Inventor · Braintree, MA, US

Mark K. Ku

16Patents
16h-index
24Co-inventors
74Inventor score

Filing activity: Sep 25, 2002 → Dec 26, 2013

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US8515911B1 Methods and apparatus for managing multiple point in time copies in a file system Physics 149 Active
US8429346B1 Automated data relocation among storage tiers based on storage load Physics 129 Active
US9384206B1 Managing data deduplication in storage systems Electricity 104 Active
US8566483B1 Measuring data access activity Physics 89 Active
US8327103B1 Scheduling data relocation activities using configurable fairness criteria Physics 79 Active
US8539148B1 Deduplication efficiency Physics 77 Active
US7475124B2 Network block services for client access of network-attached data storage in an IP network Electricity 75 Expired
US9513814B1 Balancing I/O load on data storage systems Physics 70 Active
US9529545B1 Managing data deduplication in storage systems based on storage space characteristics Physics 66 Active
US9811288B1 Managing data placement based on flash drive wear level Physics 60 Active
US9460102B1 Managing data deduplication in storage systems based on I/O activities Physics 56 Active
US8712976B1 Managing deduplication density Physics 56 Active
US8380928B1 Applying data access activity measurements Physics 54 Active
US9477431B1 Managing storage space of storage tiers Physics 54 Active
US8583607B1 Managing deduplication density Physics 49 Active
US7953819B2 Multi-protocol sharable virtual storage objects Electricity 20 Active

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.