Cupertino, CA, United States of America

Carlos G Maltzahn

This inventor holds 1 USPTO granted patent. Top assignee: Network Appliance, Inc.. Active years: 2007.

IDiyas Innovation Intelligence. (2026). Inventor Profile: Carlos G Maltzahn. Retrieved from https://idiyas.com/inventor/carlos-g-maltzahn

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% Patents Active = 100.0

Average Co-Inventor Count = 4.0

ph-index = 1

Forward Citations = 22(Granted Patents)


Company Filing History:


Years Active: 2007

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1 patent (USPTO):Explore Patents

Title: Carlos G. Maltzahn and Network Caching Innovation.

Introduction

Carlos G. Maltzahn is an inventor associated with Cupertino, California, and Network Appliance, Inc. His patent work addresses ways to improve the efficiency of network caching systems.

Latest Patents

Maltzahn is credited with 1 patent: “Method and Apparatus to Improve Buffer Cache Hit Rate.” The invention describes a network caching device with primary and secondary storage. It creates metafile entries containing metadata for logical groupings of related cached objects, then uses those entries to reduce secondary-storage accesses when responding to object requests.

Career Highlights

Maltzahn’s documented patent contribution focuses on improving buffer-cache performance through metadata-based organization. The patent identifies a method for reducing reliance on secondary storage while serving requests for cached objects.

Collaborations

The provided information lists Raghu Mallena and J. Eric Mowat as Maltzahn’s coworkers. Their names are associated with his professional context, though the supplied details do not specify their roles in the patent.

Conclusion

Carlos G. Maltzahn’s patent describes a practical approach to improving network-cache efficiency by organizing object metadata to reduce secondary-storage accesses.

Profile summary based on public USPTO records.
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