Patents by Inventor Douglas Scott Bankes

Douglas Scott Bankes 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).

  • Real-time clock with extendable memory
    Patent number: 5829008
    Abstract: A real time clock plus user memory and extra memory integrated in a single circuit with access to the extra memory either by direct addressing or by providing the address as data to specified addresses in the user memory. Further, the user memory has two banks with the same addresses, and bank selection derives from a bit in another portion of the user memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 27, 1998
    Assignee: Dallas Semiconductor Corporation
    Inventors: William J. Podkowa, Douglas Scott Bankes
  • Real-time clock with extendable memory
    Patent number: 5678019
    Abstract: A real time clock plus user memory and extra memory integrated in a single circuit with access to the extra memory either by direct addressing or by providing the address as data to specified addresses in the user memory. Further, the user memory has two banks with the same addresses, and bank selection derives from a bit in another portion of the user memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 1993
    Date of Patent: October 14, 1997
    Assignee: Dallas Semiconductor Corporation
    Inventors: William J. Podkowa, Douglas Scott Bankes