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BAY MICROSYSTEMS, INC.

28Patents
7Active
28Granted
37Portfolio score

Filing activity: Oct 23, 2000 → Jun 21, 2010 · 5 expiring within 5 years

Most-cited patents

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US7269130B2 Redundant add/drop multiplexor Electricity 84 Expired
US6996117B2 Vertical instruction and data processing in a network processor architecture Electricity 70 Expired
US7006505B1 Memory management system and algorithm for network processor architecture Electricity 50 Expired
US7349403B2 Differentiated services for a network processor Electricity 44 Expired
US7184662B2 Switching network Electricity 42 Expired
US7161899B2 Interlocking SONET/SDH network architecture Electricity 34 Expired
US6690223B1 System and method for shifting the phase of a clock signal Electricity 34 Expired
US7310348B2 Network processor architecture Electricity 33 Expired
US7224706B2 Hitless re-routing in composite switches Electricity 29 Expired
US7145882B2 Multiplexed automatic protection switching channels Electricity 28 Expired
US7742411B2 Highly-scalable hardware-based traffic management within a network processor integrated circuit Electricity 26 Active
US8861344B2 Network processor architecture Electricity 26 Active
US6973048B2 Composite add/drop multiplexor Electricity 25 Expired
US8010751B2 Data forwarding engine Electricity 25 Expired
US7173902B2 Expansion of telecommunications networks with automatic protection switching Electricity 25 Expired
US7957311B2 Programmable hardware-based traffic policing Electricity 25 Active
US7145922B2 Composite add/drop multiplexor with crisscross loop back Electricity 25 Expired
US7742405B2 Network processor architecture Electricity 25 Active
US7433964B2 Coherent provisioning of multiple traffic paths in transport networks Electricity 24 Expired
US8437641B2 Clock regeneration for optical communications Electricity 24 Active
US7822877B2 Network processor integrated circuit with a software programmable search engine communications module Electricity 24 Active
US7349411B2 Economically expansible switching network Electricity 24 Expired
US7161965B2 Add/drop multiplexor with aggregate serializer/deserializers Electricity 24 Expired
US7221687B2 Reference timing architecture Electricity 24 Expired
US8625411B2 Robust mesh transport network comprising conjoined rings Electricity 24 Active

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Counts and citation impact are objective bibliographic measures.