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DROPPS FRANK R

US125 patents
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QLOGIC CORP

34 patents
US7983265B1Jul 19, 2011

Method and system for processing a network packet

QLOGIC CORP83 citations98
US7406092B2Jul 29, 2008

Programmable pseudo virtual lanes for fibre channel systems

QLOGIC CORP54 citations96
US9172655B1Oct 27, 2015

Systems and methods for quality of service in networks

QLOGIC CORP20 citations92
US9172602B1Oct 27, 2015

Method and system for auto-negotiation

QLOGIC CORP21 citations92
US7525983B2Apr 28, 2009

Method and system for selecting virtual lanes in fibre channel switches

QLOGIC CORP25 citations92
US7466700B2Dec 16, 2008

LUN based hard zoning in fibre channel switches

QLOGIC CORP24 citations92
US7447224B2Nov 4, 2008

Method and system for routing fibre channel frames

QLOGIC CORP29 citations92
US7430175B2Sep 30, 2008

Method and system for managing traffic in fibre channel systems

QLOGIC CORP33 citations92
US9411400B1Aug 9, 2016

Methods and systems for advertsing available credit at memory of network device ports based on temperature

QLOGIC CORP13 citations84
US9282046B1Mar 8, 2016

Smoothing FIFO and methods thereof

QLOGIC CORP9 citations84
US9264383B1Feb 16, 2016

Systems and methods for quality of service for link aggregation groups

QLOGIC CORP9 citations84
US9154455B1Oct 6, 2015

Method and system for determining drop eligibility of network information

QLOGIC CORP8 citations84
US8050260B1Nov 1, 2011

Method and system for load balancing in infiniband switches and networks

QLOGIC CORP14 citations84
US8005105B2Aug 23, 2011

Method and system for configuring fibre channel ports

QLOGIC CORP10 citations84
US7876752B1Jan 25, 2011

Method and system for partition based network routing

QLOGIC CORP16 citations84
US7843846B1Nov 30, 2010

Method and system for processing network information

QLOGIC CORP14 citations84
US7773629B1Aug 10, 2010

Method and system for network port addressing

QLOGIC CORP9 citations84
US7613816B1Nov 3, 2009

Method and system for routing network information

QLOGIC CORP10 citations84
US7558281B2Jul 7, 2009

Method and system for configuring fibre channel ports

QLOGIC CORP9 citations84
US7548560B1Jun 16, 2009

Method and system for checking frame-length in fibre channel frames

QLOGIC CORP9 citations84
US9071559B1Jun 30, 2015

Network devices having configurable receive packet queues and related methods

QLOGIC CORP8 citations83
US8995425B1Mar 31, 2015

Network device scheduler and methods thereof

QLOGIC CORP6 citations83
US7792115B2Sep 7, 2010

Method and system for routing and filtering network data packets in fibre channel systems

QLOGIC CORP10 citations83
US7719969B1May 18, 2010

System and method for assigning network device port address based on link rate

QLOGIC CORP13 citations83
US7646767B2Jan 12, 2010

Method and system for programmable data dependant network routing

QLOGIC CORP17 citations83
US7903558B1Mar 8, 2011

Method and system for monitoring a network link in network systems

QLOGIC CORP12 citations82
US7525968B1Apr 28, 2009

Method and system for auto routing fibre channel class F frames in a fibre channel fabric

QLOGIC CORP14 citations82
US9444713B1Sep 13, 2016

Cut-through routing for network devices

QLOGIC CORP3 citations73
US9281953B1Mar 8, 2016

Systems and methods for routing multicast packets

QLOGIC CORP3 citations73
US9256491B1Feb 9, 2016

Method and system for data integrity

QLOGIC CORP4 citations73
US9225672B1Dec 29, 2015

Systems and methods for packet grouping in networks

QLOGIC CORP6 citations73
US9154569B1Oct 6, 2015

Method and system for buffer management

QLOGIC CORP6 citations73
US9049113B1Jun 2, 2015

Systems and methods for primitive sequence capture and retransmission in a network device

QLOGIC CORP4 citations73
US8995455B1Mar 31, 2015

Memory devices for network devices and associated methods

QLOGIC CORP5 citations73

DROPPS FRANK R

8 patents

QLOGIC SWITCH PRODUCTS INC

2 patents

SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC

2 patents

HEWLETT PACKARD ENTPR DEV LP

2 patents

MCGLAUGHLIN EDWARD C

1 patent

MEDTRONIC INC

1 patent

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