Inventor · Rochester, MN, US

Thomas James Osten

13Patents
10h-index
28Co-inventors
61Inventor score

Filing activity: Jun 4, 1997 → Dec 21, 2000

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5875308A Peripheral component interconnect (PCI) architecture having hot-plugging capability for a data-processing system Physics 120 Expired
US6199130A Concurrent maintenance for PCI based DASD subsystem with concurrent maintenance message being communicated between SPCN (system power control network) and I/O adapter using PCI bridge Physics 60 Expired
US6044411A Method and apparatus for correlating computer system device physical location with logical address Physics 50 Expired
US6735660B1 Sideband signal transmission between host and input/output adapter Physics 38 Expired
US6334167A System and method for memory self-timed refresh for reduced power consumption Physics 37 Expired
US6289405A Addition of slot, backplane, chassis and device parametric properties to vital product data (VPD) in a computer system Physics 31 Expired
US6427176B1 Method and apparatus for maintaining system labeling based on stored configuration labeling information Physics 30 Expired
US6351819B1 Heterogeneous system enclosure services connection Physics 22 Expired
US6237048A Adapter card with vendor unique differentiation and customization using PCI sideband signals Physics 21 Expired
US6154791A Communication system for an array of direct access storage devices (DASD) that provides for bypassing one or multiple DASD Physics 11 Expired
US5948075A System for identifying operating parameters in a storage enclosure having each of first connector only for specifying a physical location associated with each of backplane interfaces Physics 10 Expired
US6542939B1 Method and apparatus for storing volumetric vital product data (VPD) in memory associated with a connector or connector board Physics 8 Expired
US6519663B1 Simple enclosure services (SES) using a high-speed, point-to-point, serial bus Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 4 Expired

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