Hamburg, Germany

Peter Hank

This inventor holds 1 USPTO granted patent. Top assignee: Nxp B.v.. Active years: 2007.

IDiyas Innovation Intelligence. (2026). Inventor Profile: Peter Hank. Retrieved from https://idiyas.com/inventor/peter-hank

Data source: USPTO (United States Patent and Trademark Office) public patent records. Weekly synchronization. How IDiyas builds this profile

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Average Co-Inventor Count = 2.0

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Forward Citations = 2(Granted Patents)


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Years Active: 2007

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1 patent (USPTO):Explore Patents

Title: Peter Hank and His Patent for Fast Search in Chained Lists.

Introduction

Peter Hank is an inventor associated with Hamburg, Germany, and NXP B.V. His recorded patent work includes an invention designed to make searching and sorting data in chained lists more efficient.

Latest Patents

Hank’s listed patent is “Fast Search Algorithm for Data Sorting in Chained Lists.” It describes a data memory that stores elements and a chained list containing each element’s address, element number, and a pointer to the address of the element with the next-higher number. The system also uses an element status table to record the numbers of elements in memory and an address reference table to map element numbers to their addresses. Hank is credited with 1 patent.

Career Highlights

Hank’s documented invention focuses on data organization and retrieval. By combining linked-list pointers with status and address-reference tables, the design provides a structured approach to locating stored elements.

Collaborations

Hank is associated with NXP B.V. and is listed alongside coworker Hartmut Habben. The available information does not specify further details about their collaboration.

Conclusion

Peter Hank’s recorded patent reflects an effort to improve data searching and sorting through coordinated memory structures and lookup tables.

Profile summary based on public USPTO records.
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