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Derek Roberts
Also filed as: ROBERTS DEREK · ROBERTS DEREK EDWARD
70 granted patents·4 pending applications·474 citations·filing 2003–2025
99Inventor score
Files withXILINX INC38SOLARFLARE COMMUNICATIONS INC20AT&T INVEST UK LLC3POPE STEVEN LESLIE3POPE STEVE L2
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74 records- 0196US7562366B2Transmit completion event batchingSOLARFLARE COMMUNICATIONS INC·Filed 2005·Granted Jul 14, 2009·102 cites·26 claims
- 0294US7496699B2DMA descriptor queue read and cache write pointer arrangementLEVEL 5 NETWORKS INC·Filed 2005·Granted Feb 24, 2009·90 cites·24 claims
- 0393US10686872B2Network interface deviceXILINX INC·Filed 2017·Granted Jun 16, 2020·9 cites·24 claims
- 0493US7634584B2Packet validation in virtual network interface architectureSOLARFLARE COMMUNICATIONS INC·Filed 2005·Granted Dec 15, 2009·26 cites·18 claims
- 0592US12499073B2Network interface deviceXILINX INC·Filed 2022·Granted Dec 16, 2025·2 cites·19 claims
- 0692US7970949B2Network interface and protocolSOLARFLARE COMMUNICATIONS INC·Filed 2007·Granted Jun 28, 2011·24 cites·13 claims
- 0790US10686731B2Network interface deviceXILINX INC·Filed 2018·Granted Jun 16, 2020·6 cites·17 claims
- 0890US9426124B2Locked down network interfaceSOLARFLARE COMMUNICATIONS INC·Filed 2014·Granted Aug 23, 2016·11 cites·20 claims
- 0990US8635353B2Reception according to a data transfer protocol of data directed to any of a plurality of destination entitiesPOPE STEVEN LESLIE·Filed 2012·Granted Jan 21, 2014·11 cites·23 claims
- 1090US7769923B2Interrupt management for multiple event queuesSOLARFLARE COMMUNICATIONS INC·Filed 2005·Granted Aug 3, 2010·16 cites·32 claims
- 1189US9594842B2Hashing algorithm for network receive filteringSOLARFLARE COMMUNICATIONS INC·Filed 2015·Granted Mar 14, 2017·7 cites·30 claims
- 1289US8131895B2Interrupt management for multiple event queuesPOPE STEVEN L·Filed 2010·Granted Mar 6, 2012·9 cites·20 claims
- 1388US11960596B2Network interface deviceXILINX INC·Filed 2021·Granted Apr 16, 2024·2 cites·20 claims
- 1488US11394768B2Network interface deviceXILINX INC·Filed 2020·Granted Jul 19, 2022·2 cites·19 claims
- 1588US9043380B2Reception according to a data transfer protocol of data directed to any of a plurality of destination entitiesPOPE STEVEN LESLIE·Filed 2012·Granted May 26, 2015·8 cites·15 claims
- 1688US7610413B2Queue depth management for communication between host and peripheral deviceSOLARFLARE COMMUNICATIONS INC·Filed 2005·Granted Oct 27, 2009·12 cites·41 claims
- 1787US8645558B2Reception according to a data transfer protocol of data directed to any of a plurality of destination entities for data extractionPOPE STEVEN LESLIE·Filed 2006·Granted Feb 4, 2014·12 cites·12 claims
- 1886US11082364B2Network interface deviceXILINX INC·Filed 2019·Granted Aug 3, 2021·5 cites·18 claims
- 1986US10445156B2Reception according to a data transfer protocol of data directed to any of a plurality of destination entitiesSOLARFLARE COMMUNICATIONS INC·Filed 2016·Granted Oct 15, 2019·4 cites·18 claims
- 2083US10055264B2Reception according to a data transfer protocol of data directed to any of a plurality of destination entitiesSOLARFLARE COMMUNICATIONS INC·Filed 2015·Granted Aug 21, 2018·3 cites·24 claims
- 2183US9769274B2Data transfer, synchronising applications, and low latency networksAT&T INVEST UK LLC·Filed 2014·Granted Sep 19, 2017·5 cites·14 claims
- 2283US8073994B2Data transfer, synchronising applications, and low latency networksROBERTS DEREK EDWARD·Filed 2005·Granted Dec 6, 2011·10 cites·27 claims
