NetApp Inc. Patent Application Trends in 2024: Difference between revisions

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NetApp Inc. Patent Filing Activity

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)

Patent Categories

Geographical Distribution of Inventors

Geographical Distribution of US Inventors

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 == NetApp Inc. Patent Filing Activity ==
 == NetApp Inc. patent applications in 2024 ==
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 == Top 10 Technology Areas ==
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+[[File:NetApp Inc. Top Technology Areas 2024 - Up to November 2024.png|border|800px|NetApp Inc. Top Technology Areas 2024 - Up to November 2024]]
 * [[:Category:CPC_G06F3/067|G06F3/067]] ({Distributed or networked storage systems, e.g. storage area networks [SAN], network attached storage [NAS]})
-** Count: 12 patents
+** Count: 13 patents
-** Example: [[20240231672. ON-DEMAND RESTORE OF A SNAPSHOT TO AN ON-DEMAND VOLUME ACCESSIBLE TO CLIENTS simplified abstract (NetApp Inc.)]]
+** Example: [[20240231672. ON-DEMAND RESTORE OF A SNAPSHOT TO AN ON-DEMAND VOLUME ACCESSIBLE TO CLIENTS (NetApp Inc.)]]
 * [[:Category:CPC_G06F3/0619|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.)]]
+* [[:Category:CPC_G06F3/064|G06F3/064]] ({Management of blocks})
 ** Count: 9 patents
-** Example: [[20240231672. ON-DEMAND RESTORE OF A SNAPSHOT TO AN ON-DEMAND VOLUME ACCESSIBLE TO CLIENTS simplified abstract (NetApp Inc.)]]
+** Example: [[20240126464. DATA MANAGEMENT ACROSS A PERSISTENT MEMORY TIER AND A FILE SYSTEM TIER (NetApp Inc.)]]
-* [[:Category:CPC_G06F3/064|G06F3/064]] ({Management of blocks})
+* [[:Category:CPC_G06F2201/84|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.)]]
+* [[:Category:CPC_G06F3/065|G06F3/065]] ({Replication mechanisms})
 ** Count: 7 patents
-** Example: [[20240126464. DATA MANAGEMENT ACROSS A PERSISTENT MEMORY TIER AND A FILE SYSTEM TIER simplified abstract (NetApp Inc.)]]
+** Example: [[20240231672. ON-DEMAND RESTORE OF A SNAPSHOT TO AN ON-DEMAND VOLUME ACCESSIBLE TO CLIENTS (NetApp Inc.)]]
-* [[:Category:CPC_G06F3/065|G06F3/065]] ({Replication mechanisms})
-** Count: 6 patents
-** Example: [[20240231672. ON-DEMAND RESTORE OF A SNAPSHOT TO AN ON-DEMAND VOLUME ACCESSIBLE TO CLIENTS simplified abstract (NetApp Inc.)]]
 * [[:Category:CPC_G06F11/1469|G06F11/1469]] ({Backup restoration techniques})
-** Count: 6 patents
+** Count: 7 patents
-** Example: [[20240231672. ON-DEMAND RESTORE OF A SNAPSHOT TO AN ON-DEMAND VOLUME ACCESSIBLE TO CLIENTS simplified abstract (NetApp Inc.)]]
+** Example: [[20240231672. ON-DEMAND RESTORE OF A SNAPSHOT TO AN ON-DEMAND VOLUME ACCESSIBLE TO CLIENTS (NetApp Inc.)]]
-* [[:Category:CPC_G06F2201/84|G06F2201/84]] (ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING  (computer systems based on specific computational models)
-** Count: 6 patents
-** Example: [[20240231672. ON-DEMAND RESTORE OF A SNAPSHOT TO AN ON-DEMAND VOLUME ACCESSIBLE TO CLIENTS simplified abstract (NetApp Inc.)]]
 * [[:Category:CPC_G06F3/0659|G06F3/0659]] ({Command handling arrangements, e.g. command buffers, queues, command scheduling})
+** Count: 7 patents
