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Wayne D. Ward — 12 Patents

UNUnisys: 12 patents #63 of 2,015Top 4%
New Brighton, MN: #44 of 414 inventorsTop 15%
Minnesota: #6,285 of 52,454 inventorsTop 15%
Overall (All Time): #426,029 of 4,157,543Top 15%
12 Patents All Time

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Showing 1–12 of 12 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDate
6986003 Method for processing communal locks Ralph E. Sipple 2006-01-10
6944863 Queue bank repository and method for sharing limited queue banks in memory David R. Johnson, David C. Johnson, Charles R. Caldarale 2005-09-13
6922744 Communal lock processing system for multiprocessor computer system Ralph E. Sipple 2005-07-26
6816952 Lock management system and method for use in a data processing system Kelvin S. Vartti, Hans C. Mikkelsen 2004-11-09
6810464 Multiprocessor computer system for processing communal locks employing mid-level caches Ralph E. Sipple 2004-10-26
6654875 Dual microcode RAM address mode instruction execution using operation code RAM storing control words with alternate address indicator Thomas Hartnett, John S. Kuslak, Peter B. Criswell 2003-11-25
6601153 Method and apparatus for increasing computer performance through asynchronous memory block initialization Kenneth L. Engelbrecht, Hans C. Mikkelsen 2003-07-29
6247064 Enqueue instruction in a system architecture for improved message passing and process synchronization Merwin H. Alferness, Charles R. Caldarale, David C. Johnson, David R. Johnson, James R. McBreen 2001-06-12
6029205 System architecture for improved message passing and process synchronization between concurrently executing processes Merwin H. Alferness, Mark D. Aubel, Charles R. Caldarale, James W. Douglas, David C. Johnson +7 more 2000-02-22
5896522 Selective emulation interpretation using transformed instructions Merwin H. Alferness 1999-04-20
5732404 Flexible expansion of virtual memory addressing David R. Johnson 1998-03-24
5602998 Dequeue instruction in a system architecture for improved message passing and process synchronization Merwin H. Alferness, Charles R. Caldarale, David C. Johnson, David R. Johnson, James R. McBreen 1997-02-11