Patents by Inventor Noburu Rinoie

Noburu Rinoie has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Semiconductor integrated circuit with function to manage license information
    Patent number: 7363501
    Abstract: A semiconductor integrated circuit includes one or more function blocks, a nonvolatile memory unit which stores therein coded license information, and a decoder circuit which decodes the license information stored in the nonvolatile memory unit, and makes one of the function blocks either usable or unusable depending on the decoded license information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2008
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Atsushi Watanabe, Noburu Rinoie, Takamitsu Kobayashi
  • Semiconductor integrated circuit with function to manage license information
    Publication number: 20020144125
    Abstract: A semiconductor integrated circuit includes one or more function blocks, a nonvolatile memory unit which stores therein coded license information, and a decoder circuit which decodes the license information stored in the nonvolatile memory unit, and makes one of the function blocks either usable or unusable depending on the decoded license information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2002
    Publication date: October 3, 2002
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Atsushi Watanabe, Noburu Rinoie, Takamitsu Kobayashi