Inventor · San Jose, CA, US

Norman Ken Ouchi

31Patents
19h-index
23Co-inventors
81Inventor score

Filing activity: Nov 1, 1974 → Apr 19, 2010

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US4092732A System for recovering data stored in failed memory unit Physics 1,583 Expired
US5978836A Workflow systems and methods Physics 155 Expired
US6370567B1 E-mail based workflow systems and methods of distributing e-mail Physics 95 Expired
US6279042A Methods of performing an interdependent task on a document Physics 95 Expired
US6170002A Workflow systems and methods Physics 82 Expired
US6539404B1 Project and role based workflow systems and methods Physics 64 Expired
US5487077A Location dependent variable error correction processing for multi-track recording media using variable length coding means Physics 57 Expired
US6553407B1 Form route manager for workflow systems and methods Physics 38 Expired
US5333143A Method and means for b-adjacent coding and rebuilding data from up to two unavailable DASDS in a DASD array Physics 36 Expired
US7546346B2 Workflow systems and methods for project management and information management Physics 36 Expired
US7289966B2 Method and system for adapting the execution of a workflow route Physics 35 Expired
US5442638A Apparatus and method for recording over defects in storage media Physics 34 Expired
US7702736B2 Workflow systems and methods for project management and information management Physics 33 Active
US6442594B1 Workflow systems and methods Physics 32 Expired
US6687557B2 Consolidated component catalog Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 28 Expired
US3995264A Apparatus for encoding and decoding binary data in a modified zero modulation data code Electricity 28 Expired
US8060718B2 Updating a memory to maintain even wear Physics 23 Active
US5617432A Common error protection code for data stored as a composite of different data formats Physics 20 Expired
US7428691B2 Data recovery from multiple failed data blocks and storage units Physics 19 Active
US4099257A Markov processor for context encoding from given characters and for character decoding from given contexts Electricity 18 Expired
US7702737B2 Workflow systems and methods for project management and information management Physics 18 Active
US7707259B2 Workflow systems and methods for project management and information management Physics 17 Active
US8005910B2 Workflow systems and methods for project management and information management Physics 14 Active
US5644791A System for storing pointers to initial sectors of variable length n units and storing second pointers within the initial sector of the n unit Electricity 13 Expired
US7734506B2 Catalog, catalog query, and item identifier for a physical item Physics 12 Expired

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