Inventor · San Clemente, CA, US

Thomas Ludwig

41Patents
13h-index
19Co-inventors
78Inventor score

Filing activity: Nov 15, 1982 → Jan 31, 2023

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US4987529A Shared memory bus system for arbitrating access control among contending memory refresh circuits, peripheral controllers, and bus masters Physics 164 Expired
US5191657A Microcomputer architecture utilizing an asynchronous bus between microprocessor and industry standard synchronous bus Physics 92 Expired
US5438666A Shared memory bus system for arbitrating access control among contending memory refresh circuits, peripheral controllers, and bus masters Physics 57 Expired
US4973860A Circuit for synchronizing an asynchronous input signal to a high frequency clock Electricity 45 Expired
US4444592A Pigment compositions and processes therefor Chemistry; Metallurgy 35 Expired
US7184424B2 Multiplexing storage element interface Electricity 25 Expired
US8819092B2 Disaggregated resources and access methods Electricity 23 Active
US7924881B2 Datagram identifier management Electricity 18 Active
US7702850B2 Topology independent storage arrays and methods Physics 18 Active
US5455912A High speed/low overhead bus arbitration apparatus and method for arbitrating a system bus Physics 14 Expired
US5934597A Belt retractor with integrated force limiter Performing Operations; Transporting 14 Expired
US9122405B1 Fast initialization of storage device Physics 13 Active
US5555381A Microcomputer architecture utilizing an asynchronous bus between microprocessor and industry standard synchronous bus Physics 13 Expired
US7620981B2 Virtual devices and virtual bus tunnels, modules and methods Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 12 Active
US8387132B2 Information packet communication with virtual objects Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 11 Active
US7743214B2 Generating storage system commands Physics 11 Active
US6240848A Device for firing a pyrotechnic propellent composition Performing Operations; Transporting 9 Expired
US7602773B2 Transferring data to a target device Electricity 7 Expired
US7643476B2 Communication protocols, systems and methods Electricity 7 Active
US7916727B2 Low level storage protocols, systems and methods Electricity 5 Active
US7698526B2 Adapted disk drives executing instructions for I/O command processing Electricity 5 Active
US7649880B2 Systems and methods for deriving storage area commands Electricity 4 Active
US8473578B2 Data storage devices having IP capable partitions Electricity 4 Active
US7870271B2 Disk drive partitioning methods and apparatus Electricity 4 Active
US9213611B2 Automatic raid mirroring when adding a second boot drive Physics 4 Active

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