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Randall L. Hess — 29 Patents

CCCompaq Computer: 16 patents #32 of 1,604Top 2%
WTWestern Digital Technologies: 6 patents #554 of 3,180Top 20%
HP: 4 patents #4,645 of 16,619Top 30%
HBHgst Netherlands, B.V.: 2 patents #341 of 972Top 40%
CGCompaq Information Technologies Group: 1 patents #84 of 407Top 25%
Colorado Springs, CO: #65 of 2,971 inventorsTop 3%
Colorado: #1,132 of 40,980 inventorsTop 3%
Overall (All Time): #127,851 of 4,157,543Top 4%
29 Patents All Time
Randall L. Hess has been granted 29 US patents while listed as an inventor at Compaq Computer. The first was granted in 1992 and the most recent in December 2020. Randall L. Hess ranks #127,851 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 3.1%). Patent records list Randall L. Hess in Colorado Springs, CO, US.

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 29 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
10877913 Queue depth management for host systems accessing a peripheral component interconnect express (PCIe) device via a PCIe switch Susan Elkington, Randy L. Roberson, Michael Stillwell, Michael D. Walker 2020-12-29 $16,433,000
10824581 Peripheral component interconnect express (PCIe) device enumeration via a PCIe switch Berck E. Nash, Michael D. Walker, James M. Reiser 2020-11-03 $18,400,000
10698815 Non-blocking caching for data storage drives Berck E. Nash, James M. Reiser, Randy L. Roberson, Kris B. Stokes, Jesse L. Yandell 2020-06-30 $13,377,000
10579567 Queue depth management for host systems accessing a peripheral component interconnect express (PCIe) device via a PCIe switch Susan Elkington, Randy L. Roberson, Michael Stillwell, Michael D. Walker 2020-03-03 $23,994,000
10503687 Multi-host peripheral component interconnect express (PCIe) switching based on interrupt vector from PCIe device Berck E. Nash, Michael D. Walker 2019-12-10 $23,520,000
10289326 Optimized data layout for object store system Paul F. Dunn 2019-05-14
10001932 Enhanced redundant caching for shingled magnetic recording devices in data storage drive assemblies Berck E. Nash, James M. Reiser, Randy L. Roberson, Kris B. Stokes, Jesse L. Yandell 2018-06-19 $174,186,000
9269376 Efficient burst data verify in shingled data storage drives Berck E. Nash, James M. Reiser, Randy L. Roberson, Kris B. Stokes, Jesse L. Yandell 2016-02-23
7739418 Resource management system Susan Elkington, Michael D. Walker, Jason Richard Huddleston 2010-06-15 $14,720,000
7069472 Method for restoring CMOS in a jumperless system Don R. James, Jr., Mark A. Piwonka 2006-06-27 $14,373,000
6754793 Method for flashing ESCD and variables into a ROM Mark A. Piwonka, Louis B. Hobson, Jeffrey David Kane 2004-06-22 $12,284,000
6647512 Method for restoring CMOS in a jumperless system Don R. James, Jr., Mark A. Piwonka 2003-11-11 $9,928,000
6505278 Method for flashing ESCD and variables into a ROM Mark A. Piwonka, Louis B. Hobson, Jeffrey David Kane 2003-01-07 $22,076,000
6397337 Unified password prompt of a computer system Michael R. Garrett, Chi So, Mohammed Anwar Ramiz 2002-05-28
6363492 Computer method and apparatus to force boot block recovery Don R. James, Jr., Jeffrey David Kane 2002-03-26 $33,188,000
6240519 Computer method and apparatus to prompt for administrative password to flash a corrupted non-volatile memory Don R. James, Jr., Jeffrey David Kane 2001-05-29 $58,678,000
6073206 Method for flashing ESCD and variables into a ROM Mark A. Piwonka, Louis B. Hobson, Jeffrey David Kane 2000-06-06 $60,676,000
5903254 User interface for easily setting computer speaker volume and power conservation levels Kevin Mundt, David B. Potter 1999-05-11 $131,697,000
5835759 Launching computer applications Mark Moore, David M. Burckhartt, Drew S. Johnson, Norman P. Brown 1998-11-10 $79,274,000
5802318 Universal serial bus keyboard system David E. Murray, David R. Wooten, Jr., Christopher C. Wanner, Jeff W. Wolford 1998-09-01 $134,808,000
5732266 Storage medium storing application programs and application initialization files and automatic launching of computer applications stored on the storage medium Mark Moore, David M. Burckhartt, Drew S. Johnson, Norman P. Brown 1998-03-24 $442,181,000
5696975 Launching computer applications Mark Moore, David M. Burckhartt, Drew S. Johnson, Norman P. Brown 1997-12-09 $148,897,000
5640176 User interface for easily setting computer speaker volume and power conservation levels Kevin Mundt, David B. Potter 1997-06-17 $69,993,000
5590315 Method and apparatus for simulating user input device presence in a computer system Drew S. Johnson 1996-12-31 $49,491,000
5542077 Personal computer with CMOS memory not having a separate battery Drew S. Johnson, Patrick R. Cooper 1996-07-30 $150,677,000