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Inventor

Robert H. Thomas

Inventor
Lexington, MA, US

Overview

14→
Patents
1986–2012
Patent span
Electricity
Primary field (CPC H)

Patents· 14 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 communication75%
D06MTreatment, not provided for elsewhere in class d06, of fibres, threads, yarns, fabrics, feathers or fibrous goods made from such materials13%
Y10TTechnical subjects covered by former us classification13%
PatentTitleYear
8,171,315'Method and apparatus for changing power class for a powered device'20127,969,898'Technique for breaking loops in a communications network'20117,945,696'Differentiated routing using tunnels in a computer network'20117,936,668'Methods and apparatus for distributing label information'20117,907,603'Acceleration of label distribution protocol (LDP) session setup'20117,899,049'Methods and apparatus for minimizing duplicate traffic during point to multipoint tree switching in a network'20117,684,350'Method and apparatus for distributing labels in a label distribution protocol multicast network'20107,646,772'Graceful shutdown of LDP on specific interfaces between label switched routers'20107,613,939'Method and apparatus for changing power class for a powered device'20097,609,620'Method and apparatus using multiprotocol label switching (MPLS) label distribution protocol (LDP) to establish label switching paths (LSPS) for directed forwarding'20097,286,529'Discovery and tag space identifiers in a tag distribution protocol (TDP)'20076,512,768'Discovery and tag space identifiers in a tag distribution protocol (TDP)'20034,605,587'Fluorochemical composition for coating soil resistant yarn'19864,604,316'Fluorochemical composition for coating soil resistant yarn'1986

Career & activity timeline

Assembled from patent assignee/location history and declaration credentials.

1986Patents assigned to ALLIED CORP (2)· patent assignee history
1986Based in Columbia, SC, US· patent location history
1986Based in Fork Township, Lexington County, SC, US· patent location history
2003Patents assigned to CISCO TECH IND (1)· patent assignee history
2003–2011Based in Lexington, MA, US· patent location history
2007–2012Patents assigned to CISCO TECH INC (11)· patent assignee history
2009–2012Based in San Jose, CA, US· patent location history
2012Patents assigned to KARAM ROGER (1)· patent assignee history
2012Patents assigned to THOMAS ROBERT (1)· patent assignee history

Inventor activity

Assignee and location history derived from the patent record.

Assignees
AssigneePatentsSpan
CISCO TECH INC112007–2012
ALLIED CORP21986
CISCO TECH IND12003
KARAM ROGER12012
THOMAS ROBERTself12012
Locations
LocationPatentsSpan
Lexington, Massachusetts, US102003–2011
San Jose, California, US22009–2012
Columbia, SC, US11986
Fork Township, Lexington County, SC, US11986