Inventor · Woodinville, WA, US

Mark J. Zbikowski

45Patents
20h-index
68Co-inventors
88Inventor score

Filing activity: Aug 29, 1989 → Dec 6, 2021

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5878410A File system sort order indexes Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 215 Expired
US7644239B2 Non-volatile memory cache performance improvement Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 151 Expired
US6189016A Journaling ordered changes in a storage volume Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 147 Expired
US5613105A Efficient storage of objects in a file system Physics 137 Expired
US6971018B1 File protection service for a computer system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 137 Expired
US5590318A Method and system for tracking files pending processing Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 126 Expired
US5363487A Method and system for dynamic volume tracking in an installable file system Physics 116 Expired
US7664771B2 Optimizing defragmentation operations in a differential snapshotter Physics 107 Expired
US5297284A Method and system for implementing virtual functions and virtual base classes and setting a this pointer for an object-oriented programming language Physics 91 Expired
US6023744A Method and mechanism for freeing disk space in a file system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 70 Expired
US5699518A System for selectively setting a server node, evaluating to determine server node for executing server code, and downloading server code prior to executing if necessary Physics 67 Expired
US5497492A System and method for loading an operating system through use of a fire system Physics 55 Expired
US6986043B2 Encrypting file system and method Physics 45 Expired
US5410705A Method for generating an object data structure layout for a class in a compiler for an object-oriented programming language Physics 34 Expired
US5758360A Meta-data structure and handling Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 29 Expired
US5490274A Modified buddy system for managing disk space Physics 26 Expired
US8255645B2 Non-volatile memory cache performance improvement Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 25 Active
US7523343B2 Real-time file system repairs Physics 24 Expired
US7873596B2 Extending cluster allocations in an extensible file system Physics 22 Active
US8041904B2 Non-volatile memory cache performance improvement Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 20 Active
US5752252A Storage of file data on disk in multiple representations Physics 17 Expired
US5713002A Modified buddy system for managing storage space Physics 16 Expired
US8452729B2 Extending cluster allocations in an extensible file system Physics 14 Active
US8433677B2 Extending cluster allocations in an extensible file system Physics 14 Active
US8364732B2 Extending cluster allocations in an extensible file system Physics 14 Active

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