Inventor · Snohomish, WA, US

Robert D. Young

29Patents
10h-index
68Co-inventors
78Inventor score

Filing activity: Apr 30, 1975 → Sep 2, 2022

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US8719603B2 Accessory device authentication Physics 80 Active
US8935774B2 Accessory device authentication Physics 44 Active
US4887789A Form for molding columns Fixed Constructions 36 Expired
US5296030A Painting rack for vehicle parts Performing Operations; Transporting 27 Expired
US7142225B1 Lossless manipulation of media objects Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 23 Expired
US7412542B1 Bridging a gaming console with a wireless network Electricity 19 Active
US6706111B1 Method for pretreating components of a cementitious composition to control adsorption potential Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 17 Expired
US9218178B2 Secure firmware updates Physics 16 Active
US9098304B2 Device enumeration support method for computing devices that does not natively support device enumeration Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 15 Active
US8898654B2 Secure firmware updates Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 13 Active
US5550311A Method and apparatus for thermal decomposition and separation of components within an aqueous stream Chemistry; Metallurgy 10 Expired
US4030413A Mechanisms for feeding documents from a stack thereof Performing Operations; Transporting 7 Expired
US5861701A Charged-particle powered battery Physics 6 Expired
US5569153A Method of immobilizing toxic waste materials and resultant products Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 6 Expired
US4461755A Process for producing hydrogen and sulfur from hydrogen sulfide Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 5 Expired
US7239328B2 Lossless manipulation of media objects Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 3 Expired
US8786561B2 Disambiguating intentional and incidental contact and motion in multi-touch pointing devices Physics 3 Active
US8645579B2 Virtual media device Electricity 3 Active
US10313121B2 Maintaining operating system secrets across resets Physics 2 Active
US8248373B2 Contextual control of dynamic input device Physics 2 Active
US8364865B2 Data simulation using host data storage chain Electricity 2 Active
US8201213B2 Controlling access of application programs to an adaptive input device Physics 2 Active
US11468181B2 Secure access to accessory device resources Electricity 1 Active
US5511672A Sorting device and method Performing Operations; Transporting 1 Expired
US8601184B2 Updating image in buffer via difference data Electricity 0 Active

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