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Sunnyvale, CA, United States of America

Network Appliance, Inc.

USPTO Granted Patents = 540

% Expired Patents = 13.0



Trademarks = 16

Forward Citations = 26,092

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452 inventors (with patents filed for the assignee):

goldMedal Steven Robert Kleiman (35 out of 69 patents)

silverMedal John K Edwards (33 out of 73 patents)

bronzeMedal Robert M English (29 out of 68 patents)

4.  Peter Frank Corbett (24 out of 80 patents)

5.  David Hitz (22 out of 29 patents)

6.  Robert L Fair (20 out of 67 patents)

7.  Stephen Lee Manley (20 out of 49 patents)

8.  Scott A Schoenthal (18 out of 29 patents)

9.  Alan Rowe (17 out of 47 patents)

10.  Eric C Hamilton (17 out of 33 patents)

11.  Srinivasan Viswanathan (16 out of 32 patents)

12.  Mark Muhlestein (16 out of 27 patents)

13.  Abhijeet Prakash Gole (16 out of 66 patents)

14.  Atul Goel (15 out of 50 patents)

15.  Joydeep Sen Sarma (15 out of 26 patents)


Core Competencies:
Data Storage
RAID Optimization
Storage Provisioning
Data Integrity
File System
Cache Memory
Access Control
Snapshot Management
Storage Resiliency
Memory Management
Volume Management
Data Migration

540 patents:

1. 8620970 - Methods and apparatus for changing versions of a filesystem (2013-12-31),
2. 8458138 - Dynamic discovery of storage resource topology (2013-06-04),
3. 8453036 - System and method for dynamically resizing a parity declustered group (2013-05-28),
4. 8452921 - Provisioning a pass-through disk in a virtualized computing environment (2013-05-28),
5. 8429514 - Dynamic load balancing of distributed parity in a RAID array (2013-04-23),
6. 8429360 - Method and system for efficient migration of a storage object between storage servers based on an ancestry of the storage object in a network storage system (2013-04-23),
7. 8402514 - Hierarchy-aware role-based access control (2013-03-19),
8. 8387127 - Storage security appliance with out-of-band management capabilities (2013-02-26),
9. 8386834 - Raid storage configuration for cached data storage (2013-02-26),
10. 8370401 - Merging containers in a multi-container system (2013-02-05),
11. 8364985 - Buffer-caches for caching encrypted data via copy-on-encrypt (2013-01-29),
12. 8364920 - System and method for transferring and backing up luns and lun clones on primary and secondary servers (2013-01-29),
13. 8364644 - Exclusion of data from a persistent point-in-time image (2013-01-29),
14. 8359430 - Techniques for efficient mass storage layout optimization (2013-01-22),
15. 8359334 - Allocating files in a file system integrated with a RAID disk sub-system (2013-01-22),
Company Overview
Network Appliance, Inc., based in Sunnyvale, California, specializes in data storage management solutions. The company focuses on optimizing data storage through advanced technologies such as RAID optimization, storage provisioning, and ensuring data integrity. Their expertise extends to file systems, cache memory, access control, and snapshot management, providing robust solutions for enterprises seeking efficient and reliable data handling. Network Appliance is recognized for its commitment to innovation in the data storage sector, catering to a diverse range of industries.
Profile summary synthesized from public USPTO records and patent filings.

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540 Patents

#11 in Sunnyvale, CA

#202 in California

#908 in US

#1,805 in the World

Sunnyvale, CA (US)
Sunnyvale, CA, United States of America

Network Appliance, Inc.

Forward Citations = 26,092

452 inventors:

goldMedal Steven Robert Kleiman (35 out of 69 patents)

silverMedal John K Edwards (33 out of 73 patents)

bronzeMedal Robert M English (29 out of 68 patents)

4.  Peter Frank Corbett (24 out of 80 patents)

5.  David Hitz (22 out of 29 patents)

IDiyas Innovation Intelligence. (2026). Company Patent Portfolio: Network Appliance, Inc.. Retrieved from https://idiyas.com/company/network-appliance

Data source: USPTO (United States Patent and Trademark Office) public patent records. Weekly synchronization. How IDiyas builds this profile

Data Sources: USPTO Patent Grant XML, Patent Center, EPO & CIPO • Normalized by IDiyas Innovation Graph. Methodology & provenance architecturePlease report any incorrect information to [email protected]
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