Inventions-Patents (4 US Patents, 7 Japanese Patents, 12 pending)

 

  • “Method and Apparatus for Protecting Data”. Inventors: G. Perkins and P. Bhattacharya, UNITED STATES PATENT Number 7,236,590. Date of issue: June 26, 2007. (Filed on December 14, 2000).
     

  • “Secure System and Method for Accessing Files in Computers Using Fingerprints”. Inventor: Prabir Bhattacharya. United States Patent Number 6,910,132. Date of issue: June 21 2005. (Filed on August 2000).
     

  • “Method and Apparatus for digital content protection”. Inventors: H.H. Yu and Prabir Bhattacharya. United States Patent Number 7,006,630. Date of issue: February 28, 2006. (Filed on June 2003).
     

  • "Architecture for secure remote access and transmission using a generalized password scheme with biometric features," Inventors: M. Rahman and Prabir Bhattacharya. United States Patent Number 7,114,080. Date of issue: September 26, 2006. (Filed on March 28, 2001).

  • “Method and Apparatus for Digital Watermarking and Watermark Decoding”. H. Yu and P. Bhattacharya. Japanese Patent Number JP2004159309. Date of issue: June 3, 2004.
     

  • “Apparatus and Method for Securing a Distributed Network”. G. Perkins, D. Bushmitch and P. Bhattacharya. Japanese Patent Number JP2004064783. Date of issue: February 26, 2004. Also, US Patent Application filed July 2002, pending.
     

  • “Vehicle Navigation that Automatically Translates Roadside Signs and Objects”. Y. Ma, P. Bhattacharya, C. Guo and C. Chen. Japanese Patent Number JP2003323693. Date of issue: November 14, 2003.
     

  • “Encryption Scheme for Limiting the Maximum Number of Accesses to a Digital File of Pre-determined Content”. P. Bhattacharya and G. Perkins. Japanese Patent Number JP2002290393. Date of issue: October 4, 2002.
     

  • “Tamper Resistance Software Protection Method with Renewable Security Mechanism”. P. Bhattacharya. Japanese Patent Number JP2002162900. Date of issue: June 7, 2002.
     

  • “A Hierarchical Encryption Scheme for Secure Distribution”. P. Bhattacharya and L. Hars. Japanese Patent Number JP2002123428. Date of issue: April 26, 2002.
     

      FACTS

  • Twelve US Patent Applications are currently pending.

  • A paper co-authored by me and published in the IEEE Transactions on Image Processing (2000) has been cited in nine US Patents.

  • A paper co-authored by me and published in the IEEE Transactions on Consumer Electronics (2003) has been cited in a recent US Patent granted to MICROSOFT (US Patent No. 6,266,442).