Network Equipment Technologies, Inc.
🏢 View company profile →83Patents
24Active
83Granted
44Portfolio score
Filing activity: Dec 20, 1985 → Jun 29, 2012 · 22 expiring within 5 years
Most-cited patents
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US5008814A | Method and apparatus for updating system software for a plurality of data processing units in a communication network | Physics | 464 | Expired |
| US5049873A | Communications network state and topology monitor | Electricity | 285 | Expired |
| US5457687A | Method and apparatus for backward explicit congestion notification (BECN) in an ATM network | Electricity | 284 | Expired |
| US6424659B2 | Multi-layer switching apparatus and method | Electricity | 216 | Expired |
| US5379297A | Concurrent multi-channel segmentation and reassembly processors for asynchronous transfer mode | Electricity | 201 | Expired |
| US4890282A | Mixed mode compression for data transmission | Electricity | 174 | Expired |
| US7856583B1 | Techniques for enhanced reliability of data transfer with dynamic scaling | Electricity | 168 | Active |
| US5444702A | Virtual network using asynchronous transfer mode | Electricity | 156 | Expired |
| US5633869A | Virtual network using asynchronous transfer mode | Electricity | 115 | Expired |
| US6650645B2 | Bi-modal control system and method for partitioning a shared output buffer in a connection-oriented network connections device | Electricity | 74 | Expired |
| US5367518A | Self-routing switching element and fast packet switch | Electricity | 57 | Expired |
| US5396491A | Self-routing switching element and fast packet switch | Electricity | 55 | Expired |
| US6721229B1 | Method and apparatus for using SDRAM to read and write data without latency | Physics | 49 | Expired |
| US4965788A | Self-routing switch element for an asynchronous time switch | Electricity | 46 | Expired |
| US6768717B1 | Apparatus and method for traffic shaping in a network switch | Electricity | 39 | Expired |
| US7017102B1 | Forward Error Correction (FEC) for packetized data networks | Electricity | 35 | Expired |
| US7415627B1 | Partitioning and categorizing data in a split-plane architecture for fast recovery from data plane failures and fast restarts | Electricity | 31 | Expired |
| US4847830A | Method and apparatus for automatic loading of a data set in a node of a communication network | Electricity | 26 | Expired |
| US6259328A | Method and system for managing reference signals for network clock synchronization | Electricity | 26 | Expired |
| US7522606B1 | Passive packet re-ordering and packet loss detection | Electricity | 23 | Active |
| US6717912B1 | Fair discard system | Electricity | 22 | Expired |
| US7239612B1 | Method and apparatus for discarding a prioritized fair share of traffic of network connections | Electricity | 22 | Expired |
| US7650415B1 | Gateway for conversion of messages between multiple protocols using separate sessions | Electricity | 22 | Expired |
| US6445696B1 | Efficient variable rate coding of voice over asynchronous transfer mode | Electricity | 21 | Expired |
| US5245603A | High-speed determining unit for prioritizing and arbitrating among competing input signals | Electricity | 20 | Expired |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Counts and citation impact are objective bibliographic measures.