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Alan E. Brown — 45 Patents

DUDell Usa: 37 patents #2 of 472Top 1%
CCCompaq Computer: 4 patents #276 of 1,604Top 20%
DPDell Products: 2 patents #3,202 of 6,855Top 50%
BMBenchmarq Microelectronics: 1 patents #10 of 17Top 60%
Houston, TX: #255 of 21,073 inventorsTop 2%
Texas: #2,078 of 125,132 inventorsTop 2%
Overall (All Time): #64,393 of 4,157,543Top 2%
45 Patents All Time
Alan E. Brown has been granted 45 US patents while listed as an inventor at Dell Usa. The first was granted in 1989 and the most recent in October 2003. Alan E. Brown ranks #64,393 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 1.5%). Patent records list Alan E. Brown in Houston, TX, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1989 to 2003Bar chart with a peak of 12 patents in 1998.peak 121989: 1 patents19891990: 1 patents1993: 1 patents19931995: 1 patents1996: 5 patents19961997: 10 patents1998: 12 patents19981999: 8 patents2000: 3 patents20002001: 1 patents2003: 2 patents2003

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 45 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
6633171 Electronic component desired voltage level comparison Steven Lash 2003-10-14 $255,140,000
6510064 Power supply restart circuit Matthew B. Mendelow 2003-01-21 $258,854,000
6272643 Electronic component desired voltage level comparison Steven Lash 2001-08-07 $139,031,000
6107786 Active output power waveform transition control for a step-down voltage regulator 2000-08-22 $366,807,000
6051964 Sectionalized power regulator separated between an output inductor and an output capacitor Vahid Samiee 2000-04-18 $235,945,000
6052790 Computer system with improved DC to DC power conversion employing capacitive energy storage reservoirs 2000-04-18 $235,945,000
5999429 Bulk filter capacitor discharge in a switching power supply 1999-12-07 $246,785,000
5990669 Voltage supply regulation using master/slave timer circuit modulation 1999-11-23 $253,330,000
5960207 System and method for reducing power losses by gating an active power factor conversion process 1999-09-28 $322,246,000
5959441 Voltage mode control for a multiphase DC power regulator 1999-09-28 $322,246,000
5916313 Low cost power converter for a computer 1999-06-29 $1,107,347,000
5884233 System for reporting computer energy consumption 1999-03-16 $1,230,602,000
5877483 Method and apparatus for automatically implementing computer power on and logon functions using encoded ID card James Bilich 1999-03-02 $608,390,000
5864457 System and method for controlling current flow in an AC adapter Barry K. Kates 1999-01-26 $1,333,022,000
5847951 Method and apparatus for voltage regulation within an integrated circuit package N. Deepak Swamy 1998-12-08 $494,813,000
5847552 Integrated circuit with determinate power source control 1998-12-08 $494,813,000
5831351 Method and apparatus for self shutdown of a battery-backed circuit card Farzad Khosrowpour 1998-11-03 $230,666,000
5825972 Direct current fan motor speed controller 1998-10-20 $215,712,000
5764547 Method and apparatus for three-way power switching James Bilich 1998-06-09 $557,294,000
5737204 Method and apparatus for interfacing battery backup to power factor correction front end for maintaining power 1998-04-07 $229,767,000
5734329 Method and apparatus for superimposing self-clocking multifunctional communications on a static digital signal line Farzad Khosrowpour 1998-03-31 $112,053,000
5727928 Fan speed monitoring system for determining the speed of a PWM fan 1998-03-17 $146,649,000
5727208 Method and apparatus for configuration of processor operating parameters 1998-03-10 $141,107,000
5726901 System for reporting computer energy consumption 1998-03-10 $141,107,000
5715465 Power supply control apparatus using last power state memory Jeff Savage 1998-02-03 $118,626,000