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NETWORK APPLIANCE INC

Overview
  • Total Patents
    827
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NETWORK APPLIANCE INC has a total of 827 patent applications. Its first patent ever was published in 1994. 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 computer technology, machines and digital networks are INPRISE CORP, SPINNAKER NETWORKS INC and SYMANTEC OPERATING CORP.

Patent filings per year

Chart showing NETWORK APPLIANCE INCs patent filings per year from 1900 to 2020

Top inventors

# Name Total Patents
#1 Kleiman Steven R 68
#2 English Robert M 61
#3 Hitz David 50
#4 Corbett Peter F 45
#5 Edwards John K 38
#6 Rajan Vijayan 31
#7 Fair Robert L 30
#8 Muhlestein Mark 29
#9 Lau James 27
#10 Rakitzis Byron 27

Latest patents

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US8386834B1 Raid storage configuration for cached data storage
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WO2008153821A1 System and method for accelerating anchor point detection
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US7725603B1 Automatic network cluster path management
US7958304B1 Dynamically adapting the fault tolerance and performance characteristics of a raid-based storage system by merging and splitting raid groups
US2009271485A1 Load balanced storage provisioning
US7818408B1 Automated virtual interface failover in a mass storage cluster
US8049980B1 Partial disk failures and improved storage resiliency
US7921328B1 Checkpoint consolidation for multiple data streams
EP2153332A1 A system and method for efficient updates of sequential block storage
WO2008121284A1 System and method for improving cluster performance
WO2008118345A1 System and method for signature based data container recognition