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San Jose, CA, United States of America

Nimble Storage, Inc.

USPTO Granted Patents = 36

Trademarks = 3

Forward Citations = 658

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29 inventors (with patents filed for the assignee):

Umesh Maheshwari (21 out of 75 patents)

Varun Mehta (9 out of 11 patents)

Tomasz Barszczak (4 out of 18 patents)

4. Murali Krishna Vishnumolakala (4 out of 10 patents)

5. Anil Nanduri (4 out of 12 patents)

6. Senthil Kumar Ramamoorthy (4 out of 8 patents)

7. Vikas Gupta (4 out of 15 patents)

8. Vanco Buca (3 out of 9 patents)

9. Chunqi Han (3 out of 5 patents)

10. Juhsun Wang (3 out of 5 patents)

11. Gaurav Ranganathan (3 out of 4 patents)

12. Bob Fozard (3 out of 4 patents)

13. Raja Shekar Chelur (3 out of 3 patents)

14. Gurunatha Karaje (2 out of 14 patents)

15. Pradeep Shetty (2 out of 5 patents)

Core Competencies:

Flash Cache

Snapshot Management

Data Caching

Latency Reduction

Solid State Drives

I/O Scheduling

Garbage Collection

Virtual Machine Snapshots

Network Storage

Data Migration

NVRAM

Data Redundancy

36 patents: Sort by Forward Citations

1. 9697133 - Methods and systems for erasing a segment from a flash cache (2017-07-04),

2. 9684467 - Management of pinned storage in flash based on flash-to-disk capacity ratio (2017-06-20),

3. 9665497 - Methods and systems for performing a copy forward operation (2017-05-30),

4. 9665495 - Methods and systems for throttling writes to a caching device in response to read misses (2017-05-30),

5. 9665440 - Methods and systems for removing virtual machine snapshots (2017-05-30),

6. 9619164 - Cluster solid state drives (2017-04-11),

7. 9600337 - Congestion avoidance in network storage device using dynamic weights (2017-03-21),

8. 9594614 - Methods for transitioning control between two controllers of a storage system (2017-03-14),

9. 9588919 - Methods and systems for I/O cancellation (2017-03-07),

10. 9563509 - Methods and systems for storing data in a redundant manner on a plurality of storage units of a storage system (2017-02-07),

11. 9563378 - Methods and systems for managing the scheduling of snapshots on a storage array (2017-02-07),

12. 9501417 - Methods and systems for caching data in a storage system based on user input (2016-11-22),

13. 9489141 - Efficient scheduling of Input/Output requests to reduce latency and maximize throughput in a flash storage device (2016-11-08),

14. 9483187 - Quality of service implementation in a networked storage system with hierarchical schedulers (2016-11-01),

15. 9442937 - Methods and systems for creating and removing virtual machine snapshots based on groups of metrics (2016-09-13),

Company Overview

Nimble Storage, Inc. specializes in data storage solutions, focusing on providing innovative storage systems that enhance data management and accessibility for businesses. The company is known for its adaptive flash storage technology, which combines the performance of flash with the capacity of traditional disk storage, enabling efficient data handling and improved operational efficiency. Headquartered in San Jose, California, Nimble Storage serves a diverse range of industries, helping organizations optimize their IT infrastructure and support their digital transformation initiatives.

Profile summary synthesized from public USPTO records and patent filings.

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USPTO Data Jan 1 1976 - Oct 6 2026

36 Patents

#233 in San Jose, CA

#2,245 in California

#9,502 in US

#18,716 in the World

San Jose, CA, United States of America

Nimble Storage, Inc.

Forward Citations = 658

29 inventors:

Umesh Maheshwari (21 out of 75 patents)

Varun Mehta (9 out of 11 patents)

Tomasz Barszczak (4 out of 18 patents)

4. Murali Krishna Vishnumolakala (4 out of 10 patents)

5. Anil Nanduri (4 out of 12 patents)

IDiyas Innovation Intelligence. (2026). Company Patent Portfolio: Nimble Storage, Inc.. Retrieved from https://idiyas.com/company/nimble-storage

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