Company Analysis

Fortinet, Inc. (FTNT)

Nasdaq: FTNT · Computer Peripheral Equipment, NEC · Sunnyvale, CA · filing with the SEC since 2003
Grade7.5
◀ Past 8.6● Present 7.6▶ Future 6.4

Patents

US patents through Dec 31, 2025 · PatentsView, from the USPTO’s Open Data Portal · read Oct 27, 2026

1,180 patents granted to the 7 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 Fortinet, Inc.’s names, not what it holds today.

Patents granted
1,180
1,178 utility, 2 design, 1976 to Dec 31, 2025
Granted in 2025
140
Against 64 in 2024 and 54 in 2023
Applications published
1,159
82 of them in 2025
Names they are printed under
7
its own name, a subsidiary
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 communication255
Computer technology102
Engines, pumps, turbines2
Semiconductors1
Measurement1
Telecommunications1
Control1
IT methods for management1
The main technology area of each patent, in the World Intellectual Property Organization’s 35 fields.
Under which name7 counted
Fortinet, Inc. its own name
US, as the owner printed on each patent
1,013 granted
849 published
ALAXALA NETWORKS CORPORATION a subsidiary
JP, as the owner printed on each patent
165 granted
83 published
Fortinet, Inc. its own name
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
0 granted
181 published
ALAXALA Networks Corporation a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in JP
0 granted
34 published
FORTINET, INC. A Delaware Corporation its own name
US, as the owner printed on each patent
0 granted
10 published
Linksys USA a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
2 granted
0 published
NEXT DLP LIMITED a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in GB
0 granted
2 published
Names not counted (2)
Fortinet Technologies (Canada) ULC
No country is printed for it. 0 granted and 1 published under it are not counted.
Linksys PTE LTD
Most of its patents print US; this name counts in SG. 1 granted and 0 published under it are not counted.
Newest grantseach row opens the USPTO’s own copy
Newest applications publishedan application is a clue, never a plan
What it applied for, 2024 to 2025: Digital communication 141 · Computer technology 25 · Telecommunications 2.

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.

SI Assistanton FTNT · research, not advice