Ciena Corp patents

Ciena Corp holds 2,416 patents in our database, with recent filings and technology areas summarized below.

Company patent statistics
MetricValue
Total patents2,416
Recent patents718
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
2015135
2016182
2017240
2018188
2019195
2020213
2021196
2022238
2023239
2024233
2025272
202685
Browse patents by year
YearPatents
2015135
2016182
2017240
2018188
2019195
2020213
2021196
2022238
2023239
2024233
2025272
202685

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
H04L45/50145
H04L45/22134
H04L45/28130
H04L41/40120
H04Q11/0062120

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 Ciena Corp have in patentsdb?
Ciena Corp is linked to 2,416 publications as assignee in our database.
What technology areas does Ciena Corp patent most?
Top mapped technology areas by patent count: Electricity (2,174); Physics (739); Cross-Sectional Technologies (46).
Is Ciena Corp's patent activity growing?
In our data, assignee counts were 233 in 2024 and 272 in 2025 (higher year over year).
What are recent patents assigned to Ciena Corp?
See the “Recent patents” section above for the latest 5 publications we attribute to this assignee.