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David K. McElfresh

Oracle: 45 patents #111 of 14,854Top 1%
HP: 11 patents #1,895 of 16,619Top 15%
San Diego, CA: #552 of 23,606 inventorsTop 3%
California: #6,332 of 386,348 inventorsTop 2%
Overall (All Time): #43,034 of 4,157,543Top 2%
57 Patents All Time

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 26–50 of 57 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDate
7920986 Surface shape metric and method to quantify the surface shape of electronic packages Dan Vacar, Anton A. Bougaev, Donald A. Kearns, Charles E. Kinney 2011-04-05
7890278 Characterizing the response of a device in a computer system to vibration over a frequency range Dan Vacar, Anton A. Bougaev, Kenny C. Gross 2011-02-15
7870440 Method and apparatus for detecting multiple anomalies in a cluster of components Dan Vacar, Kenny C. Gross, Leoncio D. Lopez 2011-01-11
7869905 Method and apparatus for using a heater to control the temperature of a power supply in a computer system Kenny C. Gross, Aleksey M. Urmanov 2011-01-11
7861593 Rotational vibration measurements in computer systems Anton A. Bougaev, Aleksey M. Urmanov, Kenny C. Gross 2011-01-04
7832818 Inkjet pen with proximity interconnect 2010-11-16
7813119 Method and apparatus for reducing coupled hard disk drive vibration Ronald J. Melanson, Anton A. Bougaev, Aleksey M. Urmanov, Kenneth C. Gross 2010-10-12
7800385 Apparatus and method for testing electrical interconnects Dan Vacar, Robert H. Melanson, Leoncio D. Lopez 2010-09-21
7680624 Method and apparatus for performing a real-time root-cause analysis by analyzing degrading telemetry signals Dan Vacar, Kenny C. Gross, Leoncio D. Lopez 2010-03-16
7672808 Determining a center of rotation for a component in a computer system Anton A. Bougaev, Kenny C. Gross, Aleksey M. Urmanov 2010-03-02
7668696 Method and apparatus for monitoring the health of a computer system Kenny C. Gross, Dan Vacar 2010-02-23
7577542 Method and apparatus for dynamically adjusting the resolution of telemetry signals Dan Vacar, Kenny C. Gross 2009-08-18
7466404 Technique for diagnosing and screening optical interconnect light sources Dan Vacar, Leoncio D. Lopez, Robert H. Melanson 2008-12-16
7353431 Method and apparatus for proactive fault monitoring in interconnects Leoncio D. Lopez, Dan Vacar, Kenny C. Gross 2008-04-01
7330325 Proactive fault monitoring of disk drives through phase-sensitive surveillance Dan Vacar, Kenny C. Gross, Aleksey M. Urmanov 2008-02-12
7323363 Contact load profile modification for a compression socketed CPU Donald A. Kearns, George Zacharisen 2008-01-29
7283919 Determining the quality and reliability of a component by monitoring dynamic variables Kenny C. Gross, Dan Vacar, Leoncio D. Lopez 2007-10-16
7216062 Characterizing degradation of components during reliability-evaluation studies Dan Vacar, Kenny C. Gross, Leoncio D. Lopez 2007-05-08
7184932 Reliability prediction for complex components Leoncio D. Lopez, Dan Vacar 2007-02-27
7162393 Detecting degradation of components during reliability-evaluation studies Dan Vacar, Kenny C. Gross, Leoncio D. Lopez 2007-01-09
6997540 Substrate for fluid ejection devices Janis Horvath, Brian J. Keefe, Joseph E. Scheffelin, Mohammad Akhavin, Noah Lassar 2006-02-14
6930488 Method and apparatus for accelerated SER testing of circuitry Kenneth C. Gross 2005-08-16
6886905 Inkjet printing with air movement system Satya Prakash, Naoto Kawamura 2005-05-03
6880246 Method of forming substrate with fluid passage supports Janis Horvath, Mohammad Akhavin, Joseph E. Scheffelin, Brian J. Keefe, Pere Esterri 2005-04-19
6843552 Electrical circuit for printhead assembly Noah Lassar, Mohammad Akhavain, Brian J. Keefe, Joseph E. Scheffelin, Janis Horvath +1 more 2005-01-18