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Alan Ford — 15 Patents

Cisco: 7 patents #2,035 of 13,007Top 20%
BIBaxter International: 3 patents #645 of 2,334Top 30%
NONokia Solutions And Networks Oy: 2 patents #541 of 1,934Top 30%
The General Hospital: 2 patents #806 of 3,021Top 30%
UFUS Air Force: 2 patents #3,485 of 16,312Top 25%
NONokia Siemens Networks Oy: 1 patents #225 of 585Top 40%
Overall (All Time): #307,048 of 4,157,543Top 8%
15 Patents All Time
Alan Ford has been granted 15 US patents while listed as an inventor at Cisco. The first was granted in 1997 and the most recent in December 2019. Alan Ford ranks #307,048 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 7.4%). Patent records list Alan Ford in Southampton, IN, GB.

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–15 of 15 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
10508055 Safety critical control system that includes control logic or machine readable instructions that selectively locks or enables the control system based on one or more machine implemented state machines that includes states associated with detection or matching of one or more predetermined signals on distinct conduction paths between elements of the control system and related methods William Reed, Dan Duval, John Proctor, Chris Williams 2019-12-17
9794970 Decentralizing core network functionalities Angelo Centonza, Matti Tapani Kiiski, Matti Einari Laitila, Juergen Michel, Seppo Ilmari Vesterinen 2017-10-17 $860,000
9599970 Safety critical control system that includes control logic or machine readable instructions that selectively locks or enables the control system based on one or more machine implemented state machines that includes states associated with detection or matching of one or more predetermined signals on distinct conduction paths between elements of the control system and related methods William Reed, Dan Duval, John Proctor, Chris Williams 2017-03-21
9491789 Decentralizing core network functionalities Angelo Centonza, Matti Tapani Kiiski, Matti Einari Laitila, Juergen Michel, Seppo Ilmari Vesterinen 2016-11-08 $761,000
8654709 Decentrallizing core network functionalities Angelo Centonza, Matti Tapani Kiiski, Matti Einari Laitila, Juergen Michel, Seppo Ilmari Vesterinen 2014-02-18 $4,243,000
8473589 Configuration file override Steve Lee 2013-06-25 $38,217,000
8365255 Configuration file download enforcement Gregory Mintel 2013-01-29 $33,075,000
8335917 System for binding a device to a gateway to regulate service theft through cloning Steve Lee, Jamie Zabala 2012-12-18 $46,885,000
8224936 Configuration file override Steve Lee 2012-07-17 $22,184,000
7986690 Inter-gateway cloned device detector using provisioning request analysis Steve Lee 2011-07-26 $41,657,000
7711826 Remote survivable DHCP for a DHCP relay agent 2010-05-04 $19,841,000
7471994 Infusion pump with an electronically loadable drug library and label reader Nathaniel M. Sims, Marc A. Mandro 2008-12-30 $213,186,000
7334258 Configuration file download enforcement Gregory Mintel 2008-02-19 $37,686,000
6269340 Infusion pump with an electronically loadable drug library and a user interface for loading the library Nathaniel M. Sims, Marc A. Mandro 2001-07-31 $66,441,000
5681285 Infusion pump with an electronically loadable drug library and a user interface for loading the library Nathaniel M. Sims, Marc A. Mandro 1997-10-28 $39,668,000