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David B. Rhoades — 61 Patents

IBM: 49 patents #1,786 of 70,183Top 3%
LPLenovo (Singapore) Pte.: 9 patents #254 of 1,301Top 20%
LPLenovo Pte.: 1 patents #12 of 75Top 20%
Raleigh, NC: #75 of 6,378 inventorsTop 2%
North Carolina: #407 of 45,564 inventorsTop 1%
Overall (All Time): #37,626 of 4,157,543Top 1%
61 Patents All Time
David B. Rhoades has been granted 61 US patents while listed as an inventor at IBM. The first was granted in 1992 and the most recent in January 2017. David B. Rhoades ranks #37,626 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 0.91%). Patent records list David B. Rhoades in Raleigh, NC, US.

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 61 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
9559925 Network switch load balance optimization Tomasz Wilk 2017-01-31
9054964 Network switch load balance optimization Tomasz Wilk 2015-06-09
9014041 Method and system for configuring a device that has failed to obtain network address Michael H. Nolterieke, Norman C. Strole 2015-04-21
8688832 Load balancing for network server Tomasz Wilk 2014-04-01 $5,095,000
8451748 Method and system for configuring a device that has failed to obtain network address Michael H. Nolterieke, Norman C. Strole 2013-05-28 $7,454,000
8301752 Load balancing for network server Tomasz Wilk 2012-10-30
8250626 Securing data accessed by a software package pre-loaded on a computer system Simon Chu, William M. Privette 2012-08-21 $4,162,000
8243611 Method and system for configuring a device that has failed to obtain network address Michael H. Nolterieke, Norman C. Strole 2012-08-14 $4,482,000
D640386 Bottle holder Joyce A. Staudenraus 2011-06-21
7552320 Arrangement for initiating a re-imaging process for a computer system Aaron Merkin, Brandon Jon Ellison 2009-06-23
7480720 Method and system for load balancing switch modules in a server system and a computer system utilizing the same Simon Chu, Gregory B. Pruett, Richard A. Dayan 2009-01-20 $5,212,000
7469138 Method and system for providing location information for mobile internet calling devices Zeynep Dayar, Aaron Merkin 2008-12-23 $10,467,000
7415519 System and method for prevention of boot storms in a computer network Antonio Abbondanzio, William Buchanan, Simon Chu, Gregory W. Dake, Stephen W. Murphrey +2 more 2008-08-19
7269630 Automatically switching shared remote devices in a dense server environment thereby allowing the remote devices to function as a local device Antonio Abbondanzio, Thomas C. Burke, Gregory W. Dake, William G. Holland, William Joseph Piazza +1 more 2007-09-11 $7,316,000
7257701 Method and system for configuring an operating system in a computer system Richard Wayne Cheston, Daryl Cromer, Howard Locker, Randall Scott Springfield, James Peter Ward 2007-08-14
7251736 Remote power control in a multi-node, partitioned data processing system via network interface cards Richard A. Dayan, Gregory B. Pruett 2007-07-31 $9,877,000
7243347 Method and system for maintaining firmware versions in a data processing system Rodney Wendell Palmer, Gregory B. Pruett, Ileana Vila 2007-07-10 $9,309,000
7225325 Customizing a computer system by using stored configuration parameters in a configuration mechanism 2007-05-29 $6,985,000
7206929 Method for customizing a computer system by using stored configuration parameters in a configurism mechanism 2007-04-17
7194659 Method and system for detection and correction of entrance into an improper MBR state in a computer system William Buchanan, Simon Chu, Peter Donovan, Benjamin Grimes, Gregory B. Pruett +1 more 2007-03-20 $5,658,000
7194619 Remotely booting devices in a dense server environment without manually installing authentication parameters on the devices to be booted Antonio Abbondanzio, Simon Chu, Gregory W. Dake, Michael Day, William Joseph Piazza +1 more 2007-03-20 $5,658,000
7171568 Remote power control in a multi-node, partitioned data processing system Richard A. Dayan, Gregory B. Pruett 2007-01-30 $4,520,000
7171479 Efficient delivery of boot code images from a network server William Buchanan, Simon Chu, William Joseph Piazza, Linda Ann Riedle 2007-01-30 $4,520,000
7143067 System and method for installing personal computer software Richard Wayne Cheston, Daryl Cromer, Richard A. Dayan, Dhruv M. Desai, Jan M. Janick +2 more 2006-11-28
7130995 Secure switching for downloading network boots Simon Chu, Richard A. Dayan, Gregory B. Pruett 2006-10-31 $4,068,000