Inventor · San Jose, CA, US

Michael J. Cornwell

74Patents
14h-index
16Co-inventors
81Inventor score

Filing activity: Jan 17, 1989 → May 19, 2015

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US7861122B2 Monitoring health of non-volatile memory Physics 162 Active
US6957291B2 Removable disk storage array emulating tape library having backup and archive capability Physics 160 Expired
US7613043B2 Shifting reference values to account for voltage sag Physics 129 Active
US7568135B2 Use of alternative value in cell detection Physics 80 Active
US7609561B2 Disabling faulty flash memory dies Electricity 50 Active
US8127202B2 Use of alternative value in cell detection Physics 37 Active
US5994143A Polymeric fluorophores enhanced by moieties providing a hydrophobic and conformationally restrictive microenvironment Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 35 Expired
US8024731B1 Assigning priorities to threads of execution Physics 26 Active
US7912994B2 Reducing connection time for mass storage class peripheral by internally prefetching file data into local cache in response to connection to host Physics 24 Active
US8000134B2 Off-die charge pump that supplies multiple flash devices Physics 24 Active
US4978613A Beta-lactamase assay employing chromogenic precipitating substrates Physics 19 Expired
US7511646B2 Use of 8-bit or higher A/D for NAND cell value Physics 18 Active
US7913032B1 Initiating memory wear leveling Physics 18 Active
US7974132B2 Shifting reference values to account for voltage sag Physics 14 Active
US7881108B2 Maintenance operations for multi-level data storage cells Physics 14 Active
US7911834B2 Analog interface for a flash memory die Physics 12 Active
US7827440B1 Re-synchronizing corrupted data Physics 11 Active
US7702935B2 Reporting flash memory operating voltages Physics 10 Active
US7551486B2 Iterative memory cell charging based on reference cell value Physics 10 Active
US8356231B2 Use of alternative value in cell detection Physics 10 Active
US5736624A Phosphatase activated crosslinking, conjugating and reducing agents; methods of using such agents; and reagents comprising phosphatase activated crosslinking and conjugating agents Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 9 Expired
US8171318B2 Reporting flash memory operating voltages Physics 9 Active
US7639542B2 Maintenance operations for multi-level data storage cells Physics 8 Active
US7639531B2 Dynamic cell bit resolution Physics 8 Active
US7814304B2 Switching drivers between processors Physics 7 Active

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