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Edward C. Ross

QL Qlogic: 18 patents #6 of 242Top 3%
WE Warner Bros. Entertainment: 1 patents #90 of 140Top 65%
Overall (All Time): #239,942 of 4,157,543Top 6%
19
Patents All Time

Issued Patents All Time

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDate
9094294 Methods and systems for an out-of-credit timer in a network device Frank R. Dropps, Bret E. Indrelee, Leo J. Slechta, Jr., Gary M. Papenfuss 2015-07-28
8873546 Method and system for network switch element James A. Kunz, Frank R. Dropps, Mark A. Owen, Craig M. Verba 2014-10-28
8644317 Method and system for using extended fabric features with fibre channel switch elements Frank R. Dropps, Craig M. Verba, Gary M. Papenfuss, Ernest G. Kohlwey 2014-02-04
8200473 Emulation of multiple MDIO manageable devices Frank R. Dropps 2012-06-12
8081650 Method and system for selecting virtual lanes in fibre channel switches Frank R. Dropps, William J. Gustafson 2011-12-20
8072988 Method and system for buffer-to-buffer credit recovery in fibre channel systems using virtual and/or pseudo virtual lanes Frank R. Dropps, Ernest G. Kohlwey, Mark A. Owen 2011-12-06
8068482 Method and system for network switch element James A. Kunz, Frank R. Dropps, Mark A. Owen, Craig M. Verba 2011-11-29
8006837 Long box packaging design for prerecorded media 2011-08-30
7990975 Method and system for using extended fabric features with fibre channel switch elements Frank R. Dropps, Craig M. Verba, Gary M. Papenfuss, Ernest G. Kohlwey 2011-08-02
7792115 Method and system for routing and filtering network data packets in fibre channel systems Frank R. Dropps, Steven M. Betker 2010-09-07
7760752 Programmable pseudo virtual lanes for fibre channel systems Frank R. Dropps 2010-07-20
7684401 Method and system for using extended fabric features with fibre channel switch elements Frank R. Dropps, Craig M. Verba, Gary M. Papenfuss, Ernest G. Kohlwey 2010-03-23
7630384 Method and system for distributing credit in fibre channel systems Frank R. Dropps, Ernest G. Kohlwey, Mark A. Owen 2009-12-08
7613816 Method and system for routing network information Frank R. Dropps, Ernest G. Kohlwey, Craig M. Verba, Gary M. Papenfuss 2009-11-03
7593997 Method and system for LUN remapping in fibre channel networks Frank R. Dropps, Steven M. Betker 2009-09-22
7548560 Method and system for checking frame-length in fibre channel frames Frank R. Dropps, Ernest G. Kohlwey 2009-06-16
7525983 Method and system for selecting virtual lanes in fibre channel switches Frank R. Dropps, William J. Gustafson 2009-04-28
7522529 Method and system for detecting congestion and over subscription in a fibre channel network Frank R. Dropps 2009-04-21
7406092 Programmable pseudo virtual lanes for fibre channel systems Frank R. Dropps 2008-07-29