Edge and Cloud Network Orchestration

Managing and optimizing network resources and services deployed at the edge of the network or within cloud environments, including distributed domain name resolution, resource exposure analysis, and traffic management specific to distributed architectures.

8,418 US filings from 812 companies since 2023 · 2023: 2,529 · 2024: 2,621 · 2025: 2,309 · 2026 YTD: 959

Routing, Switching & QoS

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.	690	221	197	207	65	+5.1%
2	Oracle International Corporation	363	82	122	109	50	-10.7%
3	VMware, Inc.	347	218	113	13	3	-88.5%
4	Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC	329	109	107	85	28	-20.6%
5	INTEL CORPORATION	305	102	98	85	20	-13.3%
6	Amazon Technologies, Inc.	298	99	90	79	30	-12.2%
7	International Business Machines Corporation	251	71	81	71	28	-12.3%
8	Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)	234	60	80	70	24	-12.5%
9	DELL PRODUCTS L.P.	231	33	66	84	48	+27.3%
10	VMware LLC	223	·	93	113	17	+21.5%
11	Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.	189	51	64	50	24	-21.9%
12	AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.	182	51	52	52	27	0.0%
13	Juniper Networks, Inc.	182	65	57	54	6	-5.3%
14	DISH Wireless L.L.C.	168	49	36	69	14	+91.7%
15	Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.	133	55	47	24	7	-48.9%
16	SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.	129	53	35	33	8	-5.7%
17	Level 3 Communications, LLC	120	61	36	18	5	-50.0%
18	Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP	114	32	34	23	25	-32.4%
19	Red Hat, Inc.	97	31	32	20	14	-37.5%
20	Apple Inc.	75	23	23	22	7	-4.3%
21	CLOUDFLARE, INC.	69	30	22	17	·	-22.7%
22	Palo Alto Networks, Inc.	69	10	11	25	23	+127.3%
23	GOOGLE LLC	65	20	21	17	7	-19.0%
24	Aviatrix Systems, Inc.	62	14	21	21	6	0.0%
25	Akamai Technologies, Inc.	59	29	10	11	9	+10.0%