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Thomas G. Clifford — 29 Patents

Broadcom: 19 patents #504 of 9,346Top 6%
VTVeritas Technologies: 4 patents #66 of 551Top 15%
BGBally Gaming: 3 patents #251 of 43Top 585%
TDTintri By Ddn: 1 patents #24 of 39Top 65%
Edina, MN: #47 of 909 inventorsTop 6%
Minnesota: #2,087 of 52,454 inventorsTop 4%
Overall (All Time): #127,851 of 4,157,543Top 4%
29 Patents All Time
Thomas G. Clifford has been granted 29 US patents while listed as an inventor at Broadcom. The first was granted in 1999 and the most recent in November 2024. Thomas G. Clifford ranks #127,851 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 3.1%). Patent records list Thomas G. Clifford in Edina, MN, US.

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 29 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12135890 Implicit classification of stored objects for arbitrary workloads Khian Thong Lim, David Brian Milani, Atul Pendse, Jeff Hing 2024-11-05
10761760 Duplication between disparate deduplication systems 2020-09-01
10318203 Duplication between disparate deduplication systems 2019-06-11
9946486 Duplication between disparate deduplication systems 2018-04-17
9798627 Backup image duplication 2017-10-24
9292371 Systems and methods for preventing failures of nodes in clusters 2016-03-22 $9,876,000
9274897 Backup policy migration and image duplication Shelley A. Schmokel 2016-03-01 $7,912,000
9183094 Backup image duplication 2015-11-10 $4,467,000
8977849 Systems and methods for creating a rights management system (RMS) with superior layers and subordinate layers 2015-03-10 $8,301,000
8863304 Method and apparatus for remediating backup data to control access to sensitive data Kuldeep Sureshrao Nagarkar, Gaurav Malhotra, Bruce Wootton, Aleksey Tsibulya 2014-10-14 $16,963,000
8812874 Content deduplication in enterprise rights management 2014-08-19 $11,040,000
8713300 System and method for netbackup data decryption in a high latency low bandwidth environment Jeremy Dean Swift 2014-04-29 $10,594,000
8615498 Systems and methods for migrating an object from a deduplication store to an external domain Graham Bromley, Jon Genda, Jian Lu, James P. Ohr, Yi Qu +2 more 2013-12-24 $10,436,000
8615492 Techniques for providing multiplexed data for backup Gaurav Malhotra 2013-12-24 $10,436,000
8572758 DLP-enforced loss scanning, sequestering, and content indexing 2013-10-29 $6,321,000
8566617 System and method for securely storing cryptographic keys with encrypted data 2013-10-22 $3,728,000
8560785 Techniques for providing multiple levels of security for a backup medium Gaurav Malhotra, Shyam Prakash Velupula, Vijaysinh Rangrao Mohite, Raymond W. Gilson 2013-10-15 $6,849,000
8543784 Backup application coordination with storage array power saving features Donald C. Peterson, Shelley A. Schmokel 2013-09-24 $20,068,000
8503680 Deriving encryption key selection from a data management retention period Wendy Shavor 2013-08-06 $9,684,000
8504785 Method and apparatus for backing up to tape drives with minimum write speed Donald C. Peterson 2013-08-06 $9,684,000
8479304 Selectively protecting against chosen plaintext attacks in untrusted storage environments that support data deduplication 2013-07-02 $5,879,000
8454936 Metal chelators and methods of their use Martin W. Brechbiel 2013-06-04
8438630 Data loss prevention system employing encryption detection 2013-05-07 $7,831,000
8281143 Protecting against chosen plaintext attacks in untrusted storage environments that support data deduplication Weibao Wu 2012-10-02 $3,571,000
8037319 System and method for securely storing cryptographic keys with encrypted data 2011-10-11 $7,140,000