Inventor · Cupertino, CA, US

Michael J. Shantz

7Patents
7h-index
11Co-inventors
56Inventor score

Filing activity: Nov 17, 1986 → Apr 16, 2004

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6525726B1 Method and apparatus for adaptive hierarchical visibility in a tiled three-dimensional graphics architecture Physics 89 Expired
US5063375A Method and apparatus for shading images Physics 59 Expired
US6130680A Method and apparatus for multi-level demand caching of textures in a graphics display device Physics 26 Expired
US4855935A Method and apparatus for rendering vectors using bresenham parameters Physics 23 Expired
US7331838B2 Propeller impact protector and model flying airplane incorporating same Human Necessities 15 Expired
US4860251A Vertical blanking status flag indicator system Physics 9 Expired
US5125073A Method and apparatus for adaptive forward differencing in the rendering of curves and surfaces Physics 7 Expired

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