Timothy C. Ostwald
95Patents
21h-index
23Co-inventors
88Inventor score
Filing activity: Feb 24, 1988 → Jun 27, 2018
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US6262863A | Automated storage library with rail mechanism providing flexible robot access | Physics | 128 | Expired |
| US6494663B2 | Method and system for sharing robotic mechanisms between automated storage libraries | Physics | 82 | Expired |
| US6570734B2 | Automated storage library with multiple independent robots | Physics | 71 | Expired |
| US6671580B2 | Outer route for robots in a horizontal storage library | Physics | 63 | Expired |
| US6411462B1 | Small library cartridge access mail slot method | Physics | 59 | Expired |
| US7273344B2 | Library service port | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 56 | Expired |
| US5421697A | Telescopic pick-and-place robotic mechanism | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 46 | Expired |
| US6327519A | Method and system for transferring energy between robotic mechanisms in an automated storage library | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 45 | Expired |
| US5403140A | Dynamic sweeping mechanism for a line scan camera | Performing Operations; Transporting | 39 | Expired |
| US6059509A | Library storage module with cartridge pass-through system | Physics | 37 | Expired |
| US8035972B2 | Method and apparatus for liquid cooling computer equipment | Physics | 34 | Active |
| US5995320A | Horizontally oriented autoloader for data storage cartridges | Physics | 34 | Expired |
| US6539876B1 | Guide rail switches for storage libraries | Physics | 33 | Expired |
| US6409450B1 | Library service port | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 33 | Expired |
| US6808353B2 | Method of non-disruptive capacity scaling for a data storage library | Physics | 33 | Expired |
| US7255525B2 | Online, safe service technique for automated libraries | Physics | 28 | Expired |
| US6068436A | Pass thru mechanism for transferring media cartridges between automated cartridge library systems | Physics | 24 | Expired |
| US6155766A | Small library robotics guidance mechanism | Physics | 23 | Expired |
| US6130800A | Data storage library with cartridge access mechanism | Physics | 23 | Expired |
| US5236296A | Robotic hand mechanism | Physics | 22 | Expired |
| US5418664A | Indexing hand for robotic storage library | Physics | 21 | Expired |
| US6810306B1 | Data storage library status monitoring | Physics | 21 | Expired |
| US4835634A | Automatic magnetic tape cartridge stack loader for tape drive systems | Physics | 20 | Expired |
| US6480759B1 | Diagnostic port between independent robots | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 19 | Expired |
| US6781789B2 | Dual cartridges storage array cell for data storage | Physics | 18 | Expired |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.