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EMC Corporation

4,993Patents
3,520Active
4,993Granted
63Portfolio score

Filing activity: Mar 28, 1988 → Oct 31, 2019 · 1,452 expiring within 5 years

Most-cited patents

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US6826582B1 Method and system for using file systems for content management Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 2,128 Expired
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US6269431A Virtual storage and block level direct access of secondary storage for recovery of backup data Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 1,345 Expired
US6324581A File server system using file system storage, data movers, and an exchange of meta data among data movers for file locking and direct access to shared file systems Electricity 1,316 Expired
US6421711B1 Virtual ports for data transferring of a data storage system Electricity 1,231 Expired
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US5901327A Bundling of write data from channel commands in a command chain for transmission over a data link between data storage systems for remote data mirroring Physics 1,206 Expired
US6275953A Recovery from failure of a data processor in a network server Physics 1,091 Expired
US5742792A Remote data mirroring Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 1,034 Expired
US6076148A Mass storage subsystem and backup arrangement for digital data processing system which permits information to be backed up while host computer(s) continue(s) operating in connection with information stored on mass storage subsystem Physics 1,029 Expired
US6161111A System and method for performing file-handling operations in a digital data processing system using an operating system-independent file map Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 971 Expired
US5875478A Computer backup using a file system, network, disk, tape and remote archiving repository media system Physics 955 Expired
US8751463B1 Capacity forecasting for a deduplicating storage system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 720 Active
US5799200A Power failure responsive apparatus and method having a shadow dram, a flash ROM, an auxiliary battery, and a controller Physics 700 Expired
US8086585B1 Access control to block storage devices for a shared disk based file system Physics 599 Active
US5772585A System and method for managing patient medical records Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 595 Expired
US6353878B1 Remote control of backup media in a secondary storage subsystem through access to a primary storage subsystem Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 587 Expired
US8566546B1 Techniques for enforcing capacity restrictions of an allocation policy Physics 539 Active
US7873619B1 Managing metadata Physics 527 Active
US8850546B1 Privacy-preserving user attribute release and session management Electricity 505 Active
US9250823B1 Online replacement of physical storage in a virtual storage system Physics 503 Active
US5829046A On-line tape backup using an integrated cached disk array Physics 499 Expired
US5586291A Disk controller with volatile and non-volatile cache memories Physics 486 Expired
US8984602B1 Protected resource access control utilizing credentials based on message authentication codes and hash chain values Electricity 485 Active
US8990905B1 Protected resource access control utilizing intermediate values of a hash chain Electricity 483 Active

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