- 2383US7596644B2Transmit rate pacing system and methodSOLARFLARE COMMUNICATIONS INC·Filed 2006·Granted Sep 29, 2009·13 cites·23 claims
- 2482US7984180B2Hashing algorithm for network receive filteringSOLARFLARE COMMUNICATIONS INC·Filed 2005·Granted Jul 19, 2011·9 cites·49 claims
- 2581US11012411B2Network interface deviceXILINX INC·Filed 2018·Granted May 18, 2021·3 cites·28 claims
- 2681US10212135B2Locked down network interfaceSOLARFLARE COMMUNICATIONS INC·Filed 2016·Granted Feb 19, 2019·3 cites·22 claims
- 2781US7844742B2Network interface and protocolSOLARFLARE COMMUNICATIONS INC·Filed 2003·Granted Nov 30, 2010·23 cites·13 claims
- 2880US10924483B2Packet validation in virtual network interface architectureXILINX INC·Filed 2018·Granted Feb 16, 2021·2 cites·20 claims
- 2980US8346971B2Data transfer, synchronising applications, and low latency networksAT & T IP I LP·Filed 2005·Granted Jan 1, 2013·6 cites·16 claims
- 3077US9807117B2System and apparatus for providing network securitySOLARFLARE COMMUNICATIONS INC·Filed 2015·Granted Oct 31, 2017·2 cites·24 claims
- 3177US8423675B2Data transfer, synchronising applications, and low latency networksROBERTS DEREK EDWARD·Filed 2008·Granted Apr 16, 2013·5 cites·12 claims
- 3277US2025330410A1Host polling of a network adapterXILINX INC·Filed 2025·Application pending·0 cites
- 3376US10742782B2Time stamping network deviceXILINX INC·Filed 2017·Granted Aug 11, 2020·2 cites·25 claims
- 3476US10498867B2Network interface device and host processing device fieldSOLARFLARE COMMUNICATIONS INC·Filed 2016·Granted Dec 3, 2019·2 cites·21 claims
- 3575US11044183B2Network interface deviceXILINX INC·Filed 2015·Granted Jun 22, 2021·2 cites·18 claims
- 3674US10868893B2Network interface deviceXILINX INC·Filed 2018·Granted Dec 15, 2020·2 cites·19 claims
- 3774US9124539B2Header processing engineSOLARFLARE COMMUNICATIONS INC·Filed 2014·Granted Sep 1, 2015·3 cites·55 claims
- 3873US11165720B2Network interface deviceXILINX INC·Filed 2017·Granted Nov 2, 2021·1 cites·20 claims
- 3973US10999303B2Capturing dataXILINX INC·Filed 2017·Granted May 4, 2021·2 cites·13 claims
- 4073US9912665B2Packet validation in virtual network interface architectureSOLARFLARE COMMUNICATIONS INC·Filed 2013·Granted Mar 6, 2018·2 cites·20 claims
- 4173US9043671B2Data protocolPOPE STEVE L·Filed 2011·Granted May 26, 2015·3 cites·14 claims
- 4273US8380882B2Packet validation in virtual network interface architectureSOLARFLARE COMMUNICATIONS INC·Filed 2009·Granted Feb 19, 2013·3 cites·13 claims
- 4372US12375380B2Host polling of a network adapterXILINX INC·Filed 2023·Granted Jul 29, 2025·0 cites·18 claims
- 4472US2024345979A1Network interface deviceXILINX INC·Filed 2024·Application pending·0 cites
- 4571US12445395B2Network interface deviceXILINX INC·Filed 2022·Granted Oct 14, 2025·0 cites·18 claims
- 4671US7831749B2Including descriptor queue empty events in completion eventsSOLARFLARE COMMUNICATIONS INC·Filed 2005·Granted Nov 9, 2010·5 cites·15 claims
- 4770US12506798B2Network interface deviceXILINX INC·Filed 2022·Granted Dec 23, 2025·0 cites·20 claims
- 4869US8959095B2Hashing algorithm for network receive filteringPOPE STEVE L·Filed 2011·Granted Feb 17, 2015·2 cites·8 claims
- 4967US11210148B2Reception according to a data transfer protocol of data directed to any of a plurality of destination entitiesXILINX INC·Filed 2019·Granted Dec 28, 2021·0 cites·20 claims
- 5066US11489876B2System and apparatus for providing network securityXILINX INC·Filed 2020·Granted Nov 1, 2022·0 cites·15 claims
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