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James Ries — 11 Patents

STStorage Technology: 8 patents #47 of 682Top 7%
Oracle: 3 patents #4,054 of 14,854Top 30%
Boulder, CO: #655 of 5,018 inventorsTop 15%
Colorado: #4,221 of 40,980 inventorsTop 15%
Overall (All Time): #435,149 of 4,157,543Top 15%
11 Patents All Time
James Ries has been granted 11 US patents while listed as an inventor at Storage Technology. The first was granted in 2001 and the most recent in November 2015. James Ries ranks #435,149 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 10.5%). Patent records list James Ries in Boulder, CO, US.

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–11 of 11 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
9183875 Module self-discovery in a storage library Terry Lane, Timothy C. Ostwald 2015-11-10 $25,528,000
9110639 Power supply control across independently powered modules in a storage library Frank T. Smith, Jon Mark Holdman 2015-08-18 $58,136,000
8265784 Storage library having virtual cartridge access port Antonio Borrego, Donald B. Wait, Daniel James Plutt 2012-09-11 $57,125,000
7546180 Position determination of multiple mechanisms sharing a common axis of motion in a robotic tape library Robert S. Creager, John R. Kostraba, Jr., Robert L. Billington 2009-06-09
7293285 Method and system for providing field scalability across a storage product family Daniel James Plutt, Jon Benson 2007-11-06
7046586 Automated hardware sensing and library configuration Robert S. Creager 2006-05-16
6918040 Method and system for providing field scalability across a storage product family Daniel James Plutt, Jon Benson 2005-07-12 $9,633,000
6722564 Method, apparatus, and program for determining correct cartridge orientation in an automated tape library Robert S. Creager, Terry Lane 2004-04-20 $6,713,000
6609046 System for selecting a robotic mechanism best suited to perform a job from multiple robotic mechanisms in a storage library Timothy C. Ostwald 2003-08-19 $9,700,000
6532402 Method for selecting a robotic mechanism best suited to perform a job from multiple robotic mechanisms in a storage library Timothy C. Ostwald 2003-03-11 $10,106,000
6219313 System and method for adaptive cartridge engagement in an automated cartridge library Terry Lane 2001-04-17 $15,543,000