Patrick A. Harkin
12Patents
5h-index
7Co-inventors
55Inventor score
Filing activity: Oct 31, 1994 → Jul 11, 2011
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US5796413A | Graphics controller utilizing video memory to provide macro command capability and enhanched command buffering | Physics | 167 | Expired |
| US6002409A | Arbitration for shared graphics processing resources | Physics | 66 | Expired |
| US5793386A | Register set reordering for a graphics processor based upon the type of primitive to be rendered | Physics | 30 | Expired |
| US5966142A | Optimized FIFO memory | Physics | 11 | Expired |
| US5999200A | Method and apparatus for automatically controlling the destination of a graphics command in a register file | Physics | 10 | Expired |
| US5734873A | Display controller with accelerated drawing of text strings | Physics | 4 | Expired |
| US6252606A | Error correction in a graphics processor | Physics | 3 | Expired |
| US7619624B2 | Methods and apparatus for rendering or preparing digital objects or portions thereof for subsequent processing | Physics | 2 | Active |
| US6937236B2 | Methods and apparatus for culling sorted, back facing graphics data | Physics | 2 | Expired |
| US5670983A | Video controller with shared configuration pins | Physics | 2 | Expired |
| US7978193B2 | Methods and apparatus for rendering or preparing digital objects or portions thereof for subsequent processing | Physics | 0 | Active |
| US8174526B2 | Methods and apparatus for rendering or preparing digital objects or portions thereof for subsequent processing | Physics | 0 | Active |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.