Mark A. Piwonka
44Patents
9h-index
32Co-inventors
75Inventor score
Filing activity: Mar 5, 1998 → Jun 3, 2020
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US6073206A | Method for flashing ESCD and variables into a ROM | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 160 | Expired |
| US6832320B1 | Ownership tag on power-up screen | Physics | 26 | Expired |
| US5978913A | Computer with periodic full power-on self test | Physics | 25 | Expired |
| US7313685B2 | Unattended BIOS recovery | Physics | 20 | Expired |
| US6647512B1 | Method for restoring CMOS in a jumperless system | Physics | 18 | Expired |
| US6467038B1 | Method for supporting optical international language modules flashed into ROM | Physics | 16 | Expired |
| US7797523B2 | Method and system of executing stack-based memory reference code | Physics | 14 | Active |
| US6405311B1 | Method for storing board revision | Physics | 13 | Expired |
| US6567868B1 | Structure and method for automatically setting the CPU speed | Physics | 10 | Expired |
| US7552475B2 | Systems and methods for securing ports | Physics | 8 | Active |
| US8296579B2 | System and method for updating a basic input/output system (BIOS) | Physics | 7 | Active |
| US6505278B1 | Method for flashing ESCD and variables into a ROM | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 7 | Expired |
| US7395434B2 | Method for secure storage and verification of the administrator, power-on password and configuration information | Physics | 7 | Expired |
| US7069472B2 | Method for restoring CMOS in a jumperless system | Physics | 6 | Expired |
| US6754793B2 | Method for flashing ESCD and variables into a ROM | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 5 | Expired |
| US8751783B2 | Booting computing devices with EFI aware operating systems | Physics | 3 | Active |
| US7619544B2 | BIOS password security using modified scan codes | Physics | 3 | Active |
| US8495354B2 | Apparatus for determining during a power-on sequence, a value to be written to a first register in a secure area and the same value to a second register in non-secure area, which during a protected mode, the value is compared such that if it is equal, enabling writing to a memory | Physics | 2 | Active |
| US7599889B2 | Ownership tag on power up screen | Physics | 2 | Active |
| US7681023B2 | Method for ensuring optimal memory configuration in a computer | Physics | 2 | Active |
| US8176306B2 | Boot block | Physics | 1 | Active |
| US10996729B2 | Balancing a power load among USB ports | Physics | 1 | Active |
| US8112637B2 | System and method for programming a data storage device with a password | Physics | 1 | Active |
| US7734904B2 | Resetting a system in response to changes of component settings | Physics | 1 | Active |
| US10102154B2 | Protected memory area | Physics | 1 | Active |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.