Patents
US patents through Dec 31, 2025 · PatentsView, from the USPTO’s Open Data Portal · read Oct 27, 2026
594 patents granted to the 6 names below, as the owner printed on each patent when it was granted. A later sale, a lapse or an expiry is not read, so this is what was granted to F5, Inc.’s names, not what it holds today.
Patents granted
594
585 utility, 6 reissue, 3 design, 1976 to Dec 31, 2025
Granted in 2025
14
Against 17 in 2024 and 20 in 2023
Applications published
254
26 of them in 2025
Names they are printed under
6
a former name, a subsidiary, its own name
By yearGrantedApplications published
'11'12'13'14'15'16'17'18'19'20'21'22'23'24'25
Each pair is one calendar year. Applications are published about eighteen months after filing, so the newest years read low.
What they are aboutgrants since 2021
Digital communication94
Computer technology17
The main technology area of each patent, in the World Intellectual Property Organization’s 35 fields.
Under which name6 counted
F5 Networks, Inc. a former name
US, as the owner printed on each patent
58 publishedShape Security, Inc. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
40 publishedShape Security, Inc. a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
74 publishedF5, Inc. its own name
US, as the owner printed on each patent
18 publishedF5 Networks, Inc. a former name
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
41 publishedF5, Inc. its own name
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
23 published
Newest grantseach row opens the USPTO’s own copy
| Granted | Patent | Title | Field | Owner as printed |
|---|
| Dec 30, 2025 | 12,513,180 | Methods for improving web scanner accuracy and devices thereof | Digital communication | F5, Inc. |
| Dec 30, 2025 | 12,512,969 | Methods for managing hardware security servers and devices thereof | Digital communication | F5, Inc. |
| Dec 2, 2025 | 12,489,731 | Methods for enforcing firewall and security policies based on subscriber identification and devices thereof | Digital communication | F5, Inc. |
| Nov 4, 2025 | 12,464,021 | Methods for providing secure access using preemptive measures and devices thereof | Digital communication | F5, Inc. |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 12,432,143 | System and methods for selectively routing packets and devices thereof | Digital communication | F5, Inc. |
| Sep 2, 2025 | 12,407,720 | Methods for protecting web based resources from D/Dos attacks and devices thereof | Digital communication | F5, Inc. |
| Sep 2, 2025 | 12,406,209 | Decision tree training using a database system | Computer technology | Shape Security, Inc. |
| Aug 26, 2025 | 12,401,685 | Methods for mitigating DDoS attack using hardware device and devices thereof | Digital communication | F5, Inc. |
| Jul 1, 2025 | 12,348,568 | Methods for optimizing selection of a hardware security server and devices thereof | Digital communication | F5, Inc. |
| Jul 1, 2025 | 12,348,393 | Methods for managing insertion of metadata into a data stream to assist with analysis of network traffic and devices thereof | Digital communication | F5, Inc. |
Newest applications publishedan application is a clue, never a plan
| Published | Application | Title | Field | Owner as printed |
|---|
| Dec 25, 2025 | 2025/0390345 | METHODS FOR CONTROLLING ACCESS TO SHARED CONFIGURATION IN A ROLE-BASED, MULTI-ADMIN CENTRALIZED OR DISTRIBUTED SYSTEM AND DEVICES THEREOF | Digital communication | F5, Inc. |
| Nov 20, 2025 | 2025/0358667 | METHODS FOR EFFICIENT OVERLOAD PROTECTION IN 5G CORE NETWORKS | Digital communication | F5, Inc. |
| Nov 20, 2025 | 2025/0358314 | METHODS FOR BOT DETECTION USING MACHINE LEARNING MODELS | Computer technology | F5, Inc. |
| Nov 20, 2025 | 2025/0356310 | METHODS FOR GENERATING AN APPLICATION PROGRAMMING INTERFACE INVENTORY AND DEVICES THEREOF | Computer technology | F5, Inc. |
| Nov 13, 2025 | 2025/0350632 | METHODS FOR MITIGATING DDoS ATTACK USING HARDWARE DEVICE AND DEVICES THEREOF | Digital communication | F5, Inc. |
| Oct 23, 2025 | 2025/0330481 | METHODS FOR SECURITY CONTROL AND DEVICES THEREOF | Digital communication | F5, Inc. |
| Oct 9, 2025 | 2025/0317396 | METHODS FOR ALLOCATING A TRAFFIC LOAD AND DEVICES THEREOF | Digital communication | F5, Inc. |
| Oct 9, 2025 | 2025/0315294 | METHODS FOR CONTROLLING ACCESS TO SHARED CONFIGURATION IN A ROLE-BASED, MULTI-ADMIN CENTRALIZED OR DISTRIBUTED SYSTEM AND DEVICES THEREOF | Digital communication | F5, Inc. |
| Sep 25, 2025 | 2025/0300893 | METHODS FOR INTELLIGENT SIGNALING MESSAGE STEERING IN 5G CORE | Digital communication | F5, Inc. |
| Sep 25, 2025 | 2025/0300844 | METHODS FOR ESTABLISHING A CONNECTION TO A SERVER WITH A CACHED CERTIFICATE AND DEVICES THEREOF | Digital communication | F5, Inc. |
What it applied for, 2024 to 2025: Digital communication 34 · Computer technology 4.
A patent is counted where the owner printed on it when it was granted carries the company’s own name, a former name, the name of a subsidiary its annual report lists, or its own name with a patent-holding phrase (Technology Licensing, Intellectual Property and the like), once the legal form, case and punctuation are set aside, and prints a country that name counts in. PatentsView’s data are published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence. Source: PatentsView's granted patents and pre-grant publications, disambiguated, from the USPTO's Open Data Portal, through Dec 31, 2025, read Oct 27, 2026.