Inventor · Austin, TX, US

Michael Stephen Williams

20Patents
14h-index
32Co-inventors
81Inventor score

Filing activity: Mar 28, 1991 → Nov 26, 2019

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5206455A Laser initiated ordnance systems Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 83 Expired
US5933631A Dynamic boot filesystem selection Physics 50 Expired
US5991822A System for modifying functions of static device driver using a registered driver extension extended dynamically by providing an entry point for the driver extension Physics 38 Expired
US5958049A Operating system debugger using kernel and dynamic extension with debugger drivers to support different output devices Physics 33 Expired
US5808871A Modular computer tower assembly Physics 30 Expired
US5918048A Booting an operating system using soft read-only storage (ROS) for firmware emulation Physics 27 Expired
US6138243A Method and system for keeping time across a multiprocessor platform Physics 27 Expired
US5758168A Interrupt vectoring for optionally architected facilities in computer systems Physics 26 Expired
US5778443A Method and apparatus for conserving power and system resources in a computer system employing a virtual memory Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 25 Expired
US6895508B1 Stack memory protection Physics 24 Expired
US5826090A Loadable hardware support Physics 20 Expired
US5359192A Dual-wavelength low-power built-in-test for a laser-initiated ordnance system Physics 16 Expired
US5699502A System and method for managing computer system faults Physics 14 Expired
US5963737A Interupt vectoring for trace exception facility in computer systems Physics 14 Expired
US5745763A Method and apparatus for device driver funnelling Electricity 13 Expired
US5790846A Interrupt vectoring for instruction address breakpoint facility in computer systems Physics 11 Expired
US7143223B2 Method, system and program product for emulating an interrupt architecture within a data processing system Physics 8 Expired
US9099846B2 Plug and play control panel module with integrally socketed circuit board Electricity 4 Active
US6654878B1 Register bit scanning Physics 3 Expired
US11318293B2 Single or multi-dose delivery platform for veterinary applications Human Necessities 0 Active

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