Sandvine Patents – Key Insights and Stats

Sandvine has a total of 277 patents globally, out of which 128 have been granted. Of these 277 patents, more than 83% patents are active. United States of America is where Sandvine has filed the maximum number of patents, followed by Canada and Europe. Parallelly, United States of America seems to be the main focused R&D centre and also Canada is the origin country of Sandvine.

Sandvine was founded in the year 2001. The Company develops and markets broadband network management tools for broadband Internet services providers. The Company offers network transformation, including cloud, encryption and internet phenomena solutions.

Do read about some of the most popular patents of Sandvine which have been covered by us in this article and also you can find Sandvine patents information, the worldwide patent filing activity and its patent filing trend over the years, and many other stats over Sandvine patent portfolio.

How many patents does the founder and the CEO of Sandvine have?

The founders Brad Siim has 1 patent, Dave Caputo has 0 patent, Don Bowman has 35 patents, Marc Morin has 16 patents and Tom Donnelly has 5 patents. The CEO Lyndon Cantor has 0 patent.

How many patents does Sandvine have?

Sandvine has a total of 277 patents globally. These patents belong to 98 unique patent families. Out of 277 patents, 230 patents are active.

How Many Patents did Sandvine File Every Year?

Sandvine Patent Filing Trend

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 GrantSandvine Applications FiledSandvine Patents Granted
202326
20222914
20215010
20202823
20192019
201846
2017105
2016915
2015117
2014247
2013181
2012101

How many Sandvine patents are Alive/Dead?

Sandvine Patent Filing Trend

 How Many Patents did Sandvine File in Different Countries?

Sandvine Patent Filing Trend

Countries in which Sandvine Filed Patents

CountryPatents
United States Of America86
Canada68
Europe59
Germany22
India17
Australia6
United Kingdom2
Sweden1
Austria1
Israel1

Where are Research Centres of Sandvine Patents Located?

R&D Centers of Sandvine

 10 Best Sandvine Patents

US20040028047A1 is the most popular patent in the Sandvine portfolio. It has received 134 citations so far from companies like Cisco, Verisign and Oracle.

Below is the list of 10 most cited patents of Sandvine:

Publication NumberCitation Count
US20040028047A1134
US7277963B2104
US20040111461A171
US20040024727A156
US20070180090A144
US7571251B229
US20050172008A119
US7376749B218
WO2004021206A113
US9264942B212

How many inventions of other companies were rejected due to Sandvine patents?

The statistics below share strategic R&D insights. It tells the companies that were trying to protect inventions similar to Sandvine invention. They couldn’t because Sandvine had protected those before them.

Examiners at the USPTO referred 32 Sandvine patents in 261 rejections (35 USC § 102 or 35 USC § 103 types).

The top citing companies in the Sandvine patent portfolio are Cisco, Chase Bank and Netflix.

List of the Companies whose Patents were rejected citing Sandvine –

CompanyNumber of Patent Applications that faced Rejection Citing Sandvine PatentsNumber of Rejections (102 & 103)
Cisco922
Chase Bank511
Netflix45
Ericsson45
IBM413
Google314
Nokia35
Verizon Patent And Licensing35
Samsung211
Netronome Systems24

Count of 102 and 103 Type Rejections based on Sandvine Patents

 Top Sandvine Patents used in Rejecting Most Patent Applications

Patent NumberCount of Rejected Applications
US9398347B217
US9264942B29
US7571251B28
US8904025B25
US7376749B25
US20070180090A14
US10117123B24
US9608904B24
US7647410B24
US10686680B24
US7277963B24
US9154431B23
US9473410B23
US9313126B23
US20040111461A13

What Percentage of Sandvine US Patent Applications were Granted?

Sandvine (Excluding its subsidiaries) has filed 43 patent applications at USPTO so far (Excluding Design and PCT applications). Out of these 40 have been granted leading to a grant rate of 95.24%.

Below are the key stats of Sandvine patent prosecution at the USPTO.

Which Law Firms Filed Most US Patents for Sandvine?

Law FirmTotal ApplicationsSuccess Rate
Gowling Wlg Canada33100.00%
Amarok2100.00%
Comcast2100.00%
Davis Wright Tremaine2100.00%
Banner & Witcoff1100.00%
Bereskin & Parr10.00%
Borden Ladner Gervais10.00%
Z Ip Law1100.00%

What are Sandvine key innovation segments?

What Technologies are Covered by Sandvine?

The chart below distributes patents filed by Sandvine in different countries on the basis of the technology protected in patents. It also represents the markets where Sandvine thinks it’s important to protect particular technology inventions.

R&D Focus: How has Sandvine search focus changed over the years?

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