We monitored the patent publications of Cisco for the past 20 years at the USPTO. The company has footprints in 62 different technology areas ranging from VoIP to Cryptography. Below are the top five technology areas of their interest.
| Technology Areas | Number of Applications |
| Multiplex & VoIP | 5864 |
| Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attributes, Object Processing, Hardware & Memory | 3880 |
| Computer Networks | 3479 |
| Cryptography & Security | 2299 |
| Databases & File Management | 1115 |
Since Cisco has patents covering a wide array of technologies, we thought why not check patent applications of which companies are getting rejected due to Cisco’s patents. A total of 49018 102/103 type rejections were given based on Cisco’s patents. Refer to the table below for more information:
| Number of Blocked assignees | 4517 |
| Number of Cisco’s publications monitored | 19366 |
| Number of Cisco’s Publications involved in rejections | 9932 |
| Number of 102/103 rejections | 49018 |
Top assignees that received max rejections
The below chart shows the top 20 assignees that received maximum rejections because of Cisco patents.
| Assignee | Applications Blocked | 102 Rejections |
| IBM | 1395 | 272 |
| Microsoft | 853 | 191 |
| Qualcomm | 696 | 173 |
| Ericsson | 732 | 189 |
| Samsung | 559 | 156 |
| Huawei | 604 | 168 |
| HP | 506 | 122 |
| Avago | 424 | 138 |
| Intel | 399 | 94 |
| AT&T | 401 | 72 |
| Fujitsu | 392 | 104 |
| Juniper Networks | 321 | 61 |
| Futurewei Technologies | 269 | 84 |
| Verizon | 260 | 59 |
| NEC Corporation | 309 | 73 |
| JPMorgan Chase Bank | 265 | 59 |
| 310 | 45 | |
| The Bank of NewYork Mellon Trust Company | 251 | 42 |
| Sony Corporation | 215 | 59 |
| Citi Bank as Collateral Agent | 204 | 47 |
Next Recommendation for you: 300 assignees abandoned their applications after facing 102 rejection based on Cisco’s patents