Robert Thomas
14Patents
6h-index
20Co-inventors
66Inventor score
Filing activity: Feb 19, 1982 → Oct 30, 2009
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US6512768B1 | Discovery and tag space identifiers in a tag distribution protocol (TDP) | Electricity | 37 | Expired |
| US7613939B2 | Method and apparatus for changing power class for a powered device | Electricity | 32 | Active |
| US7969898B1 | Technique for breaking loops in a communications network | Electricity | 16 | Active |
| US7286529B1 | Discovery and tag space identifiers in a tag distribution protocol (TDP) | Electricity | 14 | Expired |
| US8171315B2 | Method and apparatus for changing power class for a powered device | Electricity | 12 | Active |
| US7899049B2 | Methods and apparatus for minimizing duplicate traffic during point to multipoint tree switching in a network | Electricity | 7 | Active |
| US4604316A | Fluorochemical composition for coating soil resistant yarn | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 5 | Expired |
| US7609620B2 | Method and apparatus using multiprotocol label switching (MPLS) label distribution protocol (LDP) to establish label switching paths (LSPS) for directed forwarding | Electricity | 5 | Active |
| US7646772B2 | Graceful shutdown of LDP on specific interfaces between label switched routers | Electricity | 4 | Active |
| US7684350B2 | Method and apparatus for distributing labels in a label distribution protocol multicast network | Electricity | 4 | Active |
| US7945696B2 | Differentiated routing using tunnels in a computer network | Electricity | 4 | Active |
| US4605587A | Fluorochemical composition for coating soil resistant yarn | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 4 | Expired |
| US7936668B2 | Methods and apparatus for distributing label information | Electricity | 0 | Active |
| US7907603B2 | Acceleration of label distribution protocol (LDP) session setup | Electricity | 0 | Active |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.