+** Example: [[20240143210. JOURNAL REPLAY OPTIMIZATION (NetApp Inc.)]]
+* [[:Category:CPC_G06F11/1464|G06F11/1464]] ({for networked environments})
 ** Count: 5 patents
-** Example: [[20240143210. JOURNAL REPLAY OPTIMIZATION simplified abstract (NetApp Inc.)]]
+** Example: [[20240134759. VIRTUAL MACHINE BACKUP FROM COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT TO STORAGE ENVIRONMENT (NetApp Inc.)]]
 * [[:Category:CPC_G06F3/0665|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 simplified abstract (NetApp Inc.)]]
+** Example: [[20240126464. DATA MANAGEMENT ACROSS A PERSISTENT MEMORY TIER AND A FILE SYSTEM TIER (NetApp Inc.)]]
 * [[:Category:CPC_G06F3/0679|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 simplified abstract (NetApp Inc.)]]
+** Example: [[20240126464. DATA MANAGEMENT ACROSS A PERSISTENT MEMORY TIER AND A FILE SYSTEM TIER (NetApp Inc.)]]
-* [[:Category:CPC_G06F16/128|G06F16/128]] ({Details of file system snapshots on the file-level, e.g. snapshot creation, administration, deletion  (use of snapshots for error detection or correction)
-** Count: 4 patents
-** Example: [[20240126466. TRANSFERRING SNAPSHOT COPY TO OBJECT STORE WITH DEDUPLICATION PRESERVATION AND ADDITIONAL COMPRESSION simplified abstract (NetApp Inc.)]]
 == Emerging Technology Areas ==
-[[File:NetApp Inc. Top Emerging Technology Areas 2024 - Up to June 2024.png|border|800px|NetApp Inc. Top Emerging Technology Areas 2024 - Up to June 2024]]
+[[File:NetApp Inc. Top Emerging Technology Areas 2024 - Up to November 2024.png|border|800px|NetApp Inc. Top Emerging Technology Areas 2024 - Up to November 2024]]
-* [[:Category:CPC_G06F16/215|G06F16/215]] (Improving data quality; Data cleansing, e.g. de-duplication, removing invalid entries or correcting typographical errors)
-** Count: 1 patents
-** Example: [[20240045848. KEY-VALUE STORE AND FILE SYSTEM INTEGRATION simplified abstract (NetApp Inc.)]]
 * [[:Category:CPC_G06F16/24553|G06F16/24553]] ({of query operations})
 ** Count: 1 patents
-** Example: [[20240045848. KEY-VALUE STORE AND FILE SYSTEM INTEGRATION simplified abstract (NetApp Inc.)]]
+** Example: [[20240045848. KEY-VALUE STORE AND FILE SYSTEM INTEGRATION (NetApp Inc.)]]
 * [[:Category:CPC_G06F16/248|G06F16/248]] (Presentation of query results)
 ** Count: 1 patents
-** Example: [[20240045848. KEY-VALUE STORE AND FILE SYSTEM INTEGRATION simplified abstract (NetApp Inc.)]]
+** Example: [[20240045848. KEY-VALUE STORE AND FILE SYSTEM INTEGRATION (NetApp Inc.)]]
 * [[:Category:CPC_G06F16/217|G06F16/217]] ({Database tuning  ()
 ** Count: 1 patents
-** Example: [[20240045848. KEY-VALUE STORE AND FILE SYSTEM INTEGRATION simplified abstract (NetApp Inc.)]]
+** Example: [[20240045848. KEY-VALUE STORE AND FILE SYSTEM INTEGRATION (NetApp Inc.)]]
 * [[:Category:CPC_G06F9/5083|G06F9/5083]] (Allocation of resources, e.g. of the central processing unit [CPU])
 ** Count: 1 patents
-** Example: [[20240220227. EXTERNAL DISTRIBUTED STORAGE LAYER UPGRADE simplified abstract (NetApp Inc.)]]
+** Example: [[20240220227. EXTERNAL DISTRIBUTED STORAGE LAYER UPGRADE (NetApp Inc.)]]
 * [[:Category:CPC_G06F8/65|G06F8/65]] (Updates  (security arrangements therefor)
 ** Count: 1 patents
-** Example: [[20240220227. EXTERNAL DISTRIBUTED STORAGE LAYER UPGRADE simplified abstract (NetApp Inc.)]]
