Inventor

Brian Forbes

Inventor

Foster City, CA, US

Overview

2002–2011

Patent span

Electricity

Primary field (CPC H)

Patents· 15 as inventor

Public. Assignee & technology derived from the patent record. Each patent links to its LexDana page.

H04Lprimary

H04LTransmission of digital information, e.g. telegraphic communication35%

G06FElectric digital data processing20%

D01DMechanical methods or apparatus in the manufacture of artificial filaments, threads, fibres, bristles or ribbons10%

H05KPrinted circuits10%

Y10TTechnical subjects covered by former us classification10%

A61FFilters implantable into blood vessels5%

B29CShaping or joining of plastics5%

D04HMaking textile fabrics, e.g. from fibres or filamentary material5%

PatentTitleYear

8,009,693'Method and apparatus for transparent communication between a fibre channel network and an Infiniband network'2011 7,504,060'Method and apparatus for the production of nonwoven web materials'2009 7,498,521'Method and apparatus for marking a printed circuit board'2009 7,401,157'Combining separate infiniband subnets into virtual subnets'2008 7,317,310'Embedded PCB identification'2008 7,307,996'Infiniband router having an internal subnet architecture'2007 7,286,544'Virtualized multiport switch'2007 7,236,496'Method and apparatus for mapping between a fibre channel network and an infiniband network'2007 7,221,676'Supporting local IB packet communication between separate subnets'2007 7,206,314'Method and apparatus for transparent communication between a fibre channel network and an infiniband network'2007 7,028,194'Method and apparatus for activating a bleed circuit through logic in response to a back-driven voltage on a supply voltage plane'2006 7,014,442'Melt spinning extrusion head system'2006 6,691,238'System for disabling remote wake events on a remote wake line that is coupled to a front panel switch wake line'2004 6,571,341'Using a hardware-driven event to wake a computer from a sleeping state'2003 6,408,396'Method and apparatus for supporting wake-on voice and wake-on MIC technology'2002

Career & activity timeline

Assembled from patent assignee/location history and declaration credentials.

2002–2009Patents assigned to INTEL CORP (6)· patent assignee history

2002–2009Based in Portland, OR, US· patent location history

2003Based in Hillsboro, OR, US· patent location history

2006–2009Patents assigned to KIMBERLY CLARK CO (2)· patent assignee history

2006–2009Based in Alpharetta, GA, US· patent location history

2007–2011Patents assigned to BROCADE COMM SYSTEMS INC (7)· patent assignee history

2007–2011Based in Foster City, CA, US· patent location history

Inventor activity

Assignee and location history derived from the patent record.

Assignees

Assignee	Patents	Span
BROCADE COMM SYSTEMS INC	7	2007–2011
INTEL CORP	6	2002–2009
KIMBERLY CLARK CO	2	2006–2009

Locations

Location	Patents	Span
Foster City, California, US	7	2007–2011
Portland, OR, US	5	2002–2009
Alpharetta, Georgia, US	2	2006–2009
Hillsboro, OR, US	1	2003