Patents by Inventor Victor Linn Mollett

Victor Linn Mollett 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).

  • Method and apparatus for improving serial infrared asynchronous communication performance
    Patent number: 5912752
    Abstract: Disclosed is an improved hardware approach for increasing the efficiency of infrared asynchrounous communication performance. By utilizing the Infrared Data Association's Serial Infrared Link Access Protocol (IRLAP) along with hardware assist, and DMA associated with most microprocessors, e.g. conventional PC's, the processor is free to carry out other functions without having to process the IR communications for both transmit and receive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 1996
    Date of Patent: June 15, 1999
    Assignee: Lexmark International, Inc.
    Inventors: Victor Linn Mollett, Toshio Seo, Jason Eric Waldeck