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Alan F. Benner
Also filed as: BENNER ALAN · BENNER ALAN F · BENNER ALAN FREDERIC
60 granted patents·8 pending applications·693 citations·filing 1997–2018
98Inventor score
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68 records- 0197US9453972B1Pluggable module for heat removal deviceIBM·Filed 2015·Granted Sep 27, 2016·27 cites·18 claims
- 0296US8559781B2Removable sleeve for fiber optic connectors for high density applicationsCHILDERS DARRELL R·Filed 2009·Granted Oct 15, 2013·70 cites·18 claims
- 0395US7171484B1Reliable datagram transport serviceKRAUSE MICHAEL R·Filed 2000·Granted Jan 30, 2007·174 cites·20 claims
- 0493US9667476B2Isolating the sources of faults/potential faults within computing networksIBM·Filed 2015·Granted May 30, 2017·10 cites·10 claims
- 0591US9726829B2Blind mating strain relieved optical fiber connectorIBM·Filed 2015·Granted Aug 8, 2017·7 cites·9 claims
- 0691US9647762B2Integrated parallel optical transceiverIBM·Filed 2015·Granted May 9, 2017·8 cites·15 claims
- 0790US10111364B2Coupling assemblies for connecting fluid-carrying componentsIBM·Filed 2015·Granted Oct 23, 2018·5 cites·8 claims
- 0890US9720184B2Blind mating strain relieved optical fiber connectorIBM·Filed 2015·Granted Aug 1, 2017·7 cites·8 claims
- 0989US9494763B2Optical fiber routing matIBM·Filed 2015·Granted Nov 15, 2016·6 cites·6 claims
- 1086US9606303B2Grouping device for high density connector arrangementsWAKJIRA JILLCHA F·Filed 2012·Granted Mar 28, 2017·12 cites·21 claims
- 1186US8811378B2Dual network types solution for computer interconnectsBENNER ALAN·Filed 2012·Granted Aug 19, 2014·9 cites·20 claims
- 1286US7876751B2Reliable link layer packet retryIBM·Filed 2008·Granted Jan 25, 2011·13 cites·19 claims
- 1385US8244826B2Providing a memory region or memory window access notification on a system area networkBENNER ALAN F·Filed 2007·Granted Aug 14, 2012·14 cites·18 claims
- 1485US8135024B2Method and system to reduce interconnect latencyABEL FRANCOIS G·Filed 2006·Granted Mar 13, 2012·17 cites·19 claims
- 1585US7994434B2Electromagnetic interference shielding apparatus and methodIBM·Filed 2009·Granted Aug 9, 2011·13 cites·17 claims
- 1685US7895601B2Collective send operations on a system area networkIBM·Filed 2007·Granted Feb 22, 2011·13 cites·20 claims
- 1785US7544527B2Method and apparatus for providing optoelectronic communication with an electronic deviceIBM·Filed 2006·Granted Jun 9, 2009·12 cites·3 claims
- 1880US9722863B2Isolating the sources of faults/potential faults within computing networksIBM·Filed 2015·Granted Aug 1, 2017·3 cites·17 claims
- 1974US7724733B2Interconnecting network for switching data packets and method for switching data packetsIBM·Filed 2005·Granted May 25, 2010·6 cites·17 claims
- 2073US6337852B1Flow control system using control information of a message for initiating retransmission of data portion when buffer is availableIBM·Filed 1997·Granted Jan 8, 2002·47 cites·17 claims
- 2171US10128590B2Pluggable LGA socket for high density interconnectsIBM·Filed 2015·Granted Nov 13, 2018·2 cites·10 claims
- 2271US10104810B2Coupling assemblies for connecting fluid-carrying componentsIBM·Filed 2015·Granted Oct 16, 2018·1 cites·13 claims
- 2371US9231387B2System for inserting and removing cablesIBM·Filed 2013·Granted Jan 5, 2016·2 cites·3 claims
- 2470US8370447B2Providing a memory region or memory window access notification on a system area networkIBM·Filed 2012·Granted Feb 5, 2013·2 cites·16 claims
