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MCDATA CORP

Overview
  • Total Patents
    102
About

MCDATA CORP has a total of 102 patent applications. Its first patent ever was published in 1995. It filed its patents most often in United States, EPO (European Patent Office) and WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organization). Its main competitors in its focus markets digital networks, telecommunications and computer technology are VIRTUAL ACCESS IRELAND LTD, U S ROBOTICS CORP and ASCEND COMMUNICATIONS INC.

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Chart showing MCDATA CORPs patent filings per year from 1900 to 2020

Top inventors

# Name Total Patents
#1 Nelson Jeffrey J 29
#2 O'Donnell Michael E 15
#3 Trevitt Stephen 13
#4 Book David 10
#5 Mitchem William J 9
#6 Chamdani Joseph I 9
#7 Grant Robert Hale 8
#8 Grant Robert 7
#9 Lay Samuel C 7
#10 Jessop Ken N 7

Latest patents

Publication Filing date Title
US2008179083A1 Electrical terminal footprints for a printed circuit board
AU2006211536A1 Federated management of intelligent service modules
US2007268829A1 Congestion management groups
US2007260814A1 Multi-level content addressable memory
US2007258443A1 Switch hardware and architecture for a computer network
US2007258380A1 Fault detection, isolation and recovery for a switch system of a computer network
US2007223681A1 Protocols for connecting intelligent service modules in a storage area network
US2007211640A1 Switch testing in a communications network
US2007147364A1 Local and remote switching in a communications network
US2007058620A1 Management of a switch fabric through functionality conservation
US2007061813A1 Distributed embedded software for a switch
US2007038679A1 Dynamic configuration updating in a storage area network
US2006004918A1 Method of evaluating network connectivity between network resources
EP1697814A2 Fabric congestion management
US6975963B2 Method and system for storing and reporting network performance metrics using histograms
US7382736B2 Method for scoring queued frames for selective transmission through a switch
US7133416B1 Converting data signals in a multiple communication protocol system area network
US6862293B2 Method and apparatus for providing optimized high speed link utilization
US6532212B1 Trunking inter-switch links
US6721862B2 Method and circuit for replicating data in a fiber channel network, or the like