What Did The Patent Landscape of Cisco Look Like? 
Cisco Systems, Inc. is a multinational technology conglomerate that designs, manufactures, and sells networking hardware, software, and telecommunications equipment. The company was founded in December 1984 by Leonard Bosack and Sandy Lerner, two computer scientists who were employed at Stanford University. Â
Cisco’s market capitalization is approximately $230 billion USD. Since its inception, Cisco has grown to become a dominant player in the technology industry, with a strong reputation for its networking and telecommunications solutions.Â
Cisco has a total of 17435 patents globally. Out of 17435 patents, 9865 patents are active.     Â
Have a look at some of the most well-known patents held by Cisco that we have covered in this article. You can also get information on Cisco’s patents, the global patent filing activity country-wise, its historical patent filing trends, and many more statistics regarding Cisco’s patent portfolio. 
Patent-Application Success Trend Year Wise in Cisco
This chart shows the number of applications filed and the number of grants from these applications. Grant rate is a good indicator to identify successful applications and the graph helps to understand the progress in the technology area.Â
Detailed Patent Portfolio Of Cisco
Publication Type | Simple Legal Status | Legal State | Count of Publications |
PATENTÂ | ACTIVEÂ | GRANTEDÂ | 5018Â |
RESTORATIONÂ | 96Â | ||
DEADÂ | EXPIREDÂ | 1857Â | |
NON-PAYMENTÂ | 1453Â | ||
CEASEDÂ | 356Â | ||
PENDINGÂ | EXAMINATIONÂ | 96Â | |
UTILITY MODELÂ | ACTIVEÂ | GRANTEDÂ | 361Â |
DEADÂ | NON-PAYMENTÂ | 236Â | |
EXPIREDÂ | 96Â | ||
DOUBLEÂ | 96Â | ||
REVOKEDÂ | 96Â | ||
APPLICATIONÂ | ACTIVEÂ | GRANTEDÂ | 4132Â |
DEADÂ | DISCONTINUATIONÂ | 1127Â | |
LAPSEDÂ | 726Â | ||
NON-PAYMENTÂ | 639Â | ||
WITHDRAWNÂ | 279Â | ||
REJECTEDÂ | 184Â | ||
CEASEDÂ | 121Â | ||
EXPIREDÂ | 96Â | ||
ABANDONEDÂ | 96Â | ||
REVOKEDÂ | 96Â | ||
PENDINGÂ | EXAMINATIONÂ | 301Â | |
PUBLISHEDÂ | 96Â | ||
DESIGNÂ | ACTIVEÂ | GRANTEDÂ | 162Â |
DEADÂ | EXPIREDÂ | 130Â | |
NON-PAYMENTÂ | 96Â | ||
OTHERSÂ | ACTIVEÂ | GRANTEDÂ | 96Â |
Technology Domain-wise Patent Trend in Cisco
The chart above distributes patents filed till 2021 in Cisco on the basis of the technology protected in patents. This helps to understand the most frequently used concepts and the key focus areas in the technology space.
Top Publications In The Domain With Their Forward Citation Frequency
The table below depicts the patents with most number of forward citations. These patents are likely to be the source of advancement in the domain and can be considered as valuable and core inventions.Â
Publication Number | Year Wise Break Down | Count of Citing Patents | ||||
< 2006Â | 2006-2010Â | 2011-2015Â | 2016-2020Â | >2020Â | ||
US-5577188-AÂ | 68Â | 108Â | 450Â | 1132Â | 464Â | 2222Â |
US-6601087-B1Â | 38Â | 110Â | 476Â | 1123Â | 475Â | 2222Â |
US-6654032-B1Â | 46Â | 112Â | 470Â | 1124Â | 466Â | 2218Â |
US-6763501-B1Â | 5Â | 32Â | 425Â | 1089Â | 456Â | 2007Â |
US-5592551-AÂ | 399Â | 496Â | 520Â | 251Â | 75Â | 1741Â |
US-6006264-AÂ | 391Â | 412Â | 348Â | 245Â | 102Â | 1498Â |
US-6167445-AÂ | 265Â | 384Â | 283Â | 114Â | 35Â | 1081Â |
US-20020010798-A1Â | 69Â | 174Â | 278Â | 466Â | 83Â | 1070Â |
US-5950205-AÂ | 65Â | 204Â | 297Â | 310Â | 153Â | 1029Â |
US-5313454-AÂ | 528Â | 219Â | 105Â | 76Â | 14Â | 942Â |
Who Were The Leading Patent Filers Countries Till 2021 In Cisco?Â
IPC Classification Wise Patent Trend In Cisco
The table below represents the top 10 market domains according to their IPC classification where inventors believed it was critical to safeguard certain technical inventions.Â
IPC Classification | Number of Applications | Number of Granted | % Granted |
TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (H04L)Â | 8676Â | 4629Â | 53Â |
ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (G06F)Â | 4502Â | 2708Â | 60Â |
WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (H04W)Â | 1854Â | 895Â | 48Â |
PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION (H04N)Â | 1218Â | 671Â | 55Â |
TRANSMISSION (H04B)Â | 920Â | 570Â | 62Â |
MULTIPLEX COMMUNICATION (H04J)Â | 911Â | 640Â | 70Â |
TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION (H04M)Â | 856Â | 559Â | 65Â |
SELECTING (H04Q)Â | 388Â | 293Â | 76Â |
COMPUTER SYSTEMS BASED ON SPECIFIC COMPUTATIONAL MODELS (G06N)Â | 348Â | 122Â | 35Â |
MEASURING ELECTRIC VARIABLES; MEASURING MAGNETIC VARIABLES (G01R)Â | 331Â | 259Â | 78Â |
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