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Palo Alto, CA, United States of America

Nicira, Inc.

USPTO Granted Patents = 1,029

% Expired Patents = 3.5

EPO Patents = 92

Forward Citations = 16,696

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451 inventors (with patents filed for the assignee):

Teemu Koponen (191 out of 239 patents)

Pankaj Thakkar (146 out of 166 patents)

Ronghua Zhang (132 out of 150 patents)

4. Anirban Sengupta (109 out of 155 patents)

5. Jayant Jain (104 out of 199 patents)

6. Martin Casado (100 out of 110 patents)

7. Ganesan Chandrashekhar (93 out of 127 patents)

8. Donghai Han (67 out of 126 patents)

9. Jianjun Shen (66 out of 88 patents)

10. Anupam Chanda (58 out of 65 patents)

11. W Andrew Lambeth (58 out of 65 patents)

12. Hua Wang (55 out of 296 patents)

13. Xinhua Hong (52 out of 85 patents)

14. Uday Suresh Masurekar (51 out of 64 patents)

15. Vivek Agarwal (45 out of 100 patents)

Core Competencies:

Flow Hash

Encrypted Segments

Logical Router

LAN Security

Managed Switch

Firewall Rules

Virtual Private Network

Network Control

Dynamic Routing

Cloud Service

Packet Inspection

Service Chaining

1,029 patents: Sort by Forward Citations

1. 12231411 - Scaling gateway to gateway traffic using flow hash (2025-02-18),

2. 12218924 - Segmentation of encrypted segments in networks (2025-02-04),

3. 12218834 - Address resolution using multiple designated instances of a logical router (2025-02-04),

4. 12206706 - Infrastructure level LAN security (2025-01-21),

5. 12192123 - Datapath for multiple tenants (2025-01-07),

6. 12192103 - Intermediate logical interfaces in a virtual distributed router environment (2025-01-07),

7. 12184698 - Method and apparatus for distributing firewall rules (2024-12-31),

8. 12184546 - Encapsulating data packets using an adaptive tunnelling protocol (2024-12-31),

9. 12177078 - Managed switch architectures: software managed switches, hardware managed switches, and heterogeneous managed switches (2024-12-24),

10. 12166874 - Minimizing traffic drop when rekeying in a distributed security group (2024-12-10),

11. 12166681 - Enhanced management of communication rules over multiple computing networks (2024-12-10),

12. 12160408 - Method and system of establishing a virtual private network in a cloud service for branch networking (2024-12-03),

13. 12155628 - Firewall in a virtualized computing environment using physical network interface controller (PNIC) level firewall rules (2024-11-26),

14. 12141599 - Architecture of networks with middleboxes (2024-11-12),

15. 12111787 - Chassis controller (2024-10-08),

Nicira, Inc. is a software company that provides network virtualization solutions. They offer software-defined networking (SDN) platforms and solutions to enhance network management and improve network agility. Nicira's technology enables the network to be controlled and managed via software applications, allowing for scalability and flexibility. Their solutions are trusted by enterprises and service providers worldwide for efficient and secure network virtualization.

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USPTO Data Jan 1 1976 - Sep 22 2026

1,029 Patents

#5 in Palo Alto, CA

#122 in California

#500 in US

#993 in the World

Palo Alto, CA, United States of America

Nicira, Inc.

Forward Citations = 16,696

451 inventors:

Teemu Koponen (191 out of 239 patents)

Pankaj Thakkar (146 out of 166 patents)

Ronghua Zhang (132 out of 150 patents)

4. Anirban Sengupta (109 out of 155 patents)

5. Jayant Jain (104 out of 199 patents)

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