Robert D. Johnson
27Patents
12h-index
46Co-inventors
81Inventor score
Filing activity: Dec 29, 1976 → Jan 31, 2013
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US4730312A | Voice, data or both over one telephone line in a T-1 carrier system | Electricity | 91 | Expired |
| US5860001A | Computer system having at least two boot sequences | Physics | 70 | Expired |
| US6295607A | System and method for security control in a data processing system | Electricity | 58 | Expired |
| US6304900A | Data processing system and method for permitting a server computer system to remotely modify operation of a client system's network hardware | Electricity | 45 | Expired |
| US6658562B1 | Method, system, and program for customizing a basic input/output system (“BIOS”) configuration according to the type of user | Physics | 40 | Expired |
| US5299393A | Slurry containment device for polishing semiconductor wafers | Performing Operations; Transporting | 27 | Expired |
| US6098171A | Personal computer ROM scan startup protection | Physics | 23 | Expired |
| US6658563B1 | Virtual floppy diskette image within a primary partition in a hard disk drive and method for booting system with virtual diskette | Physics | 23 | Expired |
| US5987536A | Computer system having flash memory bios which can be accessed while protected mode operating system is running | Physics | 21 | Expired |
| US8442110B2 | Method for bandwidth regulation on a cable television system channel | Electricity | 20 | Active |
| US5886854A | Conductive lubricant for magnetic disk drives | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 14 | Expired |
| US7036008B2 | Autonomic determination of configuration settings by walking the configuration space | Physics | 13 | Expired |
| US5744431A | Conductive lubricant for magnetic disk drives | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 12 | Expired |
| US5303862A | Single step electrical/mechanical connection process for connecting I/O pins and creating multilayer structures | Electricity | 11 | Expired |
| US5675761A | Method and system for providing discontiguous drive support | Physics | 11 | Expired |
| US5641841A | Conductive lubricant for magnetic disk drives | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 11 | Expired |
| US6832262B2 | Method and system for disguising a computer system's identity on a network by disguising the system's MAC address | Electricity | 8 | Expired |
| US7861042B2 | Processor acquisition of ownership of access coordinator for shared resource | Physics | 8 | Active |
| US5279926A | Method and apparatus for removing vapor from a pressurized sprayed liquid in the manufacture of semiconductor integrated circuits | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 6 | Expired |
| US6415324B1 | Data processing system and method for permitting a client computer system to temporarily prohibit remote management | Electricity | 6 | Expired |
| US5529311A | Interactive communication apparatus | Human Necessities | 4 | Expired |
| US4144528A | Alarm system | Physics | 4 | Expired |
| US6487465B1 | Method and system for improved computer security during ROM Scan | Physics | 4 | Expired |
| US6687744B1 | Data processing system and method for permitting a server computer system to function as a virtual keyboard to a client computer system | Electricity | 3 | Expired |
| US9286567B1 | Systems, methods and articles for providing support information for a software application | Physics | 2 | Active |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.