Netapp Inc patents

Netapp Inc holds 3,822 patents in our database, with recent filings and technology areas summarized below.

Company patent statistics
MetricValue
Total patents3,822
Recent patents962
First publicationJan 1, 2015
Latest publicationApr 9, 2026

Filing trend

Year-over-year patent counts for this assignee.

Filing activity over the last five years is growing.

Patents filed per year
YearPatents
2015411
2016506
2017559
2018231
2019255
2020280
2021208
2022289
2023322
2024334
2025336
202691
Browse patents by year
YearPatents
2015411
2016506
2017559
2018231
2019255
2020280
2021208
2022289
2023322
2024334
2025336
202691

Recent patents

Latest publications where this party is an assignee.

Notable patents

Representative or frequently cited publications from precomputed assignee stats.

Top CPC classifications

Most common classification codes in this portfolio.

Top CPC codes by patent count
CPCPatents
G06F3/0671,398
G06F3/0619750
H04L67/1097687
G06F3/065639
G06F3/061478

Technology areas

Mapped technology topics for this assignee.

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Frequently asked questions

Answers are generated from the same data shown on this page.

How many patents does Netapp Inc have in patentsdb?
Netapp Inc is linked to 3,822 publications as assignee in our database.
What technology areas does Netapp Inc patent most?
Top mapped technology areas by patent count: Physics (3,577); Electricity (1,189); Cross-Sectional Technologies (47).
Is Netapp Inc's patent activity growing?
In our data, assignee counts were 334 in 2024 and 336 in 2025 (higher year over year).
What are recent patents assigned to Netapp Inc?
See the “Recent patents” section above for the latest 5 publications we attribute to this assignee.