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John S. Lacombe — 17 Patents

CCCompaq Computer: 8 patents #122 of 1,604Top 8%
HP: 5 patents #3,830 of 16,619Top 25%
Intel: 4 patents #8,538 of 30,777Top 30%
Tomball, TX: #60 of 577 inventorsTop 15%
Texas: #8,472 of 125,132 inventorsTop 7%
Overall (All Time): #263,971 of 4,157,543Top 7%
17 Patents All Time
John S. Lacombe has been granted 17 US patents while listed as an inventor at Compaq Computer. The first was granted in 1998 and the most recent in July 2013. John S. Lacombe ranks #263,971 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 6.3%). Patent records list John S. Lacombe in Tomball, TX, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1998 to 2013Bar chart with a peak of 3 patents in 1999.peak 31998: 1 patents19981999: 3 patents2000: 3 patents20002002: 1 patents2003: 1 patents20032005: 1 patents2006: 3 patents20062010: 1 patents2011: 1 patents20112012: 1 patents2013: 1 patents2013

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–17 of 17 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
8489778 Method and apparatus for using a single multi-function adapter with different operating systems Robert O. Sharp, Kenneth G. Keels, Brian S. Hausauer 2013-07-16
8271694 Method and apparatus for using a single multi-function adapter with different operating systems Robert O. Sharp, Kenneth G. Keels, Brian S. Hausauer 2012-09-18
8032664 Method and apparatus for using a single multi-function adapter with different operating systems Robert O. Sharp, Kenneth G. Keels, Brian S. Hausauer 2011-10-04
7849232 Method and apparatus for using a single multi-function adapter with different operating systems Robert O. Sharp, Kenneth G. Keels, Brian S. Hausauer 2010-12-07
7143276 Entrypoint discovery techniques in a bios entity Michael R. Garrett 2006-11-28 $8,530,000
7003775 Hardware implementation of an application-level watchdog timer Theodore F. Emerson 2006-02-21 $13,753,000
7000100 Application-level software watchdog timer Jeffery Galloway, Tim Majni 2006-02-14 $14,109,000
6950969 Cascadable dual fan controller Clarence Rick Thompson, Melvin K. Benedict, Jeffrey S. Autor, Michael Sanders 2005-09-27 $16,074,000
6543010 Method and apparatus for accelerating a memory dump Rene Gaudet 2003-04-01 $12,265,000
6378004 Method of communicating asynchronous elements from a mini-port driver Jeffery Galloway, Mark I. Bain, Michael E. McGowen, Paul J. Muraski, Richard L. Purvis +3 more 2002-04-23 $46,372,000
6101459 System and associated method for cooling components within a computer system Siamak Tavallaei, An T. Vu, Thomas T. Hardt, Wade D. Vinson, James A. Mouton 2000-08-08 $60,022,000
6055647 Method and apparatus for determining computer system power supply redundancy level Jose A. Santin, Siamak Tavallaei 2000-04-25 $64,870,000
6026495 Nonintrusive monitoring of a computer system's downtime due to a supply power outage condition Peter M. Yee, Rene Gaudet, Robert E. Van Cleve 2000-02-15 $115,103,000
5964875 Method and apparatus for identification of features associated with computers Jeffrey S. Autor, Gregory T. Noren 1999-10-12 $77,721,000
5918059 Method and apparatus for responding to actuation of a power supply switch for a computing system Siamak Tavallaei, Jeffrey S. Autor, Jose A. Santin 1999-06-29 $94,584,000
5887169 Method and apparatus for providing dynamic entry points into a software layer — 1999-03-23 $117,785,000
5834856 Computer system comprising a method and apparatus for periodic testing of redundant devices Siamak Tavallaei, Jeffrey S. Autor, An T. Vu 1998-11-10 $79,274,000

Frequent Collaborators

Kenneth G. Keels4 shared
Siamak Tavallaei4 shared
Robert O. Sharp4 shared
Brian S. Hausauer4 shared
Jeffrey S. Autor4 shared
Rene Gaudet2 shared

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