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NetApp, Inc. (NTAP)

Nasdaq: NTAP · Computer Storage Devices · San Jose, CA · filing with the SEC since 1996
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US patents through Dec 31, 2025 · PatentsView, from the USPTO’s Open Data Portal · read Oct 27, 2026

3,312 patents granted to the 11 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 NetApp, Inc.’s names, not what it holds today.

Patents granted
3,312
3,312 utility, 1976 to Dec 31, 2025
Granted in 2025
157
Against 164 in 2024 and 155 in 2023
Applications published
2,336
181 of them in 2025
Names they are printed under
11
its own name, a former 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
Computer technology627
Digital communication91
Basic communication processes4
The main technology area of each patent, in the World Intellectual Property Organization’s 35 fields.
Under which name11 counted
NetApp, Inc. its own name
US, as the owner printed on each patent
2,765 granted
773 published
NetApp, Inc. its own name
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
0 granted
1,465 published
Network Appliance, Inc. a former name
US, as the owner printed on each patent
542 granted
80 published
PLEXISTOR LTD. a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in IL. 1 more under the same name are not counted (printed in US)
0 granted
11 published
CLOUDJUMPER CORPORATION a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
0 granted
3 published
COGNIGO RESEARCH LTD. a subsidiary
IL, as the owner printed on each patent
2 granted
0 published
Onaro, Inc. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
1 granted
1 published
PLEXISTOR LTD. a subsidiary
IL, as the owner printed on each patent
1 granted
1 published
CloudJumper Corporation a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
1 granted
0 published
Network Appliance, Inc., a California corporation a former name
US, as the owner printed on each patent
0 granted
1 published
Spotinst Ltd. a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in IL
0 granted
1 published
Names not counted (3)
SolidFire B.V.
Most of its patents print US; this name counts in NL. 0 granted and 14 published under it are not counted.
SolidFire B.V.
Most of its patents print US; this name counts in NL. 5 granted and 5 published under it are not counted.
Decru B.V.
Most of its patents print US; this name counts in NL. 1 granted and 0 published under it are not counted.
Newest grantseach row opens the USPTO’s own copy
GrantedPatentTitleFieldOwner as printed
Dec 30, 202512,511,149Facilitating sharing of a namespace of an ephemeral storage device by multiple consumers of a virtual storage systemComputer technologyNetApp, Inc.
Dec 23, 202512,505,019Restarting a storage operation utilizing an instance metafileComputer technologyNetApp, Inc.
Dec 23, 202512,504,930Data structure storage and data managementComputer technologyNetApp, Inc.
Dec 16, 202512,500,754Get key bot for securely maintaining and providing passphrasesDigital communicationNetApp, Inc.
Dec 9, 202512,493,742Methods and systems for automated detection of personal information using neural networksComputer technologyNetApp, Inc.
Dec 9, 202512,493,526Incremental backup to object storeComputer technologyNetApp, Inc.
Dec 9, 202512,493,525Recovery of data associated with a locked snapshot via volume cloning functionalityComputer technologyNetApp, Inc.
Dec 2, 202512,487,923Combined garbage collection and data integrity checking for a distributed key-value storeComputer technologyNetApp, Inc.
Dec 2, 202512,487,778Distributed file system with disaggregated data management and storage management layersComputer technologyNetApp, Inc.
Nov 18, 202512,475,002System and method for efficient block level granular replicationComputer technologyNetApp, Inc.
Newest applications publishedan application is a clue, never a plan
PublishedApplicationTitleFieldOwner as printed
Dec 25, 20252025/0390243DATA MANAGEMENT ACROSS A PERSISTENT MEMORY TIER AND A FILE SYSTEM TIERComputer technologyNetApp, Inc.
Dec 18, 20252025/0383930Process Redistribution To Lower-Performance Nodes In A ClusterComputer technologyNetApp, Inc.
Dec 11, 20252025/0379870MULTI-TENANT SECURITY IN THE CLOUDDigital communicationNetApp, Inc.
Dec 11, 20252025/0377826DISTRIBUTED CONTROL PLANE FOR FACILITATING COMMUNICATION BETWEEN A CONTAINER ORCHESTRATION PLATFORM AND A DISTRIBUTED STORAGE ARCHITECTUREComputer technologyNetApp, Inc.
Dec 4, 20252025/0373670Graph Neural Network Role InspectionDigital communicationNetApp, Inc.
Dec 4, 20252025/0373617Cloud Security ManagementDigital communicationNetApp, Inc.
Dec 4, 20252025/0371076Graph Database Storage OptimizationComputer technologyNetApp, Inc.
Dec 4, 20252025/0370959SNAPSHOT STORAGE AND MANAGEMENT WITHIN AN OBJECT STOREComputer technologyNetApp, Inc.
Dec 4, 20252025/0370958DIRECTORY SNAPSHOT AND DATA MANAGEMENTComputer technologyNetApp, Inc.
Dec 4, 20252025/0370957EFFICIENT CREATION OF BUCKET-LEVEL SNAPSHOTS AND EFFICIENT SNAPSHOT PROTECTION DETERMINATIONComputer technologyNetApp, Inc.
What it applied for, 2024 to 2025: Computer technology 318 · Digital communication 31 · Audio-visual technology 1 · Basic communication processes 1.

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.

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