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NEXT COMPUTER INC

Overview
  • Total Patents
    25
About

NEXT COMPUTER INC has a total of 25 patent applications. Its first patent ever was published in 1989. It filed its patents most often in United States, Canada and WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organization). Its main competitors in its focus markets computer technology, digital networks and machines are FAST SEARCH & TRANSFER ASA, ARAVAMUDAN MURALI and NEXT SOFTWARE INC.

Patent filings per year

Chart showing NEXT COMPUTER INCs patent filings per year from 1900 to 2020

Top inventors

# Name Total Patents
#1 Williamson Richard 4
#2 Greenfield Jack 4
#3 Crandall Richard E 4
#4 Willhite Daniel 4
#5 Upson Linus 4
#6 Hullot Jean-Marie 3
#7 Taylor Bradley 3
#8 Franklin Christopher M 3
#9 Jobs Steven P 3
#10 Hawley Michael J 2

Latest patents

Publication Filing date Title
US6820268B2 Method for associating data bearing objects with user interface objects
US2001052032A1 Method for providing stand-in objects
US6704744B1 Method and apparatus for mapping objects to multiple tables of a database
US5481721A Method for providing automatic and dynamic translation of object oriented programming language-based message passing into operation system message passing using proxy objects
US5410691A Method and apparatus for providing a network configuration database
US5432937A Method and apparatus for architecture independent executable files
US5271061A Method and apparatus for public key exchange in a cryptographic system
US5163130A System and method for configuring a graphic interface
US5159632A Method and apparatus for public key exchange in a cryptographic system
AU8649291A Method and apparatus for identifying wait states and for providing a wait cursor in a computer system
US5313624A DRAM multiplexer
US5146556A System and method for managing graphic images
US5184124A Method and apparatus for compressing and storing pixels
CA1318404C Method and apparatus for indexing files in a computer system
CA1318403C Method and apparatus for extracting keywords from text
CA1328511C System and method for managing graphic images