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Storage Technology Corporation

974Patents
37Active
974Granted
47Portfolio score

Filing activity: Oct 17, 1974 → May 1, 2009 · 37 expiring within 5 years

Most-cited patents

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6658526B2 Network attached virtual data storage subsystem Physics 958 Expired
US5403639A File server having snapshot application data groups Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 917 Expired
US5550816A Method and apparatus for virtual switching Electricity 803 Expired
US6732125B1 Self archiving log structured volume with intrinsic data protection Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 428 Expired
US5124987A Logical track write scheduling system for a parallel disk drive array data storage subsystem Physics 388 Expired
US5155845A Data storage system for providing redundant copies of data on different disk drives Physics 379 Expired
US5566170A Method and apparatus for accelerated packet forwarding Electricity 376 Expired
US5155835A Multilevel, hierarchical, dynamically mapped data storage subsystem Physics 366 Expired
US5842040A Policy caching method and apparatus for use in a communication device based on contents of one data unit in a subset of related data units Electricity 345 Expired
US4467421A Virtual storage system and method Physics 340 Expired
US7370220B1 Method and apparatus for controlling power sequencing of a plurality of electrical/electronic devices Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 326 Expired
US7627617B2 Clustered hierarchical file services Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 320 Expired
US5410667A Data record copy system for a disk drive array data storage subsystem Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 317 Expired
US6789161B1 Method for controlling reutilization of data space in virtual tape system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 301 Expired
US5448511A Memory stack with an integrated interconnect and mounting structure Electricity 286 Expired
US4989206A Disk drive memory Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 271 Expired
US5598410A Method and apparatus for accelerated packet processing Electricity 265 Expired
US5459857A Fault tolerant disk array data storage subsystem Physics 246 Expired
US5581724A Dynamically mapped data storage subsystem having multiple open destage cylinders and method of managing that subsystem Physics 241 Expired
US5247638A Apparatus for compressing data in a dynamically mapped virtual data storage subsystem Physics 230 Expired
US5077736A Disk drive memory Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 228 Expired
US5210866A Incremental disk backup system for a dynamically mapped data storage subsystem Physics 216 Expired
US5193184A Deleted data file space release system for a dynamically mapped virtual data storage subsystem Physics 216 Expired
US4914656A Disk drive memory Physics 210 Expired
US5828847A Dynamic server switching for maximum server availability and load balancing Electricity 201 Expired

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