+** Example: [[20240220227. EXTERNAL DISTRIBUTED STORAGE LAYER UPGRADE (NetApp Inc.)]]
-* [[:Category:CPC_G06F16/162|G06F16/162]] ({Delete operations  (erasing in storage systems)
+* [[:Category:CPC_G06F2209/505|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.)]]
+* [[:Category:CPC_G06F2209/503|G06F2209/503]] (ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING  (computer systems based on specific computational models)
 ** Count: 1 patents
-** Example: [[20240086374. FREEING PAGES WITHIN PERSISTENT MEMORY simplified abstract (NetApp Inc.)]]
+** Example: [[20240364604. CONFIGURABLE QUALITY OF SERVICE PROVIDER PIPELINE (NetApp Inc.)]]
-* [[:Category:CPC_G06F16/1805|G06F16/1805]] ({Append-only file systems, e.g. using logs or journals to store data})
+* [[:Category:CPC_G06F2209/5011|G06F2209/5011]] (ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING  (computer systems based on specific computational models)
 ** Count: 1 patents
-** Example: [[20240086374. FREEING PAGES WITHIN PERSISTENT MEMORY simplified abstract (NetApp Inc.)]]
+** Example: [[20240364604. CONFIGURABLE QUALITY OF SERVICE PROVIDER PIPELINE (NetApp Inc.)]]
-* [[:Category:CPC_G06F11/1417|G06F11/1417]] ({Boot up procedures})
+* [[:Category:CPC_G06F2209/501|G06F2209/501]] (ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING  (computer systems based on specific computational models)
 ** Count: 1 patents
-** Example: [[20240086116. WRITE ORDERING FOR PERSISTENT MEMORY simplified abstract (NetApp Inc.)]]
+** Example: [[20240364604. CONFIGURABLE QUALITY OF SERVICE PROVIDER PIPELINE (NetApp Inc.)]]
-* [[:Category:CPC_G06F9/5016|G06F9/5016]] (Allocation of resources, e.g. of the central processing unit [CPU])
+* [[:Category:CPC_G06F9/5072|G06F9/5072]] (Allocation of resources, e.g. of the central processing unit [CPU])
 ** Count: 1 patents
-** Example: [[20240111582. COUPLED COMPUTE AND STORAGE RESOURCE AUTOSCALING simplified abstract (NetApp Inc.)]]
+** Example: [[20240364604. CONFIGURABLE QUALITY OF SERVICE PROVIDER PIPELINE (NetApp Inc.)]]
 == Top Inventors ==
-[[File:NetApp Inc. Top Inventors 2024 - Up to June 2024.png|border|800px|NetApp Inc. Top Inventors 2024 - Up to June 2024]]
+[[File:NetApp Inc. Top Inventors 2024 - Up to November 2024.png|border|800px|NetApp Inc. Top Inventors 2024 - Up to November 2024]]
 * [[:Category:Ananthan Subramanian of San Ramon CA (US)|Ananthan Subramanian of San Ramon CA (US)]] (11 patents)
-* [[:Category:Roopesh Chuggani|Roopesh Chuggani]] (4 patents)
+* [[:Category:Roopesh Chuggani|Roopesh Chuggani]] (6 patents)
+* [[:Category:Sumith Makam|Sumith Makam]] (5 patents)
+* [[:Category:Dnyaneshwar Nagorao Pawar|Dnyaneshwar Nagorao Pawar]] (5 patents)
+* [[:Category:Abdul Basit of Morrisville NC (US)|Abdul Basit of Morrisville NC (US)]] (5 patents)
+* [[:Category:Cheryl Marie Thompson of Sunnyvale CA (US)|Cheryl Marie Thompson of Sunnyvale CA (US)]] (5 patents)
 * [[:Category:Matthew Fontaine Curtis-Maury of Apex NC (US)|Matthew Fontaine Curtis-Maury of Apex NC (US)]] (4 patents)
 * [[:Category:Tijin George of Sunnyvale CA (US)|Tijin George of Sunnyvale CA (US)]] (4 patents)
+* [[:Category:Christopher Lee Cason of Boulder CO (US)|Christopher Lee Cason of Boulder CO (US)]] (4 patents)
