Patents by Inventor Richard Alan Luif

Richard Alan Luif 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).

  • Method for integrating a module into a storage library
    Patent number: 5850569
    Abstract: A method for modifying an information storage library. The invention includes a method for testing a new library storage module (LSM) to be added or included in the library. The method uses a portable simulated Library Management Unit (LMU) to test the new LSM prior to its incorporation into the library. Prior testing reduces down time of an existing information storage library when a new LSM is added.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 15, 1998
    Assignee: Storage Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Richard Alan Luif, Timothy Alan Shafer