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Michael Gazier — 26 Patents

CICiena: 22 patents #33 of 1,406Top 3%
Nortel Networks Limited: 4 patents #772 of 5,294Top 15%
Ottawa, CA: #186 of 6,399 inventorsTop 3%
Overall (All Time): #150,017 of 4,157,543Top 4%
26 Patents All Time
Michael Gazier has been granted 26 US patents while listed as an inventor at Ciena. The first was granted in 1999 and the most recent in April 2018. Michael Gazier ranks #150,017 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 3.6%). Patent records list Michael Gazier in Ottawa, ON, CA.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1999 to 2018Bar chart with a peak of 5 patents in 2014.peak 51999: 1 patents19992000: 1 patents2002: 1 patents20022005: 1 patents2006: 1 patents20062007: 1 patents2008: 1 patents20082009: 1 patents2011: 2 patents20112012: 2 patents2013: 3 patents20132014: 5 patents2015: 2 patents20152016: 1 patents2017: 2 patents20172018: 1 patents2018

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 26 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
9936047 Method and apparatus for provisioning virtual network functions from a network service provider Stephen Kieran Adolph, Ian Duncan, James Andrew Frodsham, Denis Fluet 2018-04-03 $27,244,000
9836931 Haptic strength responsive to motion detection Daniel Rivaud, Kevin Estabrooks 2017-12-05 $2,171,000
9551836 Optical switch fabric for data center interconnections Michael Y. Frankel, Joseph Berthold 2017-01-24 $10,849,000
9509626 Method and apparatus for provisioning a virtual machine (VM) from a network service provider Stephen Kieran Adolph, Ian Duncan, James Andrew Frodsham, Denis Fluet 2016-11-29 $3,441,000
9100133 Methods and systems for carrying synchronization over ethernet and optical transport network Ian Duncan, Morteza Ghodrat 2015-08-04 $4,903,000
8983293 Electro-optical switching fabric systems and methods Michael Y. Frankel, Joseph Berthold 2015-03-17 $9,139,000
8885634 Systems and methods for carrier ethernet using referential tables for forwarding decisions Morteza Ghodrat, Ian Duncan 2014-11-11 $3,612,000
8832755 Methods and systems for interactive video transport over Ethernet networks Morteza Ghodrat, Ian Duncan 2014-09-09 $6,308,000
8787170 Methods and systems for existential provisioning of flexible line modules using distributed control Lyndon Y. Ong, Ian Duncan 2014-07-22 $2,760,000
8776161 Systems and methods for video processing in network edge devices Ian Duncan, Daniel Rivaud 2014-07-08 $4,138,000
8630315 Ethernet network synchronization systems and methods Daniel Rivaud, Michael Dziawa 2014-01-14 $23,396,000
8467290 Methods and systems for distributed authentication and caching for internet protocol multimedia subsystem and other session initiation protocol systems Lyndon Y. Ong, Ian Duncan 2013-06-18 $7,966,000
8456984 Virtualized shared protection capacity Raghuraman Ranganathan, Loudon T. Blair, Sashisekaran Thiagarajan 2013-06-04 $4,441,000
8355333 Methods and systems for session initiation protocol control of network equipment Lyndon Y. Ong, Ian Duncan 2013-01-15 $4,388,000
8305884 Systems and methods for a self-healing carrier ethernet topology Morteza Ghodrat, Ian Duncan 2012-11-06 $1,934,000
8204382 Radio frequency-based optical transport network systems and methods Phillips T. Salman, Joseph Berthold 2012-06-19 $6,613,000
8059685 Methods and systems for carrying synchronization over Ethernet and optical transport network Morteza Ghodrat, Ian Duncan 2011-11-15 $5,843,000
7962619 Methods and systems for extensible markup language control of network equipment Lyndon Y. Ong, Ian Duncan 2011-06-14 $5,830,000
7477663 High layer bonding of multiple access lines for carrier grade access Morteza Ghodrat 2009-01-13 $10,691,000
7317725 System and method for implementing combined packetized TDM streams and TDM cross connect functions Reza Etemadi, Mark Feeley, Mike Magnusson, Ken Neudorf 2008-01-08 $24,774,000
7181545 Network synchronization architecture for a Broadband Loop Carrier (BLC) system Michael Dziawa 2007-02-20 $8,126,000
7127049 System and method for enhancing the activation of DSL service Dhananjay Godse 2006-10-24 $12,502,000
6880088 Secure maintenance messaging in a digital communications network Leo Strawczynski 2005-04-12 $23,159,000
6483836 ATM connection accelerator for use in communication networks William Anthony Gage 2002-11-19 $7,814,000
6154449 Switchless network Steven Rhodes 2000-11-28 $304,261,000