Cloudera has a total of 130 patents globally, out of which 92 have been granted. Of these 130 patents, more than 85% patents are active. United States of America is where Cloudera has filed the maximum number of patents, followed by Europe and Canada. Parallelly, United States of America seems to be the main focused R&D centre and also is the origin country of Cloudera.
Cloudera was founded in the year 2008. The Company develops and distributes software for business data that includes storage, access, management, analysis, security, search, processing, and analysis applications. The Company offers a graphical user interface for applications that allows business analysts, developers, and administrators to create and submit jobs, monitor cluster health, and browse the data.
Do read about some of the most popular patents of Cloudera which have been covered by us in this article and also you can find Cloudera patents information, the worldwide patent filing activity and its patent filing trend over the years, and many other stats over Cloudera patent portfolio.
How many patents does the founder and the CEO of Cloudera have?
The founder Mike Olson has 0 patent and CEO Charles Sansbury has 0 patent.
How many patents does Cloudera have?
Cloudera has a total of 130 patents globally. These patents belong to 51 unique patent families. Out of 130 patents, 111 patents are active.
How Many Patents did Cloudera File Every Year?
Are you wondering why there is a drop in patent filing for the last two years? It is because a patent application can take up to 18 months to get published. Certainly, it doesn’t suggest a decrease in the patent filing.
| Year of Patents Filing or Grant | Cloudera Applications Filed | Cloudera Patents Granted |
| 2023 | 1 | 9 |
| 2022 | 4 | 6 |
| 2021 | 12 | 12 |
| 2020 | 17 | 12 |
| 2019 | 5 | 12 |
| 2018 | 13 | 8 |
| 2017 | 10 | 13 |
| 2016 | 24 | 11 |
| 2015 | 6 | 5 |
| 2014 | 22 | 4 |
| 2013 | 6 | – |
| 2012 | 4 | – |
| 2011 | 2 | – |
How many Cloudera patents are Alive/Dead?
How Many Patents did Cloudera File in Different Countries?
Countries in which Cloudera Filed Patents
| Country | Patents |
| United States of America | 97 |
| Europe | 8 |
| Canada | 3 |
| Japan | 2 |
| Korea (South) | 2 |
| Australia | 2 |
| Germany | 2 |
| Austria | 2 |
| United Kingdom | 2 |
| Hong Kong (S.A.R.) | 1 |
Where are Research Centres of Cloudera Patents Located?
10 Best Cloudera Patents
US10983963B1 is the most popular patent in the Cloudera portfolio. It has received 70 citations so far from companies like OneTrust, LLC, Intertrust Technologies Corporation and Commvault Systems, Inc.
Below is the list of 10 most cited patents of Cloudera:
| Publication Number | Citation Count |
| US10983963B1 | 70 |
| US8667267B1 | 63 |
| US8788815B1 | 54 |
| US9172608B2 | 37 |
| US10250451B1 | 36 |
| US10922284B1 | 26 |
| US20220021652A1 | 25 |
| US9716624B2 | 24 |
| US20200097847A1 | 23 |
| US20160328429A1 | 23 |
How many inventions of other companies were rejected due to Cloudera patents?
The statistics below share strategic R&D insights. It tells the companies that were trying to protect inventions similar to Cloudera invention. They couldn’t because Cloudera had protected those before them.
Examiners at the USPTO referred 38 Cloudera patents in 251 rejections (35 USC § 102 or 35 USC § 103 types).
The top citing companies in the Cloudera patent portfolio are IBM, Splunk and Microsoft.
List of the Companies whose Patents were rejected citing Cloudera –
| Company | Number of Patent Applications that faced Rejection Citing Cloudera Patents | Number of Rejections (102 & 103) |
| IBM | 22 | 33 |
| Splunk | 11 | 23 |
| Microsoft | 8 | 21 |
| Red Hat Inc | 7 | 12 |
| Intel Corporation | 3 | 10 |
| Oracle | 3 | 4 |
| Cisco Technology | 3 | 9 |
| Salesforcecom | 3 | 7 |
| Alibaba | 3 | 4 |
| Nutanix | 3 | 4 |
Count of 102 and 103 Type Rejections based on Cloudera Patents
Top Cloudera Patents used in Rejecting Most Patent Applications
| Patent Number | Count of Rejected Applications |
| US9172608B2 | 12 |
| US10572306B2 | 9 |
| US10120904B2 | 9 |
| US9081888B2 | 8 |
| US10255335B2 | 8 |
| US8874526B2 | 8 |
| US9342557B2 | 7 |
| US20200097847A1 | 7 |
| US9317572B2 | 6 |
| US9477731B2 | 6 |
| US9405692B2 | 5 |
| US9128949B2 | 5 |
| US9753954B2 | 5 |
| US9082127B2 | 4 |
| US9716624B2 | 4 |
What Percentage of Cloudera US Patent Applications were Granted?
Cloudera (Excluding its subsidiaries) has filed 84 patent applications at USPTO so far (Excluding Design and PCT applications). Out of these 75 have been granted leading to a grant rate of 97.4%.
Below are the key stats of Cloudera patent prosecution at the USPTO.
Which Law Firms Filed Most US Patents for Cloudera?
| Law Firm | Total Applications | Success Rate |
| Perkins Coie Llp Nyc General | 68 | 98.15% |
| Staniford Tomita Llp | 9 | 100.00% |
| Fish & Richardson P C Sv | 5 | 100.00% |
| Cooley Llp | 2 | 100.00% |
What are Cloudera key innovation segments?
What Technologies are Covered by Cloudera?
The chart below distributes patents filed by Cloudera in different countries on the basis of the technology protected in patents. It also represents the markets where Cloudera thinks it’s important to protect particular technology inventions.
R&D Focus: How has Cloudera search focus changed over the years?
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