Patents by Inventor Brian W. Colbry

Brian W. Colbry 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).

  • Dual byte order data processor
    Patent number: 4999808
    Abstract: In order that a microprocessor can respond properly to both instruction words and data words that are organized in off-chip memory in accordance with either of two byte order conventions, on-chip circuitry is added which controllably changes the byte order of both the instructions and the data to that of the microprocessor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 1989
    Date of Patent: March 12, 1991
    Assignee: AT&T Bell Laboratories
    Inventors: Donald E. Blahut, Brian W. Colbry, Thomas D. Lovett, Peter V. LaMaster