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Michael Zappe
Also filed as: ZAPPE MICHAEL
53 granted patents·8 pending applications·1,014 citations·filing 2007–2022
99Inventor score
Files withFLYNN DAVID25FUSION IO INC9LONGITUDE ENTPR FLASH S A R L6UNIFICATION TECH LLC5SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES LLC3
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61 records- 0199US7934055B2Apparatus, system, and method for a shared, front-end, distributed RAIDFUSION IO INC·Filed 2007·Granted Apr 26, 2011·94 cites·29 claims
- 0298US8762658B2Systems and methods for persistent deallocationFLYNN DAVID·Filed 2012·Granted Jun 24, 2014·16 cites·26 claims
- 0398US8285927B2Apparatus, system, and method for solid-state storage as cache for high-capacity, non-volatile storageFLYNN DAVID·Filed 2011·Granted Oct 9, 2012·29 cites·21 claims
- 0498US8266496B2Apparatus, system, and method for managing data using a data pipelineFLYNN DAVID·Filed 2007·Granted Sep 11, 2012·30 cites·24 claims
- 0598US8019940B2Apparatus, system, and method for a front-end, distributed raidFUSION IO INC·Filed 2007·Granted Sep 13, 2011·51 cites·42 claims
- 0697US10387328B2Systems and methods for identifying storage resources that are not in useFIO SEMICONDUCTOR TECH LLC·Filed 2017·Granted Aug 20, 2019·14 cites·28 claims
- 0797US8402201B2Apparatus, system, and method for storage space recovery in solid-state storageFLYNN DAVID·Filed 2007·Granted Mar 19, 2013·47 cites·31 claims
- 0897US8151082B2Apparatus, system, and method for converting a storage request into an append data storage commandFLYNN DAVID·Filed 2008·Granted Apr 3, 2012·63 cites·31 claims
- 0997US8019938B2Apparatus, system, and method for solid-state storage as cache for high-capacity, non-volatile storageFUSION I0 INC·Filed 2007·Granted Sep 13, 2011·93 cites·30 claims
- 1097US8015440B2Apparatus, system, and method for data storage using progressive raidFUSION IO INC·Filed 2007·Granted Sep 6, 2011·35 cites·27 claims
- 1196US8719501B2Apparatus, system, and method for caching data on a solid-state storage deviceFLYNN DAVID·Filed 2010·Granted May 6, 2014·40 cites·33 claims
- 1296US8261005B2Apparatus, system, and method for managing data in a storage device with an empty data token directiveFLYNN DAVID·Filed 2007·Granted Sep 4, 2012·27 cites·24 claims
- 1396US7836226B2Apparatus, system, and method for coordinating storage requests in a multi-processor/multi-thread environmentFUSION IO INC·Filed 2008·Granted Nov 16, 2010·48 cites·25 claims
- 1495US9824027B2Apparatus, system, and method for a storage area networkINTELLIGENT IP HOLDINGS 2 LLC·Filed 2013·Granted Nov 21, 2017·11 cites·16 claims
- 1595US9519594B2Apparatus, system, and method for solid-state storage as cache for high-capacity, non-volatile storageFUSION-IO INC·Filed 2012·Granted Dec 13, 2016·11 cites·22 claims
- 1695US8725934B2Methods and appratuses for atomic storage operationsBATWARA ASHISH·Filed 2011·Granted May 13, 2014·38 cites·30 claims
- 1795US8412904B2Apparatus, system, and method for managing concurrent storage requestsFLYNN DAVID·Filed 2011·Granted Apr 2, 2013·13 cites·20 claims
- 1895US8195912B2Apparatus, system, and method for efficient mapping of virtual and physical addressesFLYNN DAVID·Filed 2008·Granted Jun 5, 2012·40 cites·24 claims
- 1995US8156392B2Apparatus, system, and method for bad block remappingFLYNN DAVID·Filed 2009·Granted Apr 10, 2012·33 cites·22 claims
- 2094US8533406B2Apparatus, system, and method for identifying data that is no longer in useFLYNN DAVID·Filed 2012·Granted Sep 10, 2013·11 cites·30 claims
- 2194US8495292B2Apparatus, system, and method for an in-server storage area networkFLYNN DAVID·Filed 2007·Granted Jul 23, 2013·17 cites·28 claims
- 2294US8074011B2Apparatus, system, and method for storage space recovery after reaching a read count limitFLYNN DAVID·Filed 2008·Granted Dec 6, 2011·41 cites·36 claims
- 2393US11640359B2Systems and methods for identifying storage resources that are not in useUNIFICATION TECH LLC·Filed 2019·Granted May 2, 2023·2 cites·20 claims
- 2493US9600184B2Apparatus, system, and method for coordinating storage requests in a multi-processor/multi-thread environmentLONGITUDE ENTPR FLASH S A R L·Filed 2015·Granted Mar 21, 2017·8 cites·18 claims
