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Palo Alto, CA, United States of America

Farzad Ghannadian

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This inventor holds 19 USPTO granted patents and 4 published patent applications, primarily in Network Virtualization. Top assignees: Vmware, Inc., Nicira, Inc.. Active years: 2017-2025.

IDiyas Innovation Intelligence. (2026). Inventor Profile: Farzad Ghannadian. Retrieved from https://idiyas.com/inventor/farzad-ghannadian

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

USPTO Granted Patents = 19 

% Patents Active = 84.2

Average Co-Inventor Count = 4.9

ph-index = 8

Forward Citations = 181(Granted Patents)


Location History:

  • Palo Alto, CA (US) (2017 - 2023)
  • Burlingame, CA (US) (2021 - 2024)

Company Filing History:

goldMedal16 out of 5,603 
 
Vmware, Inc.
 patents
silverMedal3 out of 1,029 
 
Nicira, Inc.
 patents

Years Active: 2017-2025

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Areas of Expertise:
Multi-Tenant Infrastructure
Security Policies
Application Deployment
Network Traffic
Graph Embeddings
Identity-Based Access Control
Context Aware Services
Policy Enforcement
Cloud Applications
Distributed Applications
Service Labeling
Recommendation Generation
19 patents (USPTO):Explore Patents
1. 12197971 - Template driven approach to deploy a multi-segmented application in an SDDC (2025-01-14),
2. 12107722 - Sharing network manager between multiple tenants (2024-10-01),
3. 11921610 - Correlation key used to correlate flow and context data (2024-03-05),
4. 11765174 - Identity-based access control for cloud applications (2023-09-19),
5. 11693688 - Recommendation generation based on selection of selectable elements of visual representation (2023-07-04),
6. 11659026 - Service labeling using semi-supervised learning (2023-05-23),
7. 11349876 - Security policy recommendation generation (2022-05-31),
8. 11343283 - Multi-tenant network virtualization infrastructure (2022-05-24),
9. 11340931 - Recommendation generation based on selection of selectable elements of visual representation (2022-05-24),
10. 11321213 - Correlation key used to correlate flow and con text data (2022-05-03),
11. 11296960 - Monitoring distributed applications (2022-04-05),
12. 11252061 - Distributed computation of graph embeddings for network traffic in virtual networks (2022-02-15),
13. 11184327 - Context aware middlebox services at datacenter edges (2021-11-23),
14. 11146592 - Enforcing universal security policies across data centers (2021-10-12),
15. 11086700 - Template driven approach to deploy a multi-segmented application in an SDDC (2021-08-10),

Title: **Innovative Mind: Farzad Ghannadian**

Introduction

Farzad Ghannadian is an influential inventor based in Palo Alto, California. With an impressive portfolio of 19 patents, he has made significant contributions to the field of technology, particularly in software-defined data centers and network management.

Latest Patents

Among his latest patents, one highlights a template-driven approach to deploying a multi-segmented application in a Software-Defined Data Center (SDDC). This invention offers a simplified mechanism that uses application-based manifests to define or modify application segments and manage communication profiles between these segments. These manifests are designed to help administrators express their intent effectively during deployment, allowing for fine-grained management of micro-segmentation rules based on endpoint and network attributes.

Another notable patent involves sharing a network manager among multiple tenants. It provides a method for configuring shared API processing services in a container cluster, implementing a network policy manager for various tenants. This innovation enhances efficiency by ensuring that configuration requests are balanced across multiple processing services, maintaining smooth operation without delays from one tenant affecting another.

Career Highlights

Farzad has spent a considerable part of his career at notable companies, including VMware Inc. and Nicira Inc. His work at these organizations has been instrumental in advancing the capabilities of network infrastructure and application deployment methodologies.

Collaborations

Throughout his career, Farzad has collaborated with talented professionals such as Arnold Poon and Sirisha Myneni. These collaborations have contributed to innovative solutions and further advancements in his fields of expertise.

Conclusion

Farzad Ghannadian exemplifies the spirit of innovation through his patents and collaborations in the tech industry. His work continues to shape the landscape of software-defined networks and application management, marking him as a significant figure in the realm of technology.

Profile summary based on public USPTO records.
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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