Jordi Mola

This inventor holds 123 USPTO granted patents and 14 published patent applications, plus 2 CIPO patents and 42 EPO patents, primarily in Execution Tracing (CPC class G06F11-3636). Top assignees: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Jens C. Jenkins, Workman Nydegger. Active years: 2010-2026. Education: Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (Spain).

IDiyas Innovation Intelligence. (2026). Inventor Profile: Jordi Mola. Retrieved from https://idiyas.com/inventor/jordi-mola

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Graduated from:

Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (Spain)

USPTO Granted Patents = 123 (Patent Applications = 14)

% Patents Active = 91.1

CIPO Patents = 2 (Patent Applications = 7)

EPO Patents = 42 (Patent Applications = 61)

Average Co-Inventor Count = 1.4

ph-index = 11

Forward Citations = 369(Granted Patents)

Forward Citations (Not Self Cited) = 127(Dec 10, 2025)

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Location History:

Sammamish, WA (US) (2019)
Redmond, WA (US) (2010 - 2020)
Bellevue, WA (US) (2018 - 2024)

Company Filing History:

120 out of 56,215

Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

4. 1 out of 834,453

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patents

Years Active: 2010-2026

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Areas of Expertise:

Execution Tracing

Cache Line Logging

Memory Address Compression

Time-Travel Debugging

Processor Support

Data Flow Analysis

Memory Page Markings

Trace Recording

Coprocessor Logging

Automated Root Cause

Cross-Thread Memory Indexing

Cache Coherency Protocol

123 patents (USPTO):Sort by Forward CitationsExplore Patents

1. 12619518 - Automated root cause identification using data flow analysis of plural execution traces (2026-05-05),

2. 12596631 - Diffing prior executions of an executable program (2026-04-07),

3. 12596630 - Processor support for using memory page markings as logging cues to simultaneously record plural execution contexts into independent execution traces (2026-04-07),

4. 12475055 - Processor support for using cache way-locking to simultaneously record plural execution contexts into independent execution traces (2025-11-18),

5. 12411774 - Treating main memory as a collection of tagged cache lines for trace logging (2025-09-09),

6. 12373330 - Physical memory address omission or obfuscation within an execution trace (2025-07-29),

7. 12332809 - Logging cache line lifetime hints when recording bit-accurate trace (2025-06-17),

8. 12306757 - Recording a cache coherency protocol trace for use with a separate memory value trace (2025-05-20),

9. 12277069 - Memory address compression within an execution trace (2025-04-14),

10. 12242383 - Recording a memory value trace for use with a separate cache coherency protocol trace (2025-03-04),

11. 12164414 - Cross-thread memory indexing in time-travel debugging traces (2024-12-10),

12. 12164413 - Memory page markings as logging cues for processor-based execution tracing (2024-12-10),

13. 12141301 - Using entropy to prevent inclusion of payload data in code execution log data (2024-11-12),

14. 12093165 - Automated root cause identification using data flow analysis of plural execution traces (2024-09-17),

15. 12079105 - Cache-based tracing for time travel debugging and analysis (2024-09-03),

Jordi Mola is a Bellevue, Washington–based software engineer whose pioneering patent portfolio tackles one of systems engineering’s hardest challenges: capturing program execution in exact detail so developers can record, replay, and dissect runtime behavior.

Technical Innovations & Patent Portfolio

Mola’s intellectual property centers on execution tracing and advanced record/replay debugging architectures, featuring key innovations in:

Cache-Based Trace Logging: High-efficiency recording mechanisms directly leveraging processor cache.
Address Compression & Obfuscation: Optimizing trace file size while securing sensitive memory layout details.
Multi-Context Trace Capture: Hardware- and cache-assisted recording of concurrent execution contexts into independent traces.
Trace Analytics: Differential execution analysis and automated root-cause detection powered by data-flow analysis.

Reflecting a tight, focused development approach, nearly all of his patents are assigned to Microsoft Technology Licensing, with an average co-inventor count of just 1.3.

Career Milestones

Meta (2021–Present): Software Engineer focusing on applied AI within legal and compliance domains. Notably co-first authored a 2026 KDD paper on hallucination mitigation in large models.
Microsoft (2000–2021): Over a 21-year tenure culminating as Partner Software Architect, Mola led the initiative that transformed record/replay research into Time Travel Debugging (TTD)—now a flagship feature in WinDbg. He presented this breakthrough engineering work at CppCon 2017.