Stephen L. Dodgen
17Patents
13h-index
34Co-inventors
78Inventor score
Filing activity: May 24, 1983 → Aug 4, 2014
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US6597363B1 | Graphics processor with deferred shading | Physics | 202 | Expired |
| US6717576B1 | Deferred shading graphics pipeline processor having advanced features | Physics | 198 | Expired |
| US6229553A | Deferred shading graphics pipeline processor | Physics | 154 | Expired |
| US6577317B1 | Apparatus and method for geometry operations in a 3D-graphics pipeline | Physics | 96 | Expired |
| US6268875A | Deferred shading graphics pipeline processor | Physics | 91 | Expired |
| US6476807B1 | Method and apparatus for performing conservative hidden surface removal in a graphics processor with deferred shading | Physics | 86 | Expired |
| US7167181B2 | Deferred shading graphics pipeline processor having advanced features | Physics | 85 | Expired |
| US6771264B1 | Method and apparatus for performing tangent space lighting and bump mapping in a deferred shading graphics processor | Physics | 66 | Expired |
| US6909974B2 | System and method for discovery of biological instruments | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 63 | Expired |
| US7808503B2 | Deferred shading graphics pipeline processor having advanced features | Physics | 50 | Active |
| US6577305B1 | Apparatus and method for performing setup operations in a 3-D graphics pipeline using unified primitive descriptors | Physics | 35 | Expired |
| US6664959B2 | Method and apparatus for culling in a graphics processor with deferred shading | Physics | 33 | Expired |
| US6453329B1 | Method for translating distilled filed for handling of large data files and programs by computing devices with limited processing capability | Electricity | 33 | Expired |
| US4636680A | Vacuum gauge | Electricity | 12 | Expired |
| US7680605B2 | System and method for discovery of biological instruments | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 12 | Active |
| US7379823B2 | System and method for discovery of biological instruments | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 6 | Expired |
| US9479393B2 | Relay configuration systems and methods | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 1 | Active |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.