Inventor
Thomas W. Grieff
Inventor
Spring, TX, US
Overview
Patents· 20 as inventor
Public. Assignee & technology derived from the patent record. Each patent links to its LexDana page.
G06Fprimary
G06FElectric digital data processing95%
G11BInformation storage based on relative movement between record carrier and transducer5%
PatentTitleYear
7,644,168'SAS expander'20107,584,377'System, machine, and method for maintenance of mirrored datasets through surrogate writes during storage-area networks transients'20097,035,952'System having storage subsystems and a link coupling the storage subsystems'20066,961,813'System and method for providing multi-initiator capability to an ATA drive'20056,948,036'System and method for providing multi-initiator capability to an ATA drive'20056,732,298'Nonmaskable interrupt workaround for a single exception interrupt handler processor'20046,725,393'System, machine, and method for maintenance of mirrored datasets through surrogate writes during storage-area network transients'20046,205,500'System and method for electrically isolating a device from higher voltage devices'20016,154,789'Peripheral controller comprising first messaging unit for communication with first OS driver and second messaging unit for communication with second OS driver for mass-storage peripheral'20006,128,686'Hiding peripheral memory transactions on a local bus within a peripheral controller from a host system bus'20006,061,752'Technique for hot plugging a peripheral controller card containing PCI and SCSI buses on a single connector into a host system board'20005,848,251'Secondary channel for command information for fibre channel system interface bus'19985,717,954'Locked exchange FIFO'19985,469,548'Disk array controller having internal protocol for sending address/transfer count information during first/second load cycles and transferring data after receiving an acknowldgement'19955,448,709'Disk array controller having command descriptor blocks utilized by bus master and bus slave for respectively performing data transfer operations'19955,253,355'Apparatus and method for developing wait states during addressing operation by using unused address bits'19935,241,630'Device controller with a separate command path between a host and the device and a separate data path including a first in, first out memory between the host and the device'19935,206,943'Disk array controller with parity capabilities'19935,150,465'Mode-selectable integrated disk drive for computer'19925,115,225'Disk drive unit overheating warning system'1992Career & activity timeline
Assembled from patent assignee/location history and declaration credentials.
1992–2001Patents assigned to COMPAQ COMPUTER CORP (13)· patent assignee history
1992–2000Based in Spring, TX, US· patent location history
1992–2009Based in Houston, TX, US· patent location history
2001Based in Harris County, TX, US· patent location history
2004–2010Patents assigned to HEWLETT PACKARD DEVELOPMENT CO (7)· patent assignee history
2005–2006Based in Cypress, TX, US· patent location history
2010Based in Pinehurst, TX, US· patent location history
Inventor activity
Assignee and location history derived from the patent record.
Assignees
| Assignee | Patents | Span |
|---|---|---|
| COMPAQ COMPUTER CORP | 13 | 1992–2001 |
| HEWLETT PACKARD DEVELOPMENT CO | 7 | 2004–2010 |
Locations
| Location | Patents | Span |
|---|---|---|
| Spring, Texas, US | 11 | 1992–2000 |
| Houston, Texas, US | 4 | 1992–2009 |
| Cypress, Texas, US | 3 | 2005–2006 |
| Pinehurst, Texas, US | 1 | 2010 |
| Harris County, Texas, US | 1 | 2001 |