Inventor · Atherton, CA, US

Martin M. Atalla

28Patents
21h-index
8Co-inventors
78Inventor score

Filing activity: Jul 19, 1974 → Feb 14, 2007

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US4588991A File access security method and means Physics 340 Expired
US5832287A Wideband on-demand video distribution system and method Electricity 270 Expired
US3938091A Personal verification system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 188 Expired
US4536647A Pocket banking terminal, method and system Physics 182 Expired
US4304990A Multilevel security apparatus and method Physics 153 Expired
US4965568A Multilevel security apparatus and method with personal key Electricity 112 Expired
US5319710A Method and means for combining and managing personal verification and message authentication encrytions for network transmission Electricity 110 Expired
US4933971A Method for encrypting transmitted data using a unique key Electricity 99 Expired
US4268715A Method and apparatus for securing data transmissions Electricity 85 Expired
US4288659A Method and means for securing the distribution of encoding keys Electricity 81 Expired
US5960086A Unified end-to-end security methods and systems for operating on insecure networks Electricity 68 Expired
US4281215A Method and apparatus for securing data transmissions Electricity 64 Expired
US4315101A Method and apparatus for securing data transmissions Electricity 62 Expired
US4328414A Multilevel security apparatus and method Physics 56 Expired
US4357529A Multilevel security apparatus and method Physics 47 Expired
US4283599A Method and apparatus for securing data transmissions Electricity 43 Expired
US4138057A Card, system and method for securing user identification data Physics 37 Expired
US4198619A Programmable security system and method Physics 30 Expired
US4138058A Card, system and method for securing personal identification data Physics 27 Expired
US4140272A Optical card, system and method for securing personal identification data Physics 26 Expired
US5594915A Microcell computer system and method using cell access switch and functionally partitioned moving memory architecture Physics 22 Expired
US6088449A Tri-signature security architecture systems and methods Electricity 12 Expired
US4515288A Currency-dispensing method and apparatus Performing Operations; Transporting 11 Expired
US4870683A Personal identification encryptor system and method Physics 11 Expired
US4885779A Personal identification encryptor system with error-correcting code and method Physics 8 Expired

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