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Roy D. Darling — 11 Patents

AMD: 6 patents #2,070 of 9,280Top 25%
LSLattice Semiconductor: 5 patents #107 of 544Top 20%
Forest Grove, OR: #28 of 174 inventorsTop 20%
Oregon: #3,944 of 28,073 inventorsTop 15%
Overall (All Time): #435,149 of 4,157,543Top 15%
11 Patents All Time
Roy D. Darling has been granted 11 US patents while listed as an inventor at AMD. The first was granted in 1989 and the most recent in May 2009. Roy D. Darling ranks #435,149 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 10.5%). Patent records list Roy D. Darling in Forest Grove, OR, US.

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–11 of 11 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
7536559 Method and apparatus for providing secure programmable logic devices Jesse H. Jenkins, IV, Frank C. Wirtz, II, Thomas Davies, Eric E. Edwards 2009-05-19 $2,833,000
7180776 Systems and methods for programming a secured CPLD on-the-fly Wayne E. Wennekamp, Eric E. Edwards 2007-02-20 $15,043,000
7127552 Using transfer bits during data transfer from non-volatile to volatile memories Schuyler E. Shimanek 2006-10-24 $12,015,000
6981091 Using transfer bits during data transfer from non-volatile to volatile memories Schuyler E. Shimanek 2005-12-27 $7,153,000
6873177 Systems and methods for programming a secured CPLD on-the-fly Wayne E. Wennekamp, Eric E. Edwards 2005-03-29 $14,750,000
6714041 Programming on-the-fly (OTF) Schuyler E. Shimanek, Thomas Davies 2004-03-30 $34,321,000
5336951 Structure and method for multiplexing pins for in-system programming Gregg R. Josephson, Ju Shen, Chan-Chi Jason Cheng 1994-08-09 $4,325,000
5237218 Structure and method for multiplexing pins for in-system programming Gregg R. Josephson, Ju Shen, Chan-Chi Jason Cheng 1993-08-17 $5,661,000
4896296 Programmable logic device configurable input/output cell John E. Turner, David L. Rutledge 1990-01-23 $1,153,000
4879688 In-system programmable logic device John E. Turner, David L. Rutledge 1989-11-07
4855954 In-system programmable logic device with four dedicated terminals John E. Turner, David L. Rutledge 1989-08-08