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3Ware, Inc.

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USPTO Granted Patents = 18

% Expired Patents = 22.2

Forward Citations = 708

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13 inventors (with patents filed for the assignee):

James Arthur McDonald (12 out of 13 patents)

Robert W Horst (10 out of 86 patents)

John Peter Herz (7 out of 7 patents)

4. William Edward Smith, Iii (6 out of 6 patents)

5. Mitchell Allen Altman (6 out of 17 patents)

6. William Alessi (4 out of 6 patents)

7. Rod S Thompson (4 out of 7 patents)

8. Christophe Therene (3 out of 20 patents)

9. Bryan T Silbermann (3 out of 5 patents)

10. Richard J Biskup (2 out of 43 patents)

11. Robert B Curtis (2 out of 3 patents)

12. Brian Davis (1 out of 2 patents)

13. Ronald J Schoenbaum (1 out of 7 patents)

18 patents: Sort by Forward Citations

1. 6965956 - Disk array controller and system with automated detection and control of both ATA and SCSI disk drives (2005-11-15),

2. 6924780 - Spatial display of disk drive activity data (2005-08-02),

3. 6751757 - Disk drive data protection using clusters containing error detection sectors (2004-06-15),

4. 6650533 - Pluggable drive carrier assembly (2003-11-18),

5. 6591339 - Methods and systems for selecting block sizes for use with disk arrays (2003-07-08),

6. 6591338 - Methods and systems for mirrored disk arrays (2003-07-08),

7. 6567892 - Use of activity bins to increase the performance of disk arrays (2003-05-20),

8. 6549981 - Disk array system with controllers that automate host side of ATA interface (2003-04-15),

9. 6549977 - Use of deferred write completion interrupts to increase the performance of disk operations (2003-04-15),

10. 6496900 - Disk array system, controller, and method for verifying command data written to disk drives (2002-12-17),

11. 6487633 - Methods and systems for accessing disks using forward and reverse seeks (2002-11-26),

12. 6484235 - Methods and systems for dynamically distributing disk array data accesses (2002-11-19),

13. 6424523 - Pluggable drive carrier assembly (2002-07-23),

14. 6421760 - Disk array controller, and components thereof, for use with ATA disk drives (2002-07-16),

15. 6301625 - System and method for processing and tracking the completion of I/O requests in a disk array system (2001-10-09),

Company Overview

3Ware, Inc. is a technology company based in Sunnyvale, California, specializing in storage solutions and data management systems. The company is known for its innovative RAID (Redundant Array of Independent Disks) controllers and storage products that enhance data integrity and performance for various applications. With a focus on high-performance computing and enterprise storage, 3Ware serves a diverse range of industries, providing reliable solutions that cater to the evolving needs of data storage and management.

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USPTO Data Jan 1 1976 - Oct 27 2026

18 Patents

#203 in Sunnyvale, CA

#4,295 in California

#17,980 in US

#34,263 in the World

Sunnyvale, CA, United States of America

3Ware, Inc.

Forward Citations = 708

13 inventors:

James Arthur McDonald (12 out of 13 patents)

Robert W Horst (10 out of 86 patents)

John Peter Herz (7 out of 7 patents)

4. William Edward Smith, Iii (6 out of 6 patents)

5. Mitchell Allen Altman (6 out of 17 patents)

IDiyas Innovation Intelligence. (2026). Company Patent Portfolio: 3Ware, Inc.. Retrieved from https://idiyas.com/company/3ware

Data source: USPTO (United States Patent and Trademark Office) public patent records. Weekly synchronization. How IDiyas builds this profile

Data Sources: USPTO Patent Grant XML, Patent Center, EPO & CIPO • Normalized by IDiyas Innovation Graph. Methodology & provenance architecturePlease report any incorrect information to [email protected]

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