Patent Theme
Automated Network Provisioning
Systems and methods for automatically deploying, configuring, and updating network devices and services, including software updates, client onboarding, and topology management across various network types.
31,903 US filings from 3,172 companies since 2023 · 2023: 8,387 · 2024: 10,026 · 2025: 9,359 · 2026 YTD: 4,131
Network Management & Monitoring
Top companies
Ranked by filings in this theme since 2023. 2026 is partial.
| # | Company | Since 2023 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 YTD | YoY |
|---|
| 1 | Cisco Technology, Inc. | 1,357 | 339 | 374 | 459 | 185 | +22.7% |
| 2 | DELL PRODUCTS L.P. | 1,220 | 252 | 415 | 410 | 143 | -1.2% |
| 3 | Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. | 1,122 | 330 | 350 | 292 | 150 | -16.6% |
| 4 | Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ) | 799 | 204 | 257 | 230 | 108 | -10.5% |
| 5 | Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. | 610 | 182 | 186 | 160 | 82 | -14.0% |
| 6 | Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC | 586 | 165 | 193 | 171 | 57 | -11.4% |
| 7 | SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. | 538 | 141 | 162 | 160 | 75 | -1.2% |
| 8 | VMware, Inc. | 530 | 335 | 174 | 17 | 4 | -90.2% |
| 9 | AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. | 519 | 176 | 135 | 126 | 82 | -6.7% |
| 10 | International Business Machines Corporation | 509 | 151 | 162 | 134 | 62 | -17.3% |
| 11 | Oracle International Corporation | 503 | 143 | 146 | 150 | 64 | +2.7% |
| 12 | Juniper Networks, Inc. | 498 | 154 | 174 | 134 | 36 | -23.0% |
| 13 | Nokia Technologies Oy | 470 | 83 | 157 | 159 | 71 | +1.3% |
| 14 | Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP | 445 | 130 | 146 | 110 | 59 | -24.7% |
| 15 | DISH Wireless L.L.C. | 440 | 82 | 105 | 196 | 57 | +86.7% |
| 16 | Amazon Technologies, Inc. | 427 | 140 | 139 | 114 | 34 | -18.0% |
| 17 | T-Mobile USA, Inc. | 336 | 80 | 86 | 112 | 58 | +30.2% |
| 18 | Apple Inc. | 318 | 77 | 101 | 98 | 42 | -3.0% |
| 19 | Bank of America Corporation | 313 | 64 | 89 | 97 | 63 | +9.0% |
| 20 | VMware LLC | 312 | · | 125 | 160 | 27 | +28.0% |
| 21 | ZTE Corporation | 308 | 74 | 103 | 93 | 38 | -9.7% |
| 22 | T-MOBILE INNOVATIONS LLC | 284 | 52 | 85 | 87 | 60 | +2.4% |
| 23 | QUALCOMM Incorporated | 274 | 66 | 77 | 86 | 45 | +11.7% |
| 24 | GOOGLE LLC | 259 | 81 | 90 | 66 | 22 | -26.7% |
| 25 | RAKUTEN MOBILE, INC. | 248 | 23 | 120 | 77 | 28 | -35.8% |