- 2570US7084496B2Method and apparatus for providing optoelectronic communication with an electronic deviceIBM·Filed 2004·Granted Aug 1, 2006·14 cites·18 claims
- 2669US9599784B2Modular optical backplane and enclosureIBM·Filed 2013·Granted Mar 21, 2017·2 cites·8 claims
- 2768US8949569B2Enhanced direct memory accessBENNER ALAN FREDERIC·Filed 2008·Granted Feb 3, 2015·6 cites·20 claims
- 2867US8981961B2Validation of mechanical connectionsIBM·Filed 2013·Granted Mar 17, 2015·4 cites·13 claims
- 2967US7848341B2Switching arrangement and method with separated output buffersIBM·Filed 2002·Granted Dec 7, 2010·10 cites·13 claims
- 3067US5951706AMethod of independent simultaneous queueing of message descriptorsIBM·Filed 1997·Granted Sep 14, 1999·48 cites·15 claims
- 3163US10897835B2Coupling assemblies for connecting fluid-carrying componentsIBM·Filed 2018·Granted Jan 19, 2021·0 cites·7 claims
- 3263US10897834B2Coupling assemblies for connecting fluid-carrying componentsIBM·Filed 2018·Granted Jan 19, 2021·0 cites·6 claims
- 3362US10148356B2Data transfer over bi-directional links leveraging counter-propagating back channel for low-latency responsesIBM·Filed 2016·Granted Dec 4, 2018·1 cites·13 claims
- 3462US9947204B2Validation of mechanical connectionsIBM·Filed 2014·Granted Apr 17, 2018·0 cites·6 claims
- 3562US8644327B2Switching arrangement and method with separated output buffersBENNER ALAN·Filed 2010·Granted Feb 4, 2014·2 cites·18 claims
- 3662US7475177B2Time and frequency distribution for bufferless crossbar switch systemsIBM·Filed 2005·Granted Jan 6, 2009·2 cites·15 claims
- 3761US9577361B2Pluggable LGA socket for high density interconnectsIBM·Filed 2014·Granted Feb 21, 2017·2 cites·8 claims
- 3861US5961659AIndependent simultaneous queueing of message descriptorsIBM·Filed 1997·Granted Oct 5, 1999·43 cites·15 claims
- 3960US9311385B2Indicating level of confidence in digital contentIBM·Filed 2014·Granted Apr 12, 2016·0 cites·13 claims
- 4060US9002201B2Apparatus for testing an optical networkIBM·Filed 2013·Granted Apr 7, 2015·1 cites·16 claims
- 4158US8194638B2Dual network types solution for computer interconnectsBENNER ALAN·Filed 2006·Granted Jun 5, 2012·1 cites·22 claims
- 4258US7720105B2Method and arrangement for local synchronization in master-slave distributed communication systemsIBM·Filed 2003·Granted May 18, 2010·6 cites·7 claims
- 4358US7359318B2Method and systems for ordered dynamic distribution of packet flows over network processing meansIBM·Filed 2003·Granted Apr 15, 2008·5 cites·10 claims
- 4458US5931915AMethod for processing early arrival messages within a multinode asynchronous data communications systemIBM·Filed 1997·Granted Aug 3, 1999·24 cites·19 claims
- 4557US9252574B2Method for inserting and removing cablesIBM·Filed 2014·Granted Feb 2, 2016·0 cites·6 claims
- 4654US10484125B2Multichannel optical transceiver for matching data traffic classes to channel numbersIBM·Filed 2018·Granted Nov 19, 2019·0 cites·20 claims
- 4754US9256661B2Indicating level of confidence in digital contentIBM·Filed 2013·Granted Feb 9, 2016·0 cites·5 claims
- 4854US2008069109A1System for delay optimization for scheduling in bufferless crossbar switchesIBM·Filed 2007·Application pending·0 cites
- 4954US2008089322A1Storage medium for delay optimization for scheduling in bufferless crossbar switchesIBM·Filed 2007·Application pending·0 cites
- 5053US11146003B2Pluggable LGA socket for high density interconnectsIBM·Filed 2018·Granted Oct 12, 2021·0 cites·18 claims
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