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Robert Clouston — 6 Patents

Cisco: 4 patents #3,400 of 13,007Top 30%
IBM: 2 patents #32,909 of 70,183Top 50%
Cary, NC: #979 of 3,681 inventorsTop 30%
North Carolina: #8,673 of 45,564 inventorsTop 20%
Overall (All Time): #779,687 of 4,157,543Top 20%
6 Patents All Time
Robert Clouston has been granted 6 US patents while listed as an inventor at Cisco. The first was granted in 1994 and the most recent in May 2003. Robert Clouston ranks #779,687 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 18.8%). Patent records list Robert Clouston in Cary, NC, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1994 to 2003Bar chart with a peak of 2 patents in 2002.peak 21994: 1 patents19941996: 1 patents19962002: 2 patents20022003: 2 patents2003

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–6 of 6 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
6571272 Method and apparatus for SNA/IP correlation with multiple DSW peer connections Darin Ferguson, Anthony Talerico 2003-05-27 $221,935,000
6532241 Method and apparatus for determining SNA sessions using various protocols for transport based on filter criteria Darin Ferguson 2003-03-11 $356,378,000
6490618 Method and apparatus for SNA/IP correlation in a mixed APPN and DLSW network Darin Ferguson, Anthony Talerico 2002-12-03 $217,266,000
6430595 Method and apparatus for establishing a database used for correlating information gathered via SNMP Darin Ferguson, Anthony Talerico 2002-08-06 $108,800,000
5568605 Resolving conflicting topology information John S. Graham, John H. Zeiger 1996-10-22 $11,193,000
5321815 Route selection using cached partial trees in a data communications network Leo J. Bartolanzo, Jr., John E. McGinn, William E. Siddall 1994-06-14 $26,184,000