Fortinet, Inc.
🏢 View company profile →974Patents
952Active
974Granted
64Portfolio score
Filing activity: Sep 13, 2000 → Jun 26, 2024 · 97 expiring within 5 years
Most-cited patents
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US7818452B2 | Distributed virtual system to support managed, network-based services | Electricity | 518 | Active |
| US7519990B1 | Managing network traffic flow | Electricity | 359 | Expired |
| US9280678B2 | Secure cloud storage distribution and aggregation | Electricity | 229 | Active |
| US7177311B1 | System and method for routing traffic through a virtual router-based network switch | Electricity | 201 | Expired |
| US7340535B1 | System and method for controlling routing in a virtual router system | Electricity | 140 | Expired |
| US9288844B1 | Wireless radio access point configuration | Electricity | 136 | Active |
| US7376125B1 | Service processing switch | Electricity | 130 | Expired |
| US9319384B2 | Filtering hidden data embedded in media files | Electricity | 129 | Active |
| US9060025B2 | Cloud-based security policy configuration | Electricity | 127 | Active |
| US10212134B2 | Centralized management and enforcement of online privacy policies | Electricity | 126 | Active |
| US7161904B2 | System and method for hierarchical metering in a virtual router based network switch | Electricity | 118 | Expired |
| US9413724B2 | Cloud-based security policy configuration | Electricity | 114 | Active |
| US9825992B2 | Cloud-based security policy configuration | Electricity | 109 | Active |
| US10057294B2 | Cloud-based security policy configuration | Electricity | 108 | Active |
| US7266120B2 | System and method for hardware accelerated packet multicast in a virtual routing system | Electricity | 93 | Expired |
| US7272643B1 | System and method for managing and provisioning virtual routers | Electricity | 90 | Expired |
| US7116665B2 | Methods and systems for a distributed provider edge | Electricity | 89 | Expired |
| US10951529B2 | Dynamic service-based load balancing in a software-defined wide area network (SD-WAN) | Electricity | 87 | Active |
| US8223634B2 | Mechanism for implementing load balancing in a network | Electricity | 85 | Active |
| US7966654B2 | Computerized system and method for policy-based content filtering | Electricity | 84 | Active |
| US9225734B1 | Data leak protection in upper layer protocols | Electricity | 80 | Active |
| US7606225B2 | Integrated security switch | Electricity | 73 | Active |
| US10826941B2 | Systems and methods for centrally managed host and network firewall services | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 70 | Active |
| US11032301B2 | Forensic analysis | Electricity | 69 | Active |
| US10237282B2 | Data leak protection | Electricity | 68 | Active |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Counts and citation impact are objective bibliographic measures.