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CIENA CORP

Overview
  • Total Patents
    1,590
  • GoodIP Patent Rank
    2,330
  • Filing trend
    ⇧ 51.0%
About

CIENA CORP has a total of 1,590 patent applications. It increased the IP activity by 51.0%. Its first patent ever was published in 1993. It filed its patents most often in United States, EPO (European Patent Office) and WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organization). Its main competitors in its focus markets telecommunications, digital networks and optics are MARCONI COMM SPA, TELLABS PETALUMA INC and TROPIC NETWORKS INC.

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Patent filings per year

Chart showing CIENA CORPs patent filings per year from 1900 to 2020

Top inventors

# Name Total Patents
#1 Frankel Michael Y 74
#2 Mizrahi Victor 71
#3 Archambault Jean-Luc 54
#4 Gareau Sebastien 53
#5 Ben-Hamida Naim 40
#6 Al Sayeed Choudhury A 39
#7 Sridhar Balakrishnan 38
#8 Roberts Kim B 38
#9 Oveis Gharan Shahab 36
#10 Alexander Stephen B 36

Latest patents

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US10848164B1 Apparatus and methods for digital fractional phase locked loop with a current mode low pass filter
US10826641B1 Swapping bundles of optical channels in a C+L band system based on frequency band sensitivity
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