Inventor · Glen Ellyn, IL, US

Michael Katz

101Patents
12h-index
39Co-inventors
86Inventor score

Filing activity: Mar 21, 1990 → Feb 9, 2024

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US8453022B2 Apparatus and methods for generating row-specific reading thresholds in flash memory Physics 65 Active
US8335977B2 Flash memory apparatus and methods using a plurality of decoding stages including optional use of concatenated BCH codes and/or designation of “first below” cells Physics 64 Active
US6088220A Pocket computer with full-size keyboard Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 40 Expired
US6594142B2 Folding keyboard for a personal digital assistant Electricity 37 Expired
US6343086B1 Global packet-switched computer network telephony server Electricity 25 Expired
US8539311B2 System and method for data recovery in multi-level cell memories Physics 19 Active
US8467249B2 Systems and methods for storing, retrieving, and adjusting read thresholds in flash memory storage system Physics 18 Active
US8341335B2 Flash memory apparatus with a heating system for temporarily retired memory portions Physics 17 Active
US8627188B2 Flash memory apparatus and methods using a plurality of decoding stages including optional use of concatenated BCH codes and/or designation of “first below” cells Physics 17 Active
US8838937B1 Methods, systems and computer readable medium for writing and reading data Physics 13 Active
US6679639B2 Folding keyboard for a personal digital assistant Electricity 13 Expired
US10892800B1 Systems and methods for wireless power transfer including pulse width encoded data communications Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 12 Active
US8443242B2 Systems and methods for multiple coding rates in flash devices Physics 9 Active
US8321625B2 Flash memory device with physical cell value deterioration accommodation and methods useful in conjunction therewith Physics 9 Active
USD443598S Folding computer General 7 Expired
US8508995B2 System and method for adjusting read voltage thresholds in memories Physics 6 Active
US5562313A Threadless connector for electrical conduits Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 6 Expired
US8751726B2 System and methods employing mock thresholds to generate actual reading thresholds in flash memory devices Physics 5 Active
US8607128B2 Low power chien-search based BCH/RS decoding system for flash memory, mobile communications devices and other applications Electricity 5 Active
US5009507A Method of evaluating meconium content of amniotic fluid Physics 5 Expired
US8694715B2 Methods for adaptively programming flash memory devices and flash memory systems incorporating same Physics 5 Active
US8843698B2 Systems and methods for temporarily retiring memory portions Physics 4 Active
US11626903B2 Wireless power transfer with in-band virtualized wired communications Electricity 4 Active
US11626756B1 Wireless power and data transfer system with out of band communications hand off Electricity 4 Active
US11277035B1 Automatic gain control for communications demodulation in wireless power transmitters Electricity 4 Active

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