Inventor · Austin, TX, US

Patrick A. Harkin

12Patents
5h-index
7Co-inventors
55Inventor score

Filing activity: Oct 31, 1994 → Jul 11, 2011

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
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.