Patents by Inventor Osman Ratib

Osman Ratib 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).

  • Information storage and processing
    Patent number: 5471606
    Abstract: Data and directories are separated and stored on separate parts of an optical disk. Directories are on the inner tracks and data are on the outer tracks, in a first format. Data and directories are written from magnetic disk storage in a different second specific format that is determined by a particular operating system used by an information processor. A medical information processing system is provided with an external magnetic disk storage and the optical disk.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 1994
    Date of Patent: November 28, 1995
    Assignees: The Regents of the University of California, Hitachi Maxwell, Ltd.
    Inventors: Han Huang, Craig A. Morioka, Osman Ratib, Paul N. S. Cho, Bruce K. T. Ho, Takeo Sonobe, Toru Shinagawa
  • Information system using designating areas for retrieving/converting data and directories of different formats storing in optical and magnetic storage
    Patent number: 5410676
    Abstract: Data and directories are separated and stored on separate parts of an optical disk. Data and directories are written from magnetic disk storage in a first specific format that is determined by a particular operating system used by an information processor. Directories are on the inner tracks and data are on the outer tracks, in a second format on the optical disk. A medical information processing system is provided with an external magnetic disk storage and the optical disk.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 1992
    Date of Patent: April 25, 1995
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Han K. Huang, Craig A. Morioka, Osman Ratib, Paul N. S. Cho, Bruce K. T. Ho, Takeo Sonobe, Toru Shinagawa