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Gary D. Hicok — 40 Patents

NVIDIA: 20 patents #308 of 7,811Top 4%
VTVlsi Technology: 16 patents #15 of 594Top 3%
CLCirrus Logic: 2 patents #514 of 1,131Top 50%
SGS3 Group: 1 patents #47 of 130Top 40%
Mesa, AZ: #40 of 2,463 inventorsTop 2%
Arizona: #642 of 32,909 inventorsTop 2%
Overall (All Time): #78,057 of 4,157,543Top 2%
40 Patents All Time
Gary D. Hicok has been granted 40 US patents while listed as an inventor at NVIDIA. The first was granted in 1996 and the most recent in December 2024. Gary D. Hicok ranks #78,057 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 1.9%). Patent records list Gary D. Hicok in Mesa, AZ, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1996 to 2024Bar chart with a peak of 7 patents in 1998.peak 71996: 5 patents19961997: 3 patents1998: 7 patents19981999: 4 patents2001: 1 patents20012005: 1 patents2006: 1 patents20062007: 2 patents2008: 4 patents20082009: 1 patents2011: 3 patents20112012: 1 patents2014: 1 patents20142017: 1 patents2022: 2 patents20222023: 1 patents2024: 2 patents2024

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 40 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12182694 Training, testing, and verifying autonomous machines using simulated environments Clement Farabet, John Zedlewski, Zachary Taylor, Greg Heinrich, Claire Delaunay +7 more 2024-12-31 $3,661,312,000
11874663 Systems and methods for computer-assisted shuttles, buses, robo-taxis, ride-sharing and on-demand vehicles with situational awareness Michael Cox, Miguel Sainz, Martin HEMPEL, Ratin Kumar, Timo Roman +6 more 2024-01-16 $1,652,504,000
11644834 Systems and methods for safe and reliable autonomous vehicles Michael Alan Ditty, Jonathan Sweedler, Clement Farabet, Mohammed Abdulla Yousuf, Tai-Yuen CHAN +9 more 2023-05-09 $801,053,000
11474519 Systems and methods for computer-assisted shuttles, buses, robo-taxis, ride-sharing and on-demand vehicles with situational awareness Michael Cox, Miguel Sainz, Martin HEMPEL, Ratin Kumar, Timo Roman +6 more 2022-10-18 $483,516,000
11436484 Training, testing, and verifying autonomous machines using simulated environments Clement Farabet, John Zedlewski, Zachary Taylor, Greg Heinrich, Claire Delaunay +7 more 2022-09-06 $463,827,000
9569279 Heterogeneous multiprocessor design for power-efficient and area-efficient computing Matthew R. Longnecker, Rahul G. Patel 2017-02-14 $67,185,000
8635480 Method and apparatus for controlling power to a processing unit Ludger Mimberg, David G. Reed, David Wyatt, Rambod Jacoby 2014-01-21 $13,631,000
8094670 Method and apparatus for performing network processing functions Robert A. Alfieri, Paul J. Sidenblad, Mark A. Parris 2012-01-10 $6,241,000
8051126 Method and apparatus for providing an integrated network of processors Robert A. Alfieri 2011-11-01 $24,137,000
7961733 Method and apparatus for performing network processing functions Robert A. Alfieri, Paul J. Sidenblad, Mark A. Parris 2011-06-14 $17,697,000
7924868 Internet protocol (IP) router residing in a processor chipset Robert A. Alfieri, Paul J. Sidenblad, Mark A. Parris 2011-04-12 $20,468,000
7620738 Method and apparatus for providing an integrated network of processors Robert A. Alfieri 2009-11-17 $4,636,000
7397797 Method and apparatus for performing network processing functions Robert A. Alfieri, Paul J. Sidenblad, Mark A. Parris 2008-07-08 $45,402,000
7383352 Method and apparatus for providing an integrated network of processors Robert A. Alfieri 2008-06-03 $26,879,000
7362772 Network processing pipeline chipset for routing and host packet processing Robert A. Alfieri, Paul J. Sidenblad, Mark A. Parris 2008-04-22 $32,270,000
7324547 Internet protocol (IP) router residing in a processor chipset Robert A. Alfieri, Paul J. Sidenblad, Mark A. Parris 2008-01-29 $17,621,000
7289125 Graphics device clustering with PCI-express Franck R. Diard, David G. Reed, Michael Brian Cox 2007-10-30 $62,352,000
7188250 Method and apparatus for performing network processing functions Robert A. Alfieri, Paul J. Sidenblad, Mark A. Parris 2007-03-06 $38,163,000
7010724 Operating system hang detection and methods for handling hang conditions 2006-03-07 $12,821,000
6848057 Method and apparatus for providing a decoupled power management state 2005-01-25 $48,411,000
6266753 Memory manager for multi-media apparatus and method therefor Jeffery M. Michelsen 2001-07-24 $13,191,000
5958055 Power management system for a computer David R. Evoy, Laura E. Simmons 1999-09-28
5920495 Programmable four-tap texture filter Jeffery M. Michelsen 1999-07-06 $2,731,000
5903773 System to improve trapping of I/O instructions in a peripheral component interconnect bus computer system and method therefor Nicholas J. Richardson, Barry Davis 1999-05-11 $4,342,000
5895469 System for reducing access times for retrieving audio samples and method therefor Gregg D. Lahti, Scott Harrow 1999-04-20 $3,152,000