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Pankaj Thakkar
Also filed as: THAKKAR PANKAJ
164 granted patents·9 pending applications·4,049 citations·filing 2008–2024
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173 records- 0199US11438238B2User interface for accessing multi-site logical networkVMWARE INC·Filed 2020·Granted Sep 6, 2022·14 cites·25 claims
- 0299US11372671B2Architecture of networks with middleboxesNICIRA INC·Filed 2021·Granted Jun 28, 2022·7 cites·21 claims
- 0399US11088919B1Data structure for defining multi-site logical networkVMWARE INC·Filed 2020·Granted Aug 10, 2021·46 cites·20 claims
- 0499US10514941B2Load balancing and destination network address translation middleboxesNICIRA INC·Filed 2012·Granted Dec 24, 2019·53 cites·11 claims
- 0599US10089127B2Control plane interface for logical middlebox servicesNICIRA INC·Filed 2012·Granted Oct 2, 2018·54 cites·22 claims
- 0699US9697033B2Architecture of networks with middleboxesNICIRA INC·Filed 2015·Granted Jul 4, 2017·133 cites·18 claims
- 0799US9407599B2Handling NAT migration in logical L3 routingNICIRA INC·Filed 2013·Granted Aug 2, 2016·77 cites·17 claims
- 0899US9306909B2Connection identifier assignment and source network address translationNICIRA INC·Filed 2014·Granted Apr 5, 2016·50 cites·20 claims
- 0999US9195491B2Migrating middlebox state for distributed middleboxesNICIRA INC·Filed 2012·Granted Nov 24, 2015·74 cites·18 claims
- 1099US9172603B2WAN optimizer for logical networksNICIRA INC·Filed 2012·Granted Oct 27, 2015·109 cites·23 claims
- 1199US9154433B2Physical controllerKOPONEN TEEMU·Filed 2012·Granted Oct 6, 2015·73 cites·24 claims
- 1299US9137052B2Federating interconnection switching element network to two or more levelsKOPONEN TEEMU·Filed 2012·Granted Sep 15, 2015·96 cites·20 claims
- 1399US9049153B2Logical packet processing pipeline that retains state information to effectuate efficient processing of packetsCASADO MARTIN·Filed 2011·Granted Jun 2, 2015·61 cites·24 claims
- 1499US9015823B2Firewalls in logical networksNICIRA INC·Filed 2012·Granted Apr 21, 2015·136 cites·22 claims
- 1599US8966029B2Network control system for configuring middleboxesNICIRA INC·Filed 2012·Granted Feb 24, 2015·77 cites·23 claims
- 1699US8966024B2Architecture of networks with middleboxesNICIRA INC·Filed 2012·Granted Feb 24, 2015·71 cites·26 claims
- 1799US8913611B2Connection identifier assignment and source network address translationNICIRA INC·Filed 2012·Granted Dec 16, 2014·84 cites·20 claims
- 1898US10880158B2Identifying the realization status of logical entities based on a global realization numberNICIRA INC·Filed 2019·Granted Dec 29, 2020·35 cites·20 claims
- 1998US10778557B2Tracing network packets through logical and physical networksNICIRA INC·Filed 2019·Granted Sep 15, 2020·94 cites·20 claims
- 2098US10191763B2Architecture of networks with middleboxesNICIRA INC·Filed 2017·Granted Jan 29, 2019·13 cites·18 claims
- 2198US10181993B2Tracing network packets through logical and physical networksNICIRA INC·Filed 2017·Granted Jan 15, 2019·22 cites·20 claims
- 2298US10091028B2Hierarchical controller clusters for interconnecting two or more logical datapath setsKOPONEN TEEMU·Filed 2012·Granted Oct 2, 2018·50 cites·20 claims
- 2398US9860151B2Tracing network packets through logical and physical networksNICIRA INC·Filed 2016·Granted Jan 2, 2018·84 cites·20 claims
- 2498US9577845B2Multiple active L3 gateways for logical networksNICIRA INC·Filed 2014·Granted Feb 21, 2017·107 cites·21 claims
