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David Eric Swanson — 6 Patents

Cisco: 4 patents #3,400 of 13,007Top 30%
UIUS Dept of the Interior: 2 patents #49 of 508Top 10%
West St. Paul, MN: #23 of 108 inventorsTop 25%
Minnesota: #11,902 of 52,454 inventorsTop 25%
Overall (All Time): #779,687 of 4,157,543Top 20%
6 Patents All Time
David Eric Swanson has been granted 6 US patents while listed as an inventor at Cisco. The first was granted in 1990 and the most recent in July 2008. David Eric Swanson ranks #779,687 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 18.8%). Patent records list David Eric Swanson in West St. Paul, MN, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1990 to 2008Bar chart with a peak of 2 patents in 2004.peak 21990: 1 patents19901994: 1 patents19941999: 1 patents19992004: 2 patents20042008: 1 patents2008

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–6 of 6 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
7401159 Distributed network traffic load balancing technique implemented without gateway router James Aviani, Frederick Baker, Kenneth E. Mueller, II, Matthew R. Gnagy 2008-07-15 $81,988,000
6789125 Distributed network traffic load balancing technique implemented without gateway router James Aviani, Frederick Baker, Kenneth E. Mueller, II, Matthew R. Gnagy 2004-09-07 $147,917,000
6742044 Distributed network traffic load balancing technique implemented without gateway router James Aviani, Frederick Baker, Kenneth E. Mueller, II, Matthew R. Gnagy 2004-05-25 $92,121,000
5987034 ATM cells within frame relay technology Robert Simon, Mark Rumer, Robert A. Land 1999-11-16 $1,151,257,000
5372195 Method for directional hydraulic fracturing Daniel W. Daly 1994-12-13
4966237 Method of effecting expanding chemical anchor/seals for rock cavities Michael X. Schlumpberger 1990-10-30