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Richard N. Sanzi, Jr. — 18 Patents

NENetapp: 13 patents #162 of 1,969Top 9%
SNSpinnaker Networks: 5 patents #2 of 7Top 30%
Wexford, PA: #37 of 413 inventorsTop 9%
Pennsylvania: #3,897 of 74,527 inventorsTop 6%
Overall (All Time): #245,716 of 4,157,543Top 6%
18 Patents All Time
Richard N. Sanzi, Jr. has been granted 18 US patents while listed as an inventor at Netapp. The first was granted in 2003 and the most recent in April 2014. Richard N. Sanzi, Jr. ranks #245,716 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 5.9%). Patent records list Richard N. Sanzi, Jr. in Wexford, PA, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2003 to 2014Bar chart with a peak of 4 patents in 2011.peak 42003: 1 patents20032005: 1 patents20052007: 1 patents20072008: 1 patents20082009: 2 patents20092010: 3 patents20102011: 4 patents20112012: 2 patents20122013: 2 patents20132014: 1 patents2014

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–18 of 18 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
8713077 System and method for multi-tiered meta-data caching and distribution in a clustered computer environment Michael L. Kazar, Richard P. Jernigan, IV, Robert Wyckoff Hyer, Jr. 2014-04-29 $27,785,000
8429341 Method and system for responding to file system requests Michael L. Kazar, Daniel S. Nydick, Fred Gohh, Ronald P. Bianchini, Jr., Benjamin Speiser 2013-04-23 $14,965,000
8352518 Mechanism for handling file level and block level remote file accesses using the same server Michael L. Kazar 2013-01-08 $28,493,000
8195875 Method and system for responding to file system requests Michael L. Kazar, Daniel S. Nydick, Fred Gohh, Ronald P. Bianchini, Jr., Benjamin Speiser 2012-06-05 $21,916,000
8185633 Method and apparatus for offloading network processes in a computer storage system Tom Hicks, Michael L. Kazar, Daniel S. Nydick, Andrew G. Reynolds, Fred Gohh +1 more 2012-05-22 $35,687,000
8032697 Method and system for responding to file system requests Michael L. Kazar, Daniel S. Nydick, Fred Gohh, Ronald P. Bianchini, Jr., Benjamin Speiser 2011-10-04 $16,113,000
7937474 Method and apparatus for offloading network processes in a computer storage system Tom Hicks, Michael L. Kazar, Daniel S. Nydick, Andrew G. Reynolds, Fred Gohh +1 more 2011-05-03 $75,546,000
7917693 Method and system for responding to file system requests Michael L. Kazar, Daniel S. Nydick, Fred Gohh, Ronald P. Bianchini, Jr., Benjamin Speiser 2011-03-29 $18,575,000
7917461 Mechanism for handling file level and block level remote file accesses using the same server Michael L. Kazar 2011-03-29 $18,575,000
7805568 Method and apparatus for data storage using striping specification identification Michael L. Kazar 2010-09-28
7698289 Storage system architecture for striping data container content across volumes of a cluster Michael L. Kazar, Richard P. Jernigan, IV 2010-04-13 $10,553,000
7698334 System and method for multi-tiered meta-data caching and distribution in a clustered computer environment Michael L. Kazar, Richard P. Jernigan, IV, Robert Wyckoff Hyer, Jr. 2010-04-13 $10,553,000
7590798 Method and system for responding to file system requests Michael L. Kazar, Daniel S. Nydick, Fred Gohh, Ronald P. Bianchini, Jr., Benjamin Speiser 2009-09-15 $18,446,000
7519813 System and method for a sidecar authentication mechanism Benjamin T. H. Cox, Michael L. Kazar, Daniel S. Nydick, Michael R. Eisler 2009-04-14 $16,173,000
7454567 Method and apparatus for data storage using striping Michael L. Kazar 2008-11-18
7302520 Method and apparatus for data storage using striping Michael L. Kazar 2007-11-27
6868417 Mechanism for handling file level and block level remote file accesses using the same server Michael L. Kazar 2005-03-15
6671773 Method and system for responding to file system requests Michael L. Kazar, Daniel S. Nydick, Fred Gohh, Ronald P. Bianchini, Jr., Benjamin Speiser 2003-12-30