Inventor

Michael W. Kelley

Inventor

San Mateo, CA, US

Overview

1994–2013

Patent span

Physics

Primary field (CPC G)

Patents· 18 as inventor

Public. Assignee & technology derived from the patent record. Each patent links to its LexDana page.

G06Tprimary

G06TImage data processing or generation, in general43%

B21GMaking needles, pins or nails of metal11%

B21KMaking forged or pressed metal products, e.g. horse-shoes, rivets, bolts or wheels11%

G06FElectric digital data processing11%

B21DWorking or processing of sheet metal or metal tubes, rods or profiles without essentially removing material7%

B65GTransport or storage devices, e.g. conveyors for loading or tipping, shop conveyor systems or pneumatic tube conveyors7%

F42BExplosive charges, e.g. for blasting, fireworks, ammunition7%

G05DSystems for controlling or regulating non-electric variables4%

PatentTitleYear

8,539,808'Bandolier with laterally offset and spaced work piece'2013 8,176,826'Bandolier with laterally offset and spaced work piece'2012 7,383,760'Bandoliered flechettes and method for manufacturing bandoliered flechettes'2008 6,115,049'Method and apparatus for high performance antialiasing which minimizes per pixel storage and object data bandwidth'2000 5,987,567'System and method for caching texture map information'1999 5,920,687'Z-buffer storage based on opacity and depth using pointers'1999 5,808,627'Method and apparatus for increasing the speed of rendering of objects in a display system'1998 5,706,415'Method and apparatus for distributed interpolation of pixel shading parameter values'1998 5,706,479'Method and apparatus for dynamically detecting overflow of a multi-layer buffer'1998 5,701,405'Method and apparatus for directly evaluating a parameter interpolation function used in rendering images in a graphics system that uses screen partitioning'1997 5,606,650'Method and apparatus for storage and retrieval of a texture map in a graphics display system'1997 5,592,601'Method and apparatus for incremental acceleration of the rendering process utilizing multiple scanline rendering devices'1997 5,583,974'Computer graphics system having high performance multiple layer Z-buffer'1996 5,517,603'Scanline rendering device for generating pixel values for displaying three-dimensional graphical images'1996 5,502,364'Aircraft automatic throttle forward stop servo system and method'1996 5,402,533'Method and apparatus for approximating a signed value between two endpoint values in a three-dimensional image rendering device'1995 5,345,541'Method and apparatus for approximating a value between two endpoint values in a three-dimensional image rendering device'1994 5,307,449'Method and apparatus for simultaneously rendering multiple scanlines'1994

Career & activity timeline

Assembled from patent assignee/location history and declaration credentials.

1994–2000Patents assigned to APPLE COMPUTER (14)· patent assignee history

1994–2000Based in San Mateo, CA, US· patent location history

1996Based in Renton, WA, US· patent location history

1999Based in Saratoga, CA, US· patent location history

2008–2013Patents assigned to PENN UNITED TECHNOLOGIES INC (3)· patent assignee history

2008–2013Based in Sarver, PA, US· patent location history

2012–2013Patents assigned to JONES D PATRICK (2)· patent assignee history

2012–2013Patents assigned to KELLEY MICHAEL WAYNE (2)· patent assignee history

2012–2013Patents assigned to MARRACCINI JAMES J (2)· patent assignee history

Inventor activity

Assignee and location history derived from the patent record.

Assignees

Assignee	Patents	Span
APPLE COMPUTER	14	1994–2000
PENN UNITED TECHNOLOGIES INC	3	2008–2013
JONES D PATRICK	2	2012–2013
KELLEY MICHAEL WAYNEself	2	2012–2013
MARRACCINI JAMES J	2	2012–2013

Locations

Location	Patents	Span
San Mateo, California, US	13	1994–2000
Sarver, Pennsylvania, US	3	2008–2013
Saratoga, California, US	1	1999
Renton, Washington, US	1	1996