McData Corporation
San Jose, CA, US· latest recorded location
McData Corporation is named on 41 US grants and 22 published applications in this corpus. Its most frequent classification is H04L (Digital communication).
- Granted patents
- 41
- Published applications
- 22
- Inventors
- 58
- Granted in 2026 so far
- 0
- Most recent grant
- 6 Sep 2011
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 3 | 0 |
| 1999 | 2 | 0 |
| 2000 | 6 | 0 |
| 2001 | 3 | 1 |
| 2002 | 2 | 3 |
| 2003 | 6 | 8 |
| 2004 | 5 | 3 |
| 2005 | 4 | 0 |
| 2006 | 2 | 0 |
| 2007 | 0 | 2 |
| 2008 | 1 | 3 |
| 2009 | 2 | 0 |
| 2010 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011 | 4 | 0 |
| 2012 | 0 | 1 |
By publication year.
Technology areas
Share of 63 documents
- H04LDigital communication52
- H04QSelecting19
- G06FComputing and data processing12
- Y02DClimate change mitigation technologies in information and communication technologies [ict], i.e. information6
- G21CNuclear reactors2
- H05KPrinted circuits2
- Y02EClean energy generation and storage2
- Y10STechnical subjects covered by former uspc cross-reference art collections [xracs] and digests2
- Y10TTechnical subjects covered by former us classification2
- G11CStatic stores1
Recent patents
- Method for scoring queued frames for selective transmission through a switch6 Sep 2011US 8,014,315 B2
- Congestion management groups31 May 2011US 7,952,997 B2
- Protocols for connecting intelligent service modules in a storage area network31 May 2011US 7,953,866 B2
- Electrical terminal footprints for a printed circuit board15 Mar 2011US 7,906,734 B2
- Method for scoring queued frames for selective transmission through a switch7 Dec 2010US 7,848,253 B2
- Protocols for connecting intelligent service modules in a storage area network3 May 2012US 2012/0106393 A1
- Method for Scoring Queued Frames for Selective Transmission Through a Switch3 Jun 2010US 2010/0135312 A1
- Method for scoring queued frames for selective transmission through a switch18 Sep 2008US 2008/0225859 A1
- Electrical terminal footprints for a printed circuit board31 Jul 2008US 2008/0179083 A1
- Batching and Compression for Ip Transmission24 Apr 2008US 2008/0095192 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Trunking inter-switch links147US 6,532,212 B12003
- Method and apparatus for data alignment129US 5,835,496 A1998
- Fiber channel switch employing distributed queuing129US 5,894,481 A1999
- Bypass switching and messaging mechanism for providing intermix data transfer for a fiber optic switch using a bypass bus and buffer93US 5,828,475 A1998
- High performance crossbar switch93US 6,138,185 A2000