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Rodney Schmidt — 35 Patents

AMD: 32 patents #305 of 9,280Top 4%
Globalfoundries: 3 patents #1,029 of 4,424Top 25%
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
Rodney Schmidt has been granted 35 US patents while listed as an inventor at AMD. The first was granted in 1996 and the most recent in April 2014. Rodney Schmidt ranks #96,288 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 2.3%). Patent records list Rodney Schmidt in Austin, TX, US.

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 35 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
8706941 Interrupt virtualization Benjamin C. Serebrin, David A. Kaplan, Mark Hummel 2014-04-22 $3,317,000
8489789 Interrupt virtualization Benjamin C. Serebrin, David A. Kaplan, Mark Hummel 2013-07-16 $4,450,000
8135962 System and method providing region-granular, hardware-controlled memory encryption Geoffrey S. Strongin, Brian C. Barnes 2012-03-13 $9,355,000
8051301 Memory management system and method providing linear address based memory access security Brian C. Barnes, Geoffrey S. Strongin 2011-11-01 $1,838,000
7865948 Method and apparatus for restricted execution of security sensitive instructions Brian C. Barnes, Geoffrey S. Strongin 2011-01-04 $12,328,000
7739498 Method and apparatus for multi-table accessing of input/output devices using target security Brian C. Barnes, Geoffrey S. Strongin 2010-06-15 $14,576,000
7702801 Determining logon status in a broadband network system and automatically restoring logon connectivity David G. Kyle 2010-04-20 $17,225,000
7698522 Method and apparatus for linear address based page level security scheme to determine current security context Brian C. Barnes, Geoffrey S. Strongin 2010-04-13 $12,774,000
7631160 Method and apparatus for securing portions of memory Geoffrey S. Strongin, Brian C. Barnes 2009-12-08 $23,221,000
7571318 Method and apparatus for improved security in a data processor Geoffrey S. Strongin, Brian C. Barnes 2009-08-04 $11,412,000
7493498 Input/output permission bitmaps for compartmentalized security Brian C. Barnes, Geoffrey S. Strongin 2009-02-17 $4,823,000
7451324 Secure execution mode exceptions Brian C. Barnes, Geoffrey S. Strongin, David S. Christie 2008-11-11 $5,286,000
7426644 System and method for handling device accesses to a memory providing increased memory access security Geoffrey S. Strongin, Brian C. Barnes 2008-09-16 $12,594,000
7383432 Software modem with hidden authentication commands Brian C. Barnes, David W. Smith, Terry L. Cole, Geoffrey S. Strongin, Michael Barclay 2008-06-03 $5,507,000
7383584 System and method for controlling device-to-device accesses within a computer system Geoffrey S. Strongin, Brian C. Barnes 2008-06-03 $5,507,000
7325250 Method and apparatus for preventing radio communication system access by an unauthorized modem Michael Barclay, Brian C. Barnes, Terry L. Cole, David W. Smith, Geoffrey S. Strongin 2008-01-29 $10,637,000
7206933 Software modem with privileged mode driver authentication Geoffrey S. Strongin, David W. Smith, Brian C. Barnes, Terry L. Cole, Michael Barclay 2007-04-17 $14,172,000
7197768 Software modem for communicating data using encrypted data and unencrypted control codes Terry L. Cole, David W. Smith, Geoffrey S. Strongin, Brian C. Barnes, Michael Barclay 2007-03-27 $8,823,000
7096353 Software modem with privileged mode decryption of control codes David W. Smith, Brian C. Barnes, Terry L. Cole, Geoffrey S. Strongin, Michael Barclay 2006-08-22 $21,650,000
6985519 Software modem for communicating data using separate channels for data and control codes Brian C. Barnes, Terry L. Cole, David W. Smith, Geoffrey S. Strongin, Michael Barclay 2006-01-10 $17,911,000
6973566 Software modem with privileged mode oversight of control parameters David W. Smith, Brian C. Barnes, Terry L. Cole, Geoffrey S. Strongin, Michael Barclay 2005-12-06 $7,747,000
6889308 Method and apparatus for protecting page translations Brian C. Barnes, Geoffrey S. Strongin 2005-05-03 $6,581,000
6854039 Memory management system and method providing increased memory access security Geoffrey S. Strongin, Brian C. Barnes 2005-02-08 $6,824,000
6842803 Computer system with privileged-mode modem driver Geoffrey S. Strongin, David W. Smith, Brian C. Barnes, Terry L. Cole, Michael Barclay 2005-01-11 $4,696,000
6823433 Memory management system and method for providing physical address based memory access security Brian C. Barnes, Geoffrey S. Strongin 2004-11-23 $3,336,000