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Michael T. Wisor — 35 Patents

AMD: 34 patents #277 of 9,280Top 3%
SLSpansion Llc.: 1 patents #435 of 769Top 60%
Austin, TX: #813 of 18,064 inventorsTop 5%
Texas: #3,079 of 125,132 inventorsTop 3%
Overall (All Time): #96,288 of 4,157,543Top 3%
35 Patents All Time
Michael T. Wisor has been granted 35 US patents while listed as an inventor at AMD. The first was granted in 1995 and the most recent in May 2007. Michael T. Wisor ranks #96,288 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 2.3%). Patent records list Michael T. Wisor in Austin, TX, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1995 to 2007Bar chart with a peak of 7 patents in 1997.peak 71995: 2 patents19951996: 2 patents19961997: 7 patents19971998: 7 patents19981999: 7 patents19992000: 3 patents20002001: 2 patents20012002: 2 patents20022004: 1 patents20042007: 2 patents2007

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 35 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
7219219 Hardware initialization method that is independent of boot code architecture 2007-05-15 $18,237,000
7206914 Non-volatile memory system having a programmably selectable boot code section size 2007-04-17 $2,768,000
6823435 Non-volatile memory system having a programmably selectable boot code section size 2004-11-23 $3,336,000
6430705 Method for utilizing virtual hardware descriptions to allow for multi-processor debugging in environments using varying processor revision levels Travis Wheatley, James A. Treadway 2002-08-06 $1,934,000
6336212 Self modifying code to test all possible addressing modes Christopher Gray 2002-01-01
6247146 Method for verifying branch trace history buffer information Travis Wheatley, Christopher Gray 2001-06-12 $5,669,000
6173395 Mechanism to determine actual code execution flow in a computer Travis Wheatley, Dan S. Mudgett 2001-01-09 $4,016,000
6128727 Self modifying code to test all possible addressing modes Christopher Gray 2000-10-03 $5,403,000
6076160 Hardware-based system for enabling data transfers between a CPU and chip set logic of a computer system on both edges of bus clock signal 2000-06-13 $9,833,000
6021498 Power management unit including a programmable index register for accessing configuration registers Rita M. O'Brien 2000-02-01 $7,629,000
5999476 Bios memory and multimedia data storage combination Drew J. Dutton, Dale E. Gulick 1999-12-07 $5,732,000
5974510 Method for testing the non-cacheable region functioning of a cache memory controller Lei Cheng, Thomas Eckert 1999-10-26 $1,975,000
5964859 Allocatable post and prefetch buffers for bus bridges Andy Steinbach, Scott E. Swanstrom 1999-10-12 $2,065,000
5946497 System and method for providing microprocessor serialization using programmable fuses Sherman Lee, James R. MacDonald 1999-08-31 $2,486,000
5933620 Method and apparatus for serializing microprocessor identification numbers Sherman Lee, James R. MacDonald 1999-08-03 $2,588,000
5920891 Architecture and method for controlling a cache memory Andy Steinbach, Scott E. Swanstrom 1999-07-06 $3,020,000
5862366 System and method for simulating a multiprocessor environment for testing a multiprocessing interrupt controller Rodney Schmidt, Steve Ennis 1999-01-19 $3,761,000
5815734 System and method for reconfiguring configuration registers of a PCI bus device in response to a change in clock signal frequency Sherman Lee 1998-09-29 $4,554,000
5799203 System for receiving peripheral device capability information and selectively disabling corresponding processing unit function when the device failing to support such function Sherman Lee, James R. MacDonald 1998-08-25 $7,678,000
5790663 Method and apparatus for software access to a microprocessor serial number Sherman Lee, James R. MacDonald 1998-08-04 $1,601,000
5790783 Method and apparatus for upgrading the software lock of microprocessor Sherman Lee, James R. MacDonald 1998-08-04 $1,601,000
5790871 System and method for testing and debugging a multiprocessing interrupt controller Qadeer A. Qureshi, Steve Ennis 1998-08-04 $1,601,000
5774544 Method an apparatus for encrypting and decrypting microprocessor serial numbers Sherman Lee, James R. MacDonald 1998-06-30 $4,223,000
5768499 Method and apparatus for dynamically displaying and causing the execution of software diagnostic/test programs for the silicon validation of microprocessors James A. Treadway 1998-06-16 $1,976,000
5678065 Computer system employing an enable line for selectively adjusting a peripheral bus clock frequency Sherman Lee 1997-10-14 $19,548,000