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Hung Q. Le — 25 Patents

CCCompaq Computer: 12 patents #62 of 1,604Top 4%
Apple: 4 patents #6,401 of 18,612Top 35%
HP: 4 patents #4,645 of 16,619Top 30%
CGCompaq Information Technologies Group: 3 patents #17 of 407Top 5%
HEHewlett Packard Enterprise: 1 patents #2,081 of 4,473Top 50%
Mountain View, CA: #801 of 11,022 inventorsTop 8%
California: #22,079 of 386,348 inventorsTop 6%
Overall (All Time): #158,593 of 4,157,543Top 4%
25 Patents All Time
Hung Q. Le has been granted 25 US patents while listed as an inventor at Compaq Computer. The first was granted in 1992 and the most recent in March 2025. Hung Q. Le ranks #158,593 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 3.8%). Patent records list Hung Q. Le in Mountain View, CA, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1992 to 2025Bar chart with a peak of 5 patents in 1998.peak 51992: 1 patents19921994: 1 patents1995: 1 patents19951998: 5 patents1999: 1 patents19992000: 2 patents2001: 1 patents20012002: 2 patents2003: 2 patents20032004: 1 patents2005: 1 patents20052014: 1 patents2015: 1 patents20152018: 1 patents2022: 2 patents20222024: 1 patents2025: 1 patents2025

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 25 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12256223 Network access tokens for accessories Wayne A. Lee, Zaka Ur Rehman Ashraf, Daniel R. Borges, Kyle C. Brogle, Srinivas Rama +4 more 2025-03-18
12032951 Techniques for firmware updates with accessories Zaka Ur Rehman Ashraf, Keith W. Rauenbuehler, Christopher B. Zimmermann, Keith R. Bisset, Sivaramachandran Ganesan +5 more 2024-07-09 $250,204,000
11483708 Network access tokens for accessories Wayne A. Lee, Zaka Ur Rehman Ashraf, Daniel R. Borges, Kyle C. Brogle, Srinivas Rama +4 more 2022-10-25 $262,914,000
11275576 Techniques for firmware updates with accessories Zaka Ur Rehman Ashraf, Keith W. Rauenbuehler, Christopher B. Zimmermann, Keith R. Bisset, Sivaramachandran Ganesan +3 more 2022-03-15 $265,207,000
9870233 Initializing a memory subsystem of a management controller David F. Heinrich, Theodore F. Emerson 2018-01-16 $11,803,000
9213545 Storing data in any of a plurality of buffers in a memory controller Theodore F. Emerson, David F. Heinrich, Robert L. Noonan 2015-12-15 $3,681,000
8738995 Memory subsystem having a first portion to store data with error correction code information and a second portion to store data without error correction code information Theodore F. Emerson, David F. Heinrich 2014-05-27 $8,729,000
6938143 Dynamically adaptive buffer mechanism 2005-08-30 $13,537,000
6678813 Dynamically adaptive buffer mechanism 2004-01-13 $13,381,000
6542995 Apparatus and method for maintaining secured access to relocated plug and play peripheral devices David F. Heinrich 2003-04-01 $12,265,000
6510522 Apparatus and method for providing access security to a device coupled upon a two-wire bidirectional bus David F. Heinrich, Paul B. Rawlins, Charles J. Stancil 2003-01-21 $24,955,000
6460139 Apparatus and method for programmably and flexibly assigning passwords to unlock devices of a computer system intended to remain secure David F. Heinrich 2002-10-01 $8,585,000
6370649 Computer access via a single-use password Michael F. Angelo, David F. Heinrich, Richard Owen Waldorf 2002-04-09 $44,468,000
6182236 Circuit and method employing feedback for driving a clocking signal to compensate for load-induced skew Paul R. Culley 2001-01-30 $138,971,000
6154838 Flash ROM sharing between processor and microcontroller during booting and handling warm-booting events David J. DeLisle, Maria L. Melo 2000-11-28
6108729 Serial bus system for shadowing registers David J. Maguire 2000-08-22 $97,982,000
5867444 Programmable memory device that supports multiple operational modes Sompong Paul Olarig 1999-02-02 $101,402,000
5819087 Flash ROM sharing between processor and microcontroller during booting and handling warm-booting events David J. DeLisle, Maria L. Melo 1998-10-06 $45,598,000
5805882 Computer system and method for replacing obsolete or corrupt boot code contained within reprogrammable memory with new boot code supplied from an external source through a data port Patrick R. Cooper, David J. DeLisle 1998-09-08 $119,269,000
5794054 Flash ROM sharing between a processor and a controller David J. DeLisle 1998-08-11 $61,988,000
5748911 Serial bus system for shadowing registers David J. Maguire 1998-05-05 $92,997,000
5729683 Programming memory devices through the parallel port of a computer system Patrick R. Cooper 1998-03-17 $189,382,000
5455907 Buffering digitizer data in a first-in first-out memory Randall L. Hess, Gaines C. Teague, Patrick R. Cooper, Daniel B. Reents 1995-10-03 $39,905,000
5304916 Battery charger Dean Perkins 1994-04-19 $40,422,000
5142247 Multiple frequency phase-locked loop clock generator with stable transitions between frequencies Henry F. Lada, James H. Garrett, John M. Gromala 1992-08-25 $14,945,000