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 2025 Bar chart with a peak of 3 patents in 2014. peak 3 1989: 1 patents 1989 1992: 1 patents 2014: 3 patents 2014 2016: 1 patents 2017: 3 patents 2017 2019: 2 patents 2020: 1 patents 2020 2021: 1 patents 2022: 2 patents 2022 2024: 1 patents 2025: 1 patents 2025
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Showing 1–17 of 17 patents
Patent # Title Co-Inventors Date Approx 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
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1989-06-06
$1,642,000