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San Jose, CA, United States of America

Brocade Communications Systems, Inc.


USPTO Granted Patents = 498

% Expired Patents = 38.2


Trademarks = 33

Forward Citations = 6,346

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501 inventors (with patents filed for the assignee):

goldMedal Suresh Vobbilisetty (37 out of 51 patents)

silverMedal Sathish Kumar Gnanasekaran (35 out of 40 patents)

bronzeMedal Phanidhar Koganti (34 out of 47 patents)

4.  Richard L Hammons (33 out of 37 patents)

5.  Shunjia Yu (19 out of 29 patents)

6.  Kung-Ling Ko (18 out of 24 patents)

7.  David C Banks (18 out of 21 patents)

8.  Vineet M Abraham (17 out of 19 patents)

9.  Mythilikanth Raman (17 out of 24 patents)

10.  Badrinath Kollu (16 out of 22 patents)

11.  Dennis Hideo Makishima (16 out of 19 patents)

12.  John Michael Terry (14 out of 16 patents)

13.  Vardarajan Venkatesh (13 out of 17 patents)

14.  Mani Kancherla (12 out of 43 patents)

15.  Balakumar N Kaushik (12 out of 16 patents)


Core Competencies:
Virtualization
Fabric Switches
Link Aggregation
Network Scalability
Load Balancing
Multicast Traffic
Ethernet Fabric
Path Diagnostics
Switch Management
Network Optimization
SDN Networks
Resource Provisioning

498 patents:

1. 10341211 - Command response and completion determination (2019-07-02),
2. 10210113 - SAN fabric online path diagnostics (2019-02-19),
3. 10187269 - Minimized display of monitored events with live severity level and count indications (2019-01-22),
4. 10153989 - 128 gigabit fibre channel physical architecture (2018-12-11),
5. 10148454 - 128 gigabit fibre channel speed negotiation (2018-12-04),
6. 10075394 - Virtual link aggregations across multiple fabric switches (2018-09-11),
7. 10067779 - Method and apparatus for providing virtual machine information to a network interface (2018-09-04),
8. 10063473 - Method and system for facilitating switch virtualization in a network of interconnected switches (2018-08-28),
9. 10044568 - Network extension groups of global VLANs in a fabric switch (2018-08-07),
10. 10038627 - Selective rule management based on traffic visibility in a tunnel (2018-07-31),
11. 10038592 - Identifier assignment to a new switch in a switch group (2018-07-31),
12. 10025634 - Transparent high availability for stateful services (2018-07-17),
13. 10015900 - Compact flash retainer (2018-07-03),
14. 10015113 - Techniques to restore multicast data plane from persistent storage (2018-07-03),
15. 10003552 - Distributed bidirectional forwarding detection protocol (D-BFD) for cluster of interconnected switches (2018-06-19),
Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. is a prominent player in the field of network virtualization, headquartered in San Jose, California. The company specializes in developing advanced networking solutions that enhance data center efficiency and scalability. Its core technologies include virtualization, fabric switches, and link aggregation, which facilitate seamless network management and optimization. Brocade's innovations support load balancing, multicast traffic handling, and path diagnostics, making it a key contributor to modern networking infrastructures.
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USPTO Data Jan 1 1976 - Sep 29 2026

Brocade Communications Systems, Inc.
498 Patents

#37 in San Jose, CA

#214 in California

#975 in US

#1,941 in the World

San Jose, CA (US)
San Jose, CA, United States of America

Brocade Communications Systems, Inc.

Forward Citations = 6,346

501 inventors:

goldMedal Suresh Vobbilisetty (37 out of 51 patents)

silverMedal Sathish Kumar Gnanasekaran (35 out of 40 patents)

bronzeMedal Phanidhar Koganti (34 out of 47 patents)

4.  Richard L Hammons (33 out of 37 patents)

5.  Shunjia Yu (19 out of 29 patents)

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