 * [[:Category:Jagavar Nehra|Jagavar Nehra]] (3 patents)
-* [[:Category:Sumith Makam|Sumith Makam]] (3 patents)
-* [[:Category:Ram Kesavan of Los Altos CA (US)|Ram Kesavan of Los Altos CA (US)]] (3 patents)
-* [[:Category:Vinay Devadas of Apex NC (US)|Vinay Devadas of Apex NC (US)]] (3 patents)
-* [[:Category:Dnyaneshwar Nagorao Pawar|Dnyaneshwar Nagorao Pawar]] (3 patents)
-* [[:Category:Abdul Basit of Morrisville NC (US)|Abdul Basit of Morrisville NC (US)]] (3 patents)
 == Patent Categories ==
-[[File:NetApp Inc. Patent Categories 2024 - Up to June 2024.png|border|500px|NetApp Inc. Patent Categories 2024 - Up to June 2024]]
+[[File:NetApp Inc. Patent Categories 2024 - Up to November 2024.png|border|500px|NetApp Inc. Patent Categories 2024 - Up to November 2024]]
 == Geographical Distribution of Inventors ==
-[[File:NetApp Inc. Inventor Countries 2024 - Up to June 2024.png|border|800px|NetApp Inc. Inventor Countries 2024 - Up to June 2024]]
+[[File:NetApp Inc. Inventor Countries 2024 - Up to November 2024.png|border|800px|NetApp Inc. Inventor Countries 2024 - Up to November 2024]]
 == Geographical Distribution of US Inventors ==
-[[File:NetApp Inc. Inventor States 2024 - Up to June 2024.png|border|800px|NetApp Inc. Inventor States 2024 - Up to June 2024]]
+[[File:NetApp Inc. Inventor States 2024 - Up to November 2024.png|border|800px|NetApp Inc. Inventor States 2024 - Up to November 2024]]
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+[[Category:CPC_G06F3/0613]]
+[[Category:CPC_G06F3/0673]]
 [[Category:CPC_G06F3/0604]]
 [[Category:CPC_G06F16/178]]
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 [[Category:CPC_G06F11/2025]]
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+[[Category:CPC_G06F3/0685]]
+[[Category:CPC_G06F11/10]]
 [[Category:CPC_G06F11/1076]]
 [[Category:CPC_G06F11/1004]]
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-[[Category:CPC_G06F3/0685]]
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-[[Category:CPC_G06F3/0673]]
 [[Category:CPC_G06F9/45558]]
 [[Category:CPC_G06F11/1451]]
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 [[Category:CPC_G06F16/1805]]
 [[Category:CPC_G06F16/162]]
+[[Category:CPC_G06F8/63]]
+[[Category:CPC_G06F2009/45583]]
+[[Category:CPC_G06F16/1744]]
+[[Category:CPC_G06F16/184]]
+[[Category:CPC_G06F16/215]]
+[[Category:CPC_G06F16/258]]
+[[Category:CPC_G06F16/125]]
+[[Category:CPC_H04L41/5067]]
+[[Category:CPC_G06F9/5072]]
+[[Category:CPC_G06F2209/501]]
+[[Category:CPC_G06F2209/5011]]
+[[Category:CPC_G06F2209/503]]
+[[Category:CPC_G06F2209/505]]
 [[Category:CPC_G06F8/65]]
 [[Category:CPC_G06F9/5083]]
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 [[Category:CPC_G06F16/248]]
 [[Category:CPC_G06F16/24553]]
-[[Category:CPC_G06F16/215]]
 [[Category:Patent Trends by Company in 2024]]

NetApp Inc. Patent Application Trends in 2024: Difference between revisions

Latest revision as of 16:26, 11 December 2024

NetApp Inc. Patent Filing Activity

NetApp Inc. patent applications in 2024

Top 10 Technology Areas

Emerging Technology Areas

Top Inventors

Patent Categories

Geographical Distribution of Inventors

Geographical Distribution of US Inventors

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