- 2598US9552219B2Migrating middlebox state for distributed middleboxesNICIRA INC·Filed 2015·Granted Jan 24, 2017·20 cites·20 claims
- 2698US9369426B2Distributed logical L3 routingKOPONEN TEEMU·Filed 2012·Granted Jun 14, 2016·48 cites·20 claims
- 2798US9319336B2Scheduling distribution of logical control plane dataNICIRA INC·Filed 2013·Granted Apr 19, 2016·34 cites·14 claims
- 2898US9178833B2Chassis controllerKOPONEN TEEMU·Filed 2012·Granted Nov 3, 2015·42 cites·19 claims
- 2998US8958298B2Centralized logical L3 routingZHANG RONGHUA·Filed 2012·Granted Feb 17, 2015·167 cites·14 claims
- 3098US8837493B2Distributed network control apparatus and methodCASADO MARTIN·Filed 2011·Granted Sep 16, 2014·43 cites·20 claims
- 3198US8830835B2Generating flows for managed interconnection switchesCASADO MARTIN·Filed 2012·Granted Sep 9, 2014·37 cites·20 claims
- 3298US8817620B2Network virtualization apparatus and methodKOPONEN TEEMU·Filed 2011·Granted Aug 26, 2014·34 cites·20 claims
- 3398US8761036B2Network control apparatus and method with quality of service controlsFULTON BRYAN J·Filed 2011·Granted Jun 24, 2014·147 cites·21 claims
- 3498US8750119B2Network control apparatus and method with table mapping engineLAMBETH W ANDREW·Filed 2011·Granted Jun 10, 2014·52 cites·22 claims
- 3598US8750164B2Hierarchical managed switch architectureCASADO MARTIN·Filed 2011·Granted Jun 10, 2014·98 cites·23 claims
- 3698US8743888B2Network control apparatus and methodCASADO MARTIN·Filed 2011·Granted Jun 3, 2014·36 cites·21 claims
- 3798US8718070B2Distributed network virtualization apparatus and methodKOPONEN TEEMU·Filed 2011·Granted May 6, 2014·50 cites·26 claims
- 3898US8717895B2Network virtualization apparatus and method with a table mapping engineKOPONEN TEEMU·Filed 2011·Granted May 6, 2014·153 cites·23 claims
- 3997US11882000B2Network management system for federated multi-site logical networkVMware LLC·Filed 2020·Granted Jan 23, 2024·5 cites·22 claims
- 4097US11593148B2Network control system for configuring middleboxesNICIRA INC·Filed 2021·Granted Feb 28, 2023·4 cites·20 claims
- 4197US10931481B2Multi-domain interconnectNICIRA INC·Filed 2019·Granted Feb 23, 2021·13 cites·20 claims
- 4297US10922124B2Network control system for configuring middleboxesNICIRA INC·Filed 2019·Granted Feb 16, 2021·8 cites·20 claims
- 4397US10241820B2Determining the realization status of logical entities in logical networksNICIRA INC·Filed 2016·Granted Mar 26, 2019·31 cites·20 claims
- 4497US10243846B2Defining routing domain for distributed packet processingNICIRA INC·Filed 2017·Granted Mar 26, 2019·39 cites·20 claims
- 4597US10243797B2Identifying the realization status of logical entities based on a global realization numberNICIRA INC·Filed 2016·Granted Mar 26, 2019·33 cites·20 claims
- 4697US10235199B2Migrating middlebox state for distributed middleboxesNICIRA INC·Filed 2017·Granted Mar 19, 2019·13 cites·20 claims
- 4797US10110431B2Logical router processing by network controllerNICIRA INC·Filed 2016·Granted Oct 23, 2018·34 cites·20 claims
- 4897US9998324B2Logical L3 processing for L2 hardware switchesNICIRA INC·Filed 2015·Granted Jun 12, 2018·26 cites·19 claims
- 4997US9979593B2Logical L3 processing for L2 hardware switchesNICIRA INC·Filed 2015·Granted May 22, 2018·26 cites·24 claims
- 5097US9912616B2Grouping tunnel endpoints of a bridge clusterNICIRA INC·Filed 2015·Granted Mar 6, 2018·30 cites·18 claims
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