Inventor
YIP MICHAEL
US43 patents
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EXTREME NETWORKS INC
27 patentsUS6912592B2Jun 28, 2005
Method and system of aggregate multiple VLANs in a metropolitan area network
EXTREME NETWORKS INC95 citations98
US6859438B2Feb 22, 2005
Policy based quality of service
EXTREME NETWORKS INC150 citations98
US6678248B1Jan 13, 2004
Policy based quality of service
EXTREME NETWORKS INC319 citations98
US6104700AAug 15, 2000
Policy based quality of service
EXTREME NETWORKS INC1,142 citations98
US6766482B1Jul 20, 2004
Ethernet automatic protection switching
EXTREME NETWORKS INC327 citations97
US6954436B1Oct 11, 2005
Method and apparatus for selecting redundant routers using tracking
EXTREME NETWORKS INC159 citations96
US6914905B1Jul 5, 2005
Method and system for VLAN aggregation
EXTREME NETWORKS INC143 citations96
US6034957AMar 7, 2000
Sliced comparison engine architecture and method for a LAN switch
EXTREME NETWORKS INC80 citations96
US7003705B1Feb 21, 2006
Ethernet automatic protection switching
EXTREME NETWORKS INC85 citations95
US6023471AFeb 8, 2000
Network interconnect device and protocol for communicating data among packet forwarding devices
EXTREME NETWORKS INC114 citations95
US7558273B1Jul 7, 2009
Methods and systems for associating and translating virtual local area network (VLAN) tags
EXTREME NETWORKS INC136 citations94
US6618388B2Sep 9, 2003
Method and system for VMAN protocol
EXTREME NETWORKS INC46 citations94
US7936687B1May 3, 2011
Systems for statistics gathering and sampling in a packet processing system
EXTREME NETWORKS INC14 citations93
US7334048B1Feb 19, 2008
Method and apparatus for fast route table update
EXTREME NETWORKS INC19 citations92
US7783733B1Aug 24, 2010
Method and apparatus for dynamic configuration management
EXTREME NETWORKS INC33 citations91
US6980550B1Dec 27, 2005
Method and apparatus for server load balancing
EXTREME NETWORKS INC40 citations91
US7581024B1Aug 25, 2009
Method and system for increasing participation in a standby router protocol
EXTREME NETWORKS INC20 citations90
US7290263B1Oct 30, 2007
Method and system for a scriptable command line interface
EXTREME NETWORKS INC35 citations89
US7792058B1Sep 7, 2010
Method and system for VLAN aggregation
EXTREME NETWORKS INC25 citations88
US7245629B1Jul 17, 2007
Method and apparatus for a control communication channel in a packet-forwarding device
EXTREME NETWORKS INC32 citations88
US7245619B1Jul 17, 2007
Method and apparatus for managing routes
EXTREME NETWORKS INC33 citations88
US7689678B2Mar 30, 2010
Method and apparatus for restoring the configuration of a network device
EXTREME NETWORKS INC9 citations82
US7389505B2Jun 17, 2008
Method and apparatus for modifying software
EXTREME NETWORKS INC17 citations79
US7376951B1May 20, 2008
Method and apparatus for controlling process dependencies
EXTREME NETWORKS INC8 citations73
US7415016B1Aug 19, 2008
Method and system for VMAN protocol Layer-2 packet nested encapsulation
EXTREME NETWORKS INC5 citations72
US7657635B2Feb 2, 2010
Method and apparatus for converting network management protocol to markup language
EXTREME NETWORKS INC4 citations59
US7646773B2Jan 12, 2010
Forwarding database in a network switch device
EXTREME NETWORKS INC5 citations54
UNIV CALIFORNIA
9 patentsUS12011246B2Jun 18, 2024
Multi-catheter flexible robotic system
UNIV CALIFORNIA2 citations67
US11547509B2Jan 10, 2023
Multi-catheter flexible robotic system
UNIV CALIFORNIA2 citations67
US11123013B2Sep 21, 2021
Hypertonicity measuring device and method
UNIV CALIFORNIA2 citations67
US11391303B2Jul 19, 2022
Cable driven hydraulic rolling diaphragm transmission and servo-system
UNIV CALIFORNIA2 citations65
US11517187B2Dec 6, 2022
System and method for endoscope locomotion and shaping
UNIV CALIFORNIA0 citations58
US11504194B2Nov 22, 2022
System and method for robust and low-cost multi-axis force sensor
UNIV CALIFORNIA0 citations55
US12478441B2Nov 25, 2025
Surgical robotic platform for operating within the constrained space of an imaging scanner
UNIV CALIFORNIA0 citations41
US12150730B2Nov 26, 2024
Handheld flexible robotic catheter for endoscopic instrumentation
UNIV CALIFORNIA0 citations41
US12482192B2Nov 25, 2025
Collaborative mixed-reality system for immersive surgical telementoring
UNIV CALIFORNIA0 citations36