Inventor · New Brighton, MN, US

Wayne D. Ward

12Patents
9h-index
18Co-inventors
61Inventor score

Filing activity: Dec 22, 1994 → May 31, 2002

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6029205A System architecture for improved message passing and process synchronization between concurrently executing processes Physics 75 Expired
US6247064A Enqueue instruction in a system architecture for improved message passing and process synchronization Physics 32 Expired
US6601153B1 Method and apparatus for increasing computer performance through asynchronous memory block initialization Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 32 Expired
US5896522A Selective emulation interpretation using transformed instructions Physics 28 Expired
US6654875B1 Dual microcode RAM address mode instruction execution using operation code RAM storing control words with alternate address indicator Physics 25 Expired
US5732404A Flexible expansion of virtual memory addressing Physics 20 Expired
US6816952B1 Lock management system and method for use in a data processing system Physics 15 Expired
US5602998A Dequeue instruction in a system architecture for improved message passing and process synchronization Physics 14 Expired
US6986003B1 Method for processing communal locks Physics 13 Expired
US6922744B1 Communal lock processing system for multiprocessor computer system Physics 9 Expired
US6810464B1 Multiprocessor computer system for processing communal locks employing mid-level caches Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 6 Expired
US6944863B1 Queue bank repository and method for sharing limited queue banks in memory Physics 4 Expired

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