Michael E. Root
19Patents
8h-index
33Co-inventors
68Inventor score
Filing activity: Jul 29, 2002 → Aug 14, 2018
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US7424592B1 | System and method for implementing volume sets in a storage system | Physics | 334 | Expired |
| US7657578B1 | System and method for volume replication in a storage environment employing distributed block virtualization | Physics | 96 | Active |
| US7620666B1 | Maintaining persistent data change maps for fast data synchronization and restoration | Physics | 76 | Expired |
| US7293154B1 | System and method for optimizing storage operations by operating only on mapped blocks | Physics | 60 | Expired |
| US7096330B1 | Symmetrical data change tracking | Physics | 39 | Expired |
| US7103796B1 | Parallel data change tracking for maintaining mirrored data consistency | Physics | 35 | Expired |
| US8635422B1 | Systems and methods for reclaiming storage space from deleted volumes on thin-provisioned disks | Physics | 25 | Active |
| US8549223B1 | Systems and methods for reclaiming storage space on striped volumes | Physics | 8 | Active |
| US9201890B2 | Storage optimization manager | Physics | 5 | Active |
| US8082230B1 | System and method for mounting a file system on multiple host computers | Physics | 5 | Active |
| US9400799B2 | Data block migration | Physics | 3 | Active |
| US7610478B1 | Method and apparatus for improving a computer boot sequence | Physics | 1 | Active |
| US8578124B2 | Storage systems and methods with pre-reserve allocation | Physics | 1 | Active |
| US9996264B2 | Data block migration | Physics | 1 | Active |
| US7552296B1 | Symmetrical data change tracking | Physics | 0 | Active |
| US10929017B2 | Data block migration | Physics | 0 | Active |
| US10691369B2 | Pool partner based replication | Physics | 0 | Active |
| US10691370B2 | Assignment of a data identifier to first and second volumes | Physics | 0 | Active |
| US11233850B2 | Replicating data over a public network | Electricity | 0 | Active |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.