system Physics 171 Expired
US4937777A Programmable controller with multiple task processors Physics 122 Expired
US5193189A Programmable controller with multiple priority level task processing Physics 96 Expired
US5428526A Programmable controller with time periodic communication Physics 84 Expired
US4521871A Programmable controller with back-up capability Physics 77 Expired
US5966304A Redundant automation controller permitting replacement of components during operation Physics 76 Expired
US5963448A Industrial controller having redundancy and using connected messaging and connection identifiers to enable rapid switchover without requiring new connections to be opened or closed at switchover Physics 67 Expired
US4829297A Communication network polling technique Electricity 57 Expired
US4876664A Programmable controller with a dual intermodule message system Physics 57 Expired
US6411857B1 Redundant, multitasking industrial controllers with synchronized data tables Physics 50 Expired
US5287548A Programmable controller having a stored program with both machine language instructions and source code data Physics 49 Expired
US5966301A Redundant processor controller providing upgrade recovery Physics 45 Expired
US8082162B2 Medical implant verification card Physics 35 Active
US5933347A Industrial controller with program synchronized updating of back-up controller Physics 33 Expired
US5627745A Parallel processing in a multitasking industrial controller Physics 24 Expired
US5997166A Redundant industrial controller storing module and chassis level redundancy status Physics 23 Expired
US6914914B1 System and method for multi-chassis configurable time synchronization Physics 20 Expired
USD855882S1 Smoke pod General 19 Active
US8015029B2 Method and equipment configured for verifying presence of a medical implant within a patient Physics 18 Active
US7818457B1 Apparatus for multi-chassis configurable time synchronization Electricity 18 Active
US5912814A Redundant multitasking industrial controllers synchronized data tables Physics 17 Expired
US5966300A Redundant automation controller with deductive power-up Physics 17 Expired
US7457322B1 System and method for multi-chassis configurable time synchronization Physics 12 Expired
US6760634B2 System and method for periodic task resumption following redundant control system switchover Physics 5 Expired

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