NetApp Inc. Patent Application Trends in 2024

NetApp Inc. patent applications in 2024

Top 10 Technology Areas

• G06F3/067 ({Distributed or networked storage systems, e.g. storage area networks [SAN], network attached storage [NAS]})
  • Count: 13 patents
  • Example: 20240231672. ON-DEMAND RESTORE OF A SNAPSHOT TO AN ON-DEMAND VOLUME ACCESSIBLE TO CLIENTS (NetApp Inc.)
• G06F3/0619 ({in relation to data integrity, e.g. data losses, bit errors})
  • Count: 11 patents
  • Example: 20240231672. ON-DEMAND RESTORE OF A SNAPSHOT TO AN ON-DEMAND VOLUME ACCESSIBLE TO CLIENTS (NetApp Inc.)
• G06F3/064 ({Management of blocks})
  • Count: 9 patents
  • Example: 20240126464. DATA MANAGEMENT ACROSS A PERSISTENT MEMORY TIER AND A FILE SYSTEM TIER (NetApp Inc.)
• G06F2201/84 (ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models)
  • Count: 8 patents
  • Example: 20240231672. ON-DEMAND RESTORE OF A SNAPSHOT TO AN ON-DEMAND VOLUME ACCESSIBLE TO CLIENTS (NetApp Inc.)
• G06F3/065 ({Replication mechanisms})
  • Count: 7 patents
  • Example: 20240231672. ON-DEMAND RESTORE OF A SNAPSHOT TO AN ON-DEMAND VOLUME ACCESSIBLE TO CLIENTS (NetApp Inc.)
• G06F11/1469 ({Backup restoration techniques})
  • Count: 7 patents
  • Example: 20240231672. ON-DEMAND RESTORE OF A SNAPSHOT TO AN ON-DEMAND VOLUME ACCESSIBLE TO CLIENTS (NetApp Inc.)
• G06F3/0659 ({Command handling arrangements, e.g. command buffers, queues, command scheduling})
  • Count: 7 patents
  • Example: 20240143210. JOURNAL REPLAY OPTIMIZATION (NetApp Inc.)
• G06F11/1464 ({for networked environments})
  • Count: 5 patents
  • Example: 20240134759. VIRTUAL MACHINE BACKUP FROM COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT TO STORAGE ENVIRONMENT (NetApp Inc.)
• G06F3/0665 ({at area level, e.g. provisioning of virtual or logical volumes})
  • Count: 4 patents
  • Example: 20240126464. DATA MANAGEMENT ACROSS A PERSISTENT MEMORY TIER AND A FILE SYSTEM TIER (NetApp Inc.)
• G06F3/0679 ({Non-volatile semiconductor memory device, e.g. flash memory, one time programmable memory [OTP]})
  • Count: 4 patents
  • Example: 20240126464. DATA MANAGEMENT ACROSS A PERSISTENT MEMORY TIER AND A FILE SYSTEM TIER (NetApp Inc.)

Emerging Technology Areas

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• G06F16/24553 ({of query operations})
  • Count: 1 patents
  • Example: 20240045848. KEY-VALUE STORE AND FILE SYSTEM INTEGRATION (NetApp Inc.)
• G06F16/248 (Presentation of query results)
  • Count: 1 patents
  • Example: 20240045848. KEY-VALUE STORE AND FILE SYSTEM INTEGRATION (NetApp Inc.)
• G06F16/217 ({Database tuning ()
  • Count: 1 patents
  • Example: 20240045848. KEY-VALUE STORE AND FILE SYSTEM INTEGRATION (NetApp Inc.)
• G06F9/5083 (Allocation of resources, e.g. of the central processing unit [CPU])
  • Count: 1 patents
  • Example: 20240220227. EXTERNAL DISTRIBUTED STORAGE LAYER UPGRADE (NetApp Inc.)
• G06F8/65 (Updates (security arrangements therefor)
  • Count: 1 patents
  • Example: 20240220227. EXTERNAL DISTRIBUTED STORAGE LAYER UPGRADE (NetApp Inc.)
• G06F2209/505 (ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models)
  • Count: 1 patents
  • Example: 20240364604. CONFIGURABLE QUALITY OF SERVICE PROVIDER PIPELINE (NetApp Inc.)
• G06F2209/503 (ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models)
  • Count: 1 patents
  • Example: 20240364604. CONFIGURABLE QUALITY OF SERVICE PROVIDER PIPELINE (NetApp Inc.)
• G06F2209/5011 (ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models)
  • Count: 1 patents
  • Example: 20240364604. CONFIGURABLE QUALITY OF SERVICE PROVIDER PIPELINE (NetApp Inc.)
• G06F2209/501 (ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models)
  • Count: 1 patents
  • Example: 20240364604. CONFIGURABLE QUALITY OF SERVICE PROVIDER PIPELINE (NetApp Inc.)
• G06F9/5072 (Allocation of resources, e.g. of the central processing unit [CPU])
  • Count: 1 patents
  • Example: 20240364604. CONFIGURABLE QUALITY OF SERVICE PROVIDER PIPELINE (NetApp Inc.)

Top Inventors

• Ananthan Subramanian of San Ramon CA (US) (11 patents)
• Roopesh Chuggani (6 patents)
• Sumith Makam (5 patents)
• Dnyaneshwar Nagorao Pawar (5 patents)
• Abdul Basit of Morrisville NC (US) (5 patents)
• Cheryl Marie Thompson of Sunnyvale CA (US) (5 patents)
• Matthew Fontaine Curtis-Maury of Apex NC (US) (4 patents)
• Tijin George of Sunnyvale CA (US) (4 patents)
• Christopher Lee Cason of Boulder CO (US) (4 patents)
• Jagavar Nehra (3 patents)

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Geographical Distribution of Inventors

Geographical Distribution of US Inventors