Inventor · Lowell, MA, US

Robert C. Frame

20Patents
11h-index
17Co-inventors
72Inventor score

Filing activity: Jun 29, 1990 → Oct 4, 2021

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5278703A Embedded servo banded format for magnetic disks for use with a data processing system Physics 209 Expired
US5182752A Method and apparatus for transferring data between a data bus and a data storage device Physics 114 Expired
US5287463A Method and apparatus for transferring information over a common parallel bus using a fixed sequence of bus phase transitions Physics 52 Expired
US6005368A Charging system for computer with docking station Electricity 42 Expired
US6838810B1 Flat-panel display mounting system for portable computer Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 32 Expired
US6170020A Reservation and dynamic allocation of resources for sole use of docking peripheral device Physics 19 Expired
US6392880B1 Portable computer with removable bottom component housing Physics 19 Expired
US5638532A Apparatus and method for accessing SMRAM in a computer based upon a processor employing system management mode Physics 18 Expired
US5544344A Apparatus for caching smram in an intel processor based computer system employing system management mode Physics 17 Expired
US7310222B2 Flat-panel display mounting system for portable computer Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 15 Expired
US5349690A Fair arbitration scheme for arbitrating between multiple nodes in a computer system seeking control of a common bus Physics 11 Expired
US6125034A Computer having internally mounted peripheral devices with moveable adapter Electricity 10 Expired
US6224996A Battery housing wall interweave with all of system enclosure to reduce height of portable computer Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 8 Expired
US5454111A Double unequal bus timeout Physics 8 Expired
US6982702B1 Portable computer system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 8 Expired
US5301329A Double unequal bus timeout Physics 7 Expired
US6778385B2 Portable computer with removable bottom component housing Physics 6 Expired
US6618936B2 Method for configuring a portable computer with a battery housing Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 4 Expired
USD1001676S1 Retractable lanyard for face masks General 1 Active
US6216192A Dynamic resource allocation across bus bridges Physics 1 Expired

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