Patents by Inventor Rodney N. Gamache

Rodney N. Gamache 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).

  • Reducing the effect processor blocking
    Patent number: 5202991
    Abstract: The supply of available tasks that may be executed by a blocked processor while it is waiting for the end of a conflict with another processor, is controlled by temporarily lowering the interrupt priority to a minimum level above which it will be permitted to accept other tasks for execution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 1991
    Date of Patent: April 13, 1993
    Assignee: Digital Equipment Corporation
    Inventors: Rodney N. Gamache, Stuart J. Farnham, Michael S. Harvey