Inventor · Maurepas, FR

Michel Ugon

25Patents
22h-index
11Co-inventors
82Inventor score

Filing activity: Aug 25, 1978 → Dec 23, 1999

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5479509A Method for signature of an information processing file, and apparatus for implementing it Physics 230 Expired
US5442645A Method for checking the integrity of a program or data, and apparatus for implementing this method Physics 211 Expired
US4211919A Portable data carrier including a microprocessor Electricity 191 Expired
US4825052A Method and apparatus for certifying services obtained using a portable carrier such as a memory card Physics 173 Expired
US5825875A Process for loading a protected storage zone of an information processing device, and associated device Physics 150 Expired
US4264917A Flat package for integrated circuit devices Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 139 Expired
US4523297A Hand-held processor with two-way dialog between microprocessor in case and microprocessor on carrier insertable into casing slot Physics 130 Expired
US4450535A System and method for authorizing access to an article distribution or service acquisition machine Physics 121 Expired
US4795893A Security device prohibiting the function of an electronic data processing unit after a first cutoff of its electrical power Physics 115 Expired
US4907272A Method for authenticating an external authorizing datum by a portable object, such as a memory card Electricity 105 Expired
US5566323A Data processing system including programming voltage inhibitor for an electrically erasable reprogrammable nonvolatile memory Physics 100 Expired
US4382279A Single chip microprocessor with on-chip modifiable memory Physics 87 Expired
US4807288A Microprocessor intended particularly for executing the calculation algorithms of a public code encoding system Electricity 77 Expired
US4295041A Device for the protection of access to a permanent memory of a portable data carrier Physics 74 Expired
US4442345A Apparatus for and method of recycling recording carriers, such as credit cards, including non-volatile erasable memories for identification data Physics 65 Expired
US4656342A Method and apparatus for authorizing the holder of a portable object such as a card to gain access to at least one service provided by at least one authorizing entity Physics 57 Expired
US4544833A Process and apparatus for authenticating or certifying at least one item of information contained in a memory of a removable and portable electronic carrier, such as a card Electricity 55 Expired
US5944833A Integrated circuit and method for decorrelating an instruction sequence of a program Physics 52 Expired
US4556958A Device for single line bidirectional data transmission between an intelligent card's microprocessor and a second processor Physics 49 Expired
US6839849B1 Smart integrated circuit Physics 28 Expired
US4538058A Power supply system of a device designed to cooperate with a removable electronic medium such as a card and device equipped with such a system Electricity 26 Expired
US5815083A Process for entry of a confidential piece of information and associated terminal Physics 24 Expired
US5341421A Security device, including a memory and/or a microcomputer for data processing machines Physics 22 Expired
US4591945A Device for protecting electronic circuits against electrostatic charges Electricity 16 Expired
US7036002B1 System and method for using multiple working memories to improve microprocessor security Physics 14 Expired

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