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Computer Network Technology Corporation

24Patents
1Active
24Granted
34Portfolio score

Filing activity: Jan 27, 1987 → May 8, 2006 · 1 expiring within 5 years

Most-cited patents

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US7042842B2 Fiber channel switch Electricity 69 Expired
US6625671B1 Compression of buffered data Physics 63 Expired
US6895528B2 Method and apparatus for imparting fault tolerance in a switch or the like Electricity 48 Expired
US7164581B2 Modular chassis divided along a midplane and cooling system therefor Electricity 34 Expired
US7146598B2 Method and apparatus for configuring a programmable logic device Electricity 29 Expired
US7068651B2 Fibre channel address adaptor having data buffer extension and address mapping in a fibre channel switch Electricity 27 Expired
US6647528B1 Fiber channel CRC for internal error checking on a switching platform Electricity 25 Expired
US7072298B2 Method and apparatus for rendering a cell-based switch useful for frame based protocols Electricity 22 Expired
US6763417B2 Fibre channel port adapter Electricity 19 Expired
US6950448B2 High speed linking module Electricity 18 Expired
US6981078B2 Fiber channel architecture Electricity 17 Expired
US7027450B2 Frame batching and compression for IP transmission Electricity 16 Expired
US5588140A Transparent extension of peripheral from host Physics 14 Expired
US6963495B1 EMI shielded chassis for electrical circuitry Electricity 14 Expired
US7032106B2 Method and apparatus for booting a microprocessor Physics 13 Expired
US7083152B2 Method and apparatus for restraining a data cable Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 13 Expired
US7308001B2 Fibre channel frame batching for IP transmission Electricity 12 Expired
US4736385A Transmitter and receiver circuit Electricity 12 Expired
US6966792B1 Method and apparatus for retaining a detachable cord Electricity 11 Expired
US7260104B2 Deferred queuing in a buffered switch Electricity 5 Expired
US7391723B2 Frame-level fibre channel CRC on switching platform Electricity 5 Expired
US6931357B2 Computer network monitoring with test data analysis Electricity 5 Expired
US7606150B2 Fibre channel switch Electricity 5 Active
US7234960B2 Guide pin with transverse protrusions for properly positioning a guide pin for attachment to a printed circuit board Electricity 4 Expired

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