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Frank R. Dropps

QL Qlogic: 89 patents #1 of 242Top 1%
HE Hewlett Packard Enterprise: 19 patents #95 of 4,473Top 3%
ST Seagate Technology: 6 patents #945 of 4,626Top 25%
QP Qlogic Switch Products: 3 patents #2 of 3Top 70%
AN Angeion: 2 patents #22 of 46Top 50%
IN Intel: 2 patents #13,213 of 30,777Top 45%
ME Medtronic: 2 patents #3,096 of 6,325Top 50%
📍 Annandale, MN: #1 of 33 inventorsTop 4%
🗺 Minnesota: #105 of 52,454 inventorsTop 1%
Overall (All Time): #7,859 of 4,157,543Top 1%
134
Patents All Time

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 51–75 of 134 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDate
9172602 Method and system for auto-negotiation Ernest G. Kohlwey 2015-10-27
9170880 Method and system for data integrity in TCAMS 2015-10-27
9154455 Method and system for determining drop eligibility of network information 2015-10-06
9154569 Method and system for buffer management 2015-10-06
9118586 Multi-speed cut through operation in fibre channel switches Craig M. Verba, Gary M. Papenfuss 2015-08-25
9118610 Network information processing and methods thereof 2015-08-25
9094294 Methods and systems for an out-of-credit timer in a network device Bret E. Indrelee, Leo J. Slechta, Jr., Gary M. Papenfuss, Edward C. Ross 2015-07-28
9071559 Network devices having configurable receive packet queues and related methods Craig M. Verba, Leo J. Slechta, Jr. 2015-06-30
9049113 Systems and methods for primitive sequence capture and retransmission in a network device Ernest G. Kohlwey 2015-06-02
9046941 System and method for sharing logic in a network device Ernest G. Kohlwey, Lloyd O. Mielke 2015-06-02
8996798 Systems and methods for using TCAMs in network devices William J. Andersen, Leo J. Slechta, Jr., Craig M. Verba 2015-03-31
8995457 Systems and methods for modifying frames in a network device Gary M. Papenfuss, William J. Andersen 2015-03-31
8995455 Memory devices for network devices and associated methods Craig M. Verba 2015-03-31
8995425 Network device scheduler and methods thereof Gary M. Papenfuss, Leo J. Slechta, Jr. 2015-03-31
8989191 Systems and methods for hard zoning in networks Gary M. Papenfuss 2015-03-24
8976800 Configurable switch element and methods thereof Gary M. Papenfuss 2015-03-10
8976667 Method and system for programmable delay before transmission pausing 2015-03-10
8953606 Flexible edge access switch and associated methods thereof Edward C. McGlaughlin 2015-02-10
8924764 Systems and methods for rate matching in networks utilizing a strobe counter Ernest G. Kohlwey 2014-12-30
8873546 Method and system for network switch element James A. Kunz, Edward C. Ross, Mark A. Owen, Craig M. Verba 2014-10-28
8774206 High speed fibre channel switch element Ernest G. Kohlwey, Mark A. Owen 2014-07-08
8761020 Method and system for load balancing in InfiniBand switches and networks Ian G. Colloff, James A. Kunz, Ernest G. Kohlwey 2014-06-24
8644317 Method and system for using extended fabric features with fibre channel switch elements Craig M. Verba, Gary M. Papenfuss, Ernest G. Kohlwey, Edward C. Ross 2014-02-04
8553696 Method and system for processing a network packet 2013-10-08
8441929 Method and system for monitoring a network link in network systems Bret E. Indrelee 2013-05-14