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Frank P. Helms — 20 Patents

AMD: 13 patents #929 of 9,280Top 15%
DUDell Usa: 4 patents #83 of 472Top 20%
Globalfoundries: 2 patents #1,397 of 4,424Top 35%
Samsung: 1 patents #50,112 of 75,807Top 70%
Round Rock, TX: #185 of 1,915 inventorsTop 10%
Texas: #6,926 of 125,132 inventorsTop 6%
Overall (All Time): #214,803 of 4,157,543Top 6%
20 Patents All Time
Frank P. Helms has been granted 20 US patents while listed as an inventor at AMD. The first was granted in 1996 and the most recent in November 2014. Frank P. Helms ranks #214,803 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 5.2%). Patent records list Frank P. Helms in Round Rock, TX, US.

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–20 of 20 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
8884683 Semiconductor integrated circuit and operating method of semiconductor integrated circuit 2014-11-11
8156362 Hardware monitoring and decision making for transitioning in and out of low-power state Alexander J. Branover, Maurice B. Steinman 2012-04-10 $5,913,000
8112647 Protocol for power state determination and demotion Alexander J. Branover, John P. Petry, Maurice B. Steinman 2012-02-07 $12,466,000
7941683 Data processing device with low-power cache access mode Alex Branover, Maurice B. Steinman 2011-05-10 $5,537,000
7870407 Dynamic processor power management device and method thereof Alex Branover, Jonathan Owen, Kurt Lewchuk, Maurice B. Steinman, Paul A. Mackey 2011-01-11 $5,518,000
7856562 Selective deactivation of processor cores in multiple processor core systems Alexander J. Branover, Maurice B. Steinman, Bill K. C. Kwan, W. Kurt Lewchuk, Paul A. Mackey 2010-12-21 $14,741,000
7231474 Serial interface having a read temperature command Larry D. Hewitt, Scott E. Swanstrom, Ross Voigt LaFetra 2007-06-12 $76,960,000
7174467 Message based power management in a multi-processor system Dale E. Gulick, Larry D. Hewitt, William A. Hughes, Paul C. Miranda, Derrick R. Meyer +2 more 2007-02-06 $46,392,000
7146510 Use of a signal line to adjust width and/or frequency of a communication link during system operation Derrick R. Meyer, Larry D. Hewitt, Dale E. Gulick, William A. Hughes, Scott E. Swanstrom 2006-12-05 $14,281,000
7051218 Message based power management Dale E. Gulick, Larry D. Hewitt, William A. Hughes, Paul C. Miranda, Derrick R. Meyer +2 more 2006-05-23 $17,017,000
7039755 Method and apparatus for powering down the CPU/memory controller complex while preserving the self refresh state of memory in the system 2006-05-02 $21,137,000
6889332 Variable maximum die temperature based on performance state Jeffrey Brinkley 2005-05-03 $6,581,000
6754837 Programmable stabilization interval for internal stop grant state during which core logic is supplied with clocks and power to minimize stabilization delay 2004-06-22 $4,162,000
6748545 System and method for selecting between a voltage specified by a processor and an alternate voltage to be supplied to the processor 2004-06-08 $3,316,000
5952992 Intelligent LCD brightness control system 1999-09-14 $1,470,034,000
5832238 Enabling PCI configuration space for multiple functions 1998-11-03 $3,785,000
5760760 Intelligent LCD brightness control system 1998-06-02 $282,200,000
5666426 Automatic volume control to compensate for ambient noise variations 1997-09-09 $8,249,000
5604708 Fail-safe system for preserving a backup battery Alan E. Brown 1997-02-18 $76,754,000
5490039 Integrated mouse tray and mouse for portable computer having cavity therefore 1996-02-06 $13,236,000