Alan F. Benner
61Patents
10h-index
83Co-inventors
81Inventor score
Filing activity: May 13, 1997 → Nov 2, 2018
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US7171484B1 | Reliable datagram transport service | Electricity | 143 | Expired |
| US8559781B2 | Removable sleeve for fiber optic connectors for high density applications | Physics | 58 | Active |
| US6337852B1 | Flow control system using control information of a message for initiating retransmission of data portion when buffer is available | Physics | 36 | Expired |
| US5951706A | Method of independent simultaneous queueing of message descriptors | Physics | 33 | Expired |
| US5961659A | Independent simultaneous queueing of message descriptors | Electricity | 26 | Expired |
| US9453972B1 | Pluggable module for heat removal device | Electricity | 15 | Active |
| US5931915A | Method for processing early arrival messages within a multinode asynchronous data communications system | Physics | 14 | Expired |
| US7876751B2 | Reliable link layer packet retry | Electricity | 13 | Active |
| US8135024B2 | Method and system to reduce interconnect latency | Electricity | 12 | Active |
| US7084496B2 | Method and apparatus for providing optoelectronic communication with an electronic device | Electricity | 10 | Expired |
| US7994434B2 | Electromagnetic interference shielding apparatus and method | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 10 | Active |
| US6480897B1 | Optimistic transmission flow control including receiver data discards upon inadequate buffering condition | Physics | 10 | Expired |
| US8811378B2 | Dual network types solution for computer interconnects | Electricity | 9 | Active |
| US7895601B2 | Collective send operations on a system area network | Electricity | 8 | Active |
| US7848341B2 | Switching arrangement and method with separated output buffers | Electricity | 8 | Active |
| US8244826B2 | Providing a memory region or memory window access notification on a system area network | Physics | 7 | Active |
| US5878226A | System for processing early arrival messages within a multinode asynchronous data communications system | Physics | 7 | Expired |
| US7544527B2 | Method and apparatus for providing optoelectronic communication with an electronic device | Electricity | 7 | Active |
| US9606303B2 | Grouping device for high density connector arrangements | Physics | 6 | Active |
| US9647762B2 | Integrated parallel optical transceiver | Physics | 6 | Active |
| US9667476B2 | Isolating the sources of faults/potential faults within computing networks | Electricity | 6 | Active |
| US6338091B1 | System for optimistic transmission flow control including receiver data discards upon inadequate buffering condition | Physics | 5 | Expired |
| US10111364B2 | Coupling assemblies for connecting fluid-carrying components | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 5 | Active |
| US9726829B2 | Blind mating strain relieved optical fiber connector | Physics | 4 | Active |
| US9494763B2 | Optical fiber routing mat | Physics | 4 | Active |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.