Inventor · Mountain View, CA, US

Robert Block

11Patents
8h-index
16Co-inventors
69Inventor score

Filing activity: May 6, 1974 → Oct 16, 2009

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6014669A Highly-available distributed cluster configuration database Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 486 Expired
US6161191A Mechanism for reliable update of virtual disk device mappings without corrupting data Physics 96 Expired
US6658473B1 Method and apparatus for distributing load in a computer environment Electricity 73 Expired
US6862613B1 Method and apparatus for managing operations of clustered computer systems Physics 73 Expired
US7716076B1 System and method for financing an insurance transaction Physics 60 Active
US7401114B1 Method and apparatus for making a computational service highly available Electricity 47 Expired
US8355932B2 System and method for managing intellectual property-based risks Physics 12 Active
US6789122B1 Mechanism for reliable update of virtual disk device mappings without corrupting data Physics 10 Expired
US7536312B2 Method of appraising and insuring intellectual property Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 8 Active
US3951644A Method of producing iron and steel from iron ore Chemistry; Metallurgy 2 Expired
US8694419B2 Methods and systems for utilizing intellectual property assets and rights Physics 0 Active

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