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Thomas E. Idleman — 23 Patents

Micron: 8 patents #1,787 of 6,374Top 30%
MTMti Technology: 4 patents #3 of 24Top 15%
UNUnisys: 4 patents #422 of 2,028Top 25%
EMEmc: 2 patents #1,324 of 3,345Top 40%
Santa Clara, CA: #672 of 9,301 inventorsTop 8%
California: #24,547 of 386,348 inventorsTop 7%
Overall (All Time): #178,160 of 4,157,543Top 5%
23 Patents All Time
Thomas E. Idleman has been granted 23 US patents while listed as an inventor at Micron. The first was granted in 1989 and the most recent in November 2000. Thomas E. Idleman ranks #178,160 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 4.3%). Patent records list Thomas E. Idleman in Santa Clara, CA, US.

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–23 of 23 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
6154850 Data storage system and method Robert S. Koontz 2000-11-28
5758054 Non-volatile memory storage of write operation identifier in data storage device Randy H. Katz, David T. Powers, David H. Jaffe, Joseph S. Glider 1998-05-26 $221,506,000
5715406 Controlled bus reselection interface and method Larry P. Henson, Kumar Gajjar 1998-02-03 $93,161,000
5651110 Apparatus and method for controlling data flow between a computer and memory devices David T. Powers, David H. Jaffe, Larry P. Henson, Hoke S. Johnson, III, Joseph S. Glider 1997-07-22 $2,405,000
D372021 Removable housing for computers Robert S. Koontz 1996-07-23
D371348 Removable housing for computers Robert S. Koontz 1996-07-02
5475697 Non-volatile memory storage of write operation indentifier in data storage device Randy H. Katz, David T. Powers, David H. Jaffe, Joseph S. Glider 1995-12-12 $1,177,000
5469453 Data corrections applicable to redundant arrays of independent disks Joseph S. Glider, David T. Powers 1995-11-21 $929,000
5446861 Variable data rate improvement of disc cache subsystem Jesse I. Stamness 1995-08-29 $2,665,000
5414818 Method and apparatus for controlling reselection of a bus by overriding a prioritization protocol Larry P. Henson, Kumar Gajjar 1995-05-09 $1,294,000
5388243 Multi-sort mass storage device announcing its active paths without deactivating its ports in a network architecture Joseph S. Glider 1995-02-07 $1,357,000
5371855 Disc cache subsystem having plural-level cache memories Jesse I. Stamness 1994-12-06 $5,003,000
5325497 Method and apparatus for assigning signatures to identify members of a set of mass of storage devices David H. Jaffe, David T. Powers, Joseph S. Glider 1994-06-28 $1,769,000
5285451 Failure-tolerant mass storage system Larry P. Henson, Kumar Gajjar, David T. Powers 1994-02-08 $14,510,000
5274645 Disk array system Robert S. Koontz, David T. Powers, David H. Jaffe, Larry P. Henson, Joseph S. Glider +1 more 1993-12-28 $3,991,000
5241666 Variable rate improvement of disc cache subsystem Jesse I. Stamness 1993-08-31 $4,913,000
5233618 Data correcting applicable to redundant arrays of independent disks Joseph S. Glider, David T. Powers 1993-08-03 $2,717,000
5212785 Apparatus and method for controlling data flow between a computer and memory devices David T. Powers, David H. Jaffe, Larry P. Henson, Hoke S. Johnson III, Joseph S. Glider 1993-05-18 $2,210,000
5195100 Non-volatile memory storage of write operation identifier in data sotrage device Randy H. Katz, David T. Powers, David H. Jaffe, Joseph S. Glider 1993-03-16 $2,194,000
5166939 Data storage apparatus and method David H. Jaffe, David T. Powers, Kumar Gajjar, Joseph S. Glider 1992-11-24 $4,280,000
5140592 Disk array system Robert S. Koontz, David T. Powers, David H. Jaffe, Larry P. Henson, Joseph S. Glider +1 more 1992-08-18
5134619 Failure-tolerant mass storage system Larry P. Henson, Kumar Gajjar, David T. Powers 1992-07-28
4868734 Variable rate improvement of disc cache subsystem Jesse I. Stamness 1989-09-19 $9,273,000