- 2593US8601211B2Storage system with front-end controllerFLYNN DAVID·Filed 2012·Granted Dec 3, 2013·8 cites·20 claims
- 2693US8296337B2Apparatus, system, and method for managing data from a requesting device with an empty data token directiveFLYNN DAVID·Filed 2007·Granted Oct 23, 2012·10 cites·13 claims
- 2793US8046500B2Apparatus, system, and method for coordinating storage requests in a multi-processor/multi-thread environmentFUSION IO INC·Filed 2010·Granted Oct 25, 2011·15 cites·24 claims
- 2892US10387327B2Systems and methods for identifying storage resources that are not in useFIO SEMICONDUCTOR TECH LLC·Filed 2016·Granted Aug 20, 2019·4 cites·20 claims
- 2992US9678874B2Apparatus, system, and method for managing eviction of dataSANDISK TECHNOLOGIES LLC·Filed 2015·Granted Jun 13, 2017·9 cites·20 claims
- 3092US9645758B2Apparatus, system, and method for indexing data of an append-only, log-based structurePETERSON JAMES·Filed 2012·Granted May 9, 2017·25 cites·25 claims
- 3192US9274937B2Systems, methods, and interfaces for vector input/output operationsBATWARA ASHISH·Filed 2012·Granted Mar 1, 2016·18 cites·18 claims
- 3292US8261158B2Apparatus, system, and method for using multi-level cell solid-state storage as single level cell solid-state storageTHATCHER JONATHAN·Filed 2010·Granted Sep 4, 2012·16 cites·25 claims
- 3391US10296220B2Systems, methods, and interfaces for vector input/output operationsSANDISK TECHNOLOGIES LLC·Filed 2016·Granted May 21, 2019·7 cites·17 claims
- 3491US8484522B2Apparatus, system, and method for bad block remappingFLYNN DAVID·Filed 2012·Granted Jul 9, 2013·13 cites·20 claims
- 3591US8412979B2Apparatus, system, and method for data storage using progressive raidFLYNN DAVID·Filed 2011·Granted Apr 2, 2013·6 cites·20 claims
- 3691US8205015B2Apparatus, system, and method for coordinating storage requests in a multi-processor/multi-thread environmentFLYNN DAVID·Filed 2011·Granted Jun 19, 2012·11 cites·20 claims
- 3790US9170754B2Apparatus, system, and method for coordinating storage requests in a multi-processor/multi-thread environmentFLYNN DAVID·Filed 2012·Granted Oct 27, 2015·9 cites·16 claims
- 3890US8214591B2Apparatus, system, and method for a front-end, distributed raidFLYNN DAVID·Filed 2011·Granted Jul 3, 2012·5 cites·20 claims
- 3989US9632727B2Systems and methods for identifying storage resources that are not in useLONGITUDE ENTPR FLASH S A R L·Filed 2014·Granted Apr 25, 2017·4 cites·16 claims
- 4089US8239714B2Apparatus, system, and method for bad block remappingFLYNN DAVID·Filed 2011·Granted Aug 7, 2012·9 cites·19 claims
- 4187US9575902B2Apparatus, system, and method for managing commands of solid-state storage using bank interleaveFLYNN DAVID·Filed 2007·Granted Feb 21, 2017·6 cites·26 claims
- 4285US11960412B2Systems and methods for identifying storage resources that are not in useUNIFICATION TECH LLC·Filed 2022·Granted Apr 16, 2024·0 cites·17 claims
- 4385US11847066B2Apparatus, system, and method for managing commands of solid-state storage using bank interleaveUNIFICATION TECH LLC·Filed 2022·Granted Dec 19, 2023·0 cites·20 claims
- 4485US10133663B2Systems and methods for persistent address space managementLONGITUDE ENTPR FLASH S A R L·Filed 2013·Granted Nov 20, 2018·7 cites·19 claims
- 4583US10146700B2Systems and methods for storage space recoveryLONGITUDE ENTPR FLASH S A R L·Filed 2016·Granted Dec 4, 2018·1 cites·23 claims
- 4680US11573909B2Apparatus, system, and method for managing commands of solid-state storage using bank interleaveUNIFICATION TECH LLC·Filed 2021·Granted Feb 7, 2023·0 cites·4 claims
- 4779US10133662B2Systems, methods, and interfaces for managing persistent data of atomic storage operationsPETERSON JAMES G·Filed 2012·Granted Nov 20, 2018·8 cites·21 claims
- 4879US8533569B2Apparatus, system, and method for managing data using a data pipelineFLYNN DAVID·Filed 2012·Granted Sep 10, 2013·1 cites·25 claims
- 4978US9305735B2Reinforced polymer x-ray windowLIDDIARD STEVEN D·Filed 2011·Granted Apr 5, 2016·4 cites·18 claims
- 5077US9454492B2Systems and methods for storage parallelismINTELLIGENT IP HOLDINGS 2 LLC·Filed 2012·Granted Sep 27, 2016·1 cites·17 claims
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