Mark A. Flood
36Patents
19h-index
36Co-inventors
81Inventor score
Filing activity: Apr 12, 1982 → Dec 21, 2021
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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.