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James Tierney — 17 Patents

CICiena: 8 patents #135 of 1,406Top 10%
ETEmbarcadero Technologies: 6 patents #5 of 23Top 25%
ARArchive: 1 patents #18 of 39Top 50%
RLRockstar Consortium Us Lp: 1 patents #102 of 337Top 35%
WAWangdat: 1 patents #3 of 9Top 35%
Santa Cruz, CA: #218 of 1,911 inventorsTop 15%
California: #35,467 of 386,348 inventorsTop 10%
Overall (All Time): #263,971 of 4,157,543Top 7%
17 Patents All Time
James Tierney has been granted 17 US patents while listed as an inventor at Ciena. The first was granted in 1989 and the most recent in March 2025. James Tierney ranks #263,971 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 6.3%). Patent records list James Tierney in Santa Cruz, CA, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1989 to 2025Bar chart with a peak of 3 patents in 2014.peak 31989: 1 patents19891992: 1 patents2014: 3 patents20142016: 1 patents2017: 3 patents20172019: 2 patents2020: 1 patents20202021: 1 patents2022: 2 patents20222024: 1 patents2025: 1 patents2025

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–17 of 17 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12254327 Dynamically binding data in an application John R. Thomas 2025-03-18
12107775 Modular network element architecture Daniel Rivaud, Ian Duncan, Anthony Mayenburg, Simon J. E. Shearman 2024-10-01 $18,621,000
11526366 Dynamically binding data in an application John R. Thomas 2022-12-13
11277217 Flexible Ethernet switching systems and methods Sebastien Gareau, David Stuart 2022-03-15 $12,066,000
10924324 Scalable management plane for a modular network element Daniel Rivaud, Ian Duncan, Anthony Mayenburg, Simon J. E. Shearman 2021-02-16 $37,178,000
10674241 Multipath selection in an ethernet fabric in a modular network element Daniel Rivaud, Ian Duncan, Anthony Mayenburg, Simon J. E. Shearman 2020-06-02 $41,889,000
10489167 Dynamically binding data in an application John R. Thomas 2019-11-26
10425177 Flexible ethernet switching systems and methods Sebastien Gareau, David Stuart 2019-09-24
9800361 Flexible ethernet switching systems and methods Sebastien Gareau, David Stuart 2017-10-24 $6,083,000
9667570 Fabric extra traffic Gerard L. Swinkels 2017-05-30 $11,203,000
9619253 Dynamically binding data in an application John R. Thomas 2017-04-11
9367338 Dynamically binding data in an application John R. Thomas 2016-06-14
8910193 Dynamically binding data in an application John R. Thomas 2014-12-09
8848533 Time division multiplex packet fabric ingress scheduler and method David Stuart, Andrew Jarabek 2014-09-30 $8,167,000
8819265 Managing flow control buffer David Stuart, Bradley Venables 2014-08-26
5089920 Loader mechanism for tape cartridge systems Philip Bryer 1992-02-18
4837643 Circuit for controlling frequency and phase of voltage controlled oscillator in a data smoother for a streaming cartridge tape drive 1989-06-06 $1,642,000