Patents by Inventor Mark Karrs

Mark Karrs has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11947968
    Abstract: A system and method for efficient use of zones in a storage system. The method includes: building a frontier set comprising one or more zones of one or more storage devices for writing to; writing data to at least one zone of the one or more zones included in the frontier set; and during a bootup sequence: accessing a frontier set list to identify the one or more zones in the frontier set; and scanning the one or more zones to identify the at least one zone that data was written to.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: PURE STORAGE, INC.
    Inventors: Ronald Karr, Mark McAuliffe
  • Patent number: 11947795
    Abstract: A storage system and related method are for operating solid-state storage memory in a storage system. Zones of solid-state storage memory are provided. Each zone includes a portion of the solid-state storage memory. The zone has a data write requirement for the zone for reliability of data reads. The storage system adjusts power loss protection for at least one zone. The adjusting is based on the data write requirement for the zone and responsive to detecting a power loss.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: PURE STORAGE, INC.
    Inventors: Andrew R. Bernat, Brandon Davis, Mark L. McAuliffe, Zoltan DeWitt, Benjamin Scholbrock, Phillip Hord, Ronald Karr
  • Patent number: 11921567
    Abstract: Temporarily limiting access to a storage device, including: determining that a storage device of a plurality of storage devices in a storage system is operating outside of a defined performance range; determining that the storage device operating outside of the defined performance range may be caused by a rehabilitative action performed on the storage device; and modifying a storage operation issuance policy for one or more storage devices of the plurality of storage devices until a determination that the storage device is operating within the defined performance range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: PURE STORAGE, INC.
    Inventors: Andrew Bernat, Anthony Niven, Mark Fay, Pushkar Mahesh Shirali, Ronald Karr
  • Patent number: 7572414
    Abstract: A system for catalytically treating a gas stream includes a gas phase reactor containing a catalyst for the treatment of the gas stream in at least one catalyst bed having an upstream end and a downstream end, an axial fan positioned upstream of the at least one catalyst bed and having an impeller for moving the gas stream through the gas phase reactor. The gas flow is modified between the impeller and the gas phase reactor to decrease gas stream velocity and increase gas flow uniformity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2009
    Assignee: Lummus Technology Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Karrs, John V. Albano
  • Publication number: 20080081010
    Abstract: A system for catalytically treating a gas stream includes a gas phase reactor containing a catalyst for the treatment of the gas stream in at least one catalyst bed having an upstream end and a downstream end, an axial fan positioned upstream of the at least one catalyst bed and having an impeller for moving the gas stream through the gas phase reactor. The gas flow is modified between the impeller and the gas phase reactor to decrease gas stream velocity and increase gas flow uniformity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2007
    Publication date: April 3, 2008
    Inventors: Mark Karrs, John Albano
  • Publication number: 20030072693
    Abstract: A system for catalytically treating a gas stream includes a gas phase reactor containing a catalyst for the treatment of the gas stream in at least one catalyst bed having an upstream end and a downstream end, an axial fan positioned upstream of the at least one catalyst bed and having an impeller for moving the gas stream through the gas phase reactor. The gas flow is modified between the impeller and the gas phase reactor to decrease gas stream velocity and increase gas flow uniformity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2001
    Publication date: April 17, 2003
    Inventors: Mark Karrs, John V. Albano