Inventor · Seattle, WA, US

Paul J. Leach

93Patents
35h-index
190Co-inventors
91Inventor score

Filing activity: Nov 24, 1993 → Mar 1, 2016

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5991306A Pull based, intelligent caching system and method for delivering data over a network Electricity 551 Expired
US6892230B1 Dynamic self-configuration for ad hoc peer networking using mark-up language formated description messages Electricity 363 Expired
US6275496A Content provider for pull based intelligent caching system Electricity 340 Expired
US6298373A Local service provider for pull based intelligent caching system Electricity 295 Expired
US5339435A Heterogenous software configuration management apparatus Physics 256 Expired
US7302634B2 Schema-based services for identity-based data access Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 245 Expired
US5511197A Method and system for network marshalling of interface pointers for remote procedure calls Physics 244 Expired
US6910068B2 XML-based template language for devices and services Electricity 228 Expired
US6003061A Method and system for scheduling the use of a computer system resource using a resource planner and a resource provider Physics 196 Expired
US7284271B2 Authorizing a requesting entity to operate upon data structures Electricity 192 Expired
US5724588A Method and system for network marshalling of interface pointers for remote procedure calls Physics 177 Expired
US6401211B1 System and method of user logon in combination with user authentication for network access Electricity 167 Expired
US7130895B2 XML-based language description for controlled devices Electricity 153 Expired
US5802367A Method and system for transparently executing code using a surrogate process Physics 153 Expired
US5968121A Method and apparatus for representing and applying network topological data Electricity 149 Expired
US5812844A Method and system for scheduling the execution of threads using optional time-specific scheduling constraints Physics 136 Expired
US6108715A Method and system for invoking remote procedure calls Physics 114 Expired
US6985958B2 Messaging infrastructure for identity-centric data access Electricity 112 Expired
US6324182A Pull based, intelligent caching system and method Electricity 110 Expired
US7185359B2 Authentication and authorization across autonomous network systems Electricity 101 Expired
US6282561A Method and system for resource management with independent real-time applications on a common set of machines Physics 94 Expired
US8621561B2 Selective authorization based on authentication input attributes Electricity 90 Active
US6584489B1 Method and system for scheduling the use of a computer system resource using a resource planner and a resource provider Physics 88 Expired
US7913084B2 Policy driven, credential delegation for single sign on and secure access to network resources Electricity 77 Active
US6405262B1 Efficient inter-process object and interface pinging Physics 72 Expired

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