Inventor · Tucson, AZ, US

Robert A. Kubo

90Patents
11h-index
65Co-inventors
77Inventor score

Filing activity: Sep 9, 2003 → Jan 15, 2013

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US8037380B2 Verifying data integrity of a non-volatile memory system during data caching process Physics 80 Active
US8370715B2 Error checking addressable blocks in storage Physics 55 Active
US7287708B2 Cooling system control with clustered management services Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 54 Expired
US7546478B2 Apparatus and method to provide power to a plurality of data storage devices disposed in a data storage system Physics 48 Active
US7254686B2 Switching between mirrored and non-mirrored volumes Physics 41 Expired
US7849356B2 Parity data management system apparatus and method Physics 20 Active
US7444445B2 Selectively adjusting signal compensation parameters and data rate for transmission of data through a smart cable Physics 19 Active
US7694029B2 Detecting miscabling in a storage area network Electricity 14 Active
US7281070B2 Multiple master inter integrated circuit bus system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 12 Expired
US7937602B2 System and method for thresholding system power loss notifications in a data processing system based on current distribution network configuration Physics 11 Active
US7673167B2 RAID array data member copy offload in high density packaging Physics 11 Active
US7496796B2 Apparatus, system, and method for predicting storage device failure Physics 11 Active
US7627714B2 Apparatus, system, and method for preventing write starvation in a partitioned cache of a storage controller Physics 11 Active
US7890815B2 Detection and correction of dropped write errors in a data storage system Physics 10 Active
US7321174B2 Apparatus, system, and method for maximizing power system holdup time during loss of input power Electricity 10 Expired
US8060707B2 Minimization of read response time Physics 10 Active
US7584325B2 Apparatus, system, and method for providing a RAID storage system in a processor blade enclosure Physics 10 Active
US7747900B2 Thresholding system power loss notifications in a data processing system based on vital product data Physics 10 Active
US7418623B2 Apparatus and method to reconfigure a storage array Physics 10 Active
US7334140B2 Apparatus and method to selectively provide power to one or more components disposed in an information storage and retrieval system Physics 9 Expired
US7783917B2 Selection of data arrays Physics 6 Active
US8082391B2 Component discovery in multi-blade server chassis Electricity 5 Active
US7496785B2 Enclosure-based raid parity assist Physics 5 Active
US7941628B2 Allocation of heterogeneous storage devices to spares and storage arrays Physics 5 Active
US7793167B2 Detection and correction of dropped write errors in a data storage system Physics 5 Active

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