| Utility: Coordinating pseudowire connection characteristics and multi-homed provider edge device capabilities Filling date: 6 Sep 2025 Issue date: 8 Sep 2020 | 26 Jun 2018 | 8 Sep 2020 |
| Utility: Devices for analyzing and mitigating dropped packets Filling date: 6 Sep 2025 Issue date: 8 Sep 2020 | 31 May 2018 | 8 Sep 2020 |
| Utility: Efficient storage and retrieval of time series data Filling date: 6 Sep 2025 Issue date: 8 Sep 2020 | 12 Dec 2017 | 8 Sep 2020 |
| Utility: Deployment of a security policy based on network topology and device capability Filling date: 6 Sep 2025 Issue date: 8 Sep 2020 | 31 Jul 2017 | 8 Sep 2020 |
| Utility: Methods and apparatus for centralized configuration management of heterogenous network devices through software-based node unification Filling date: 6 Sep 2025 Issue date: 1 Sep 2020 | 11 Apr 2019 | 1 Sep 2020 |
| Utility: Anti-spoofing techniques for overlay networks Filling date: 6 Sep 2025 Issue date: 1 Sep 2020 | 30 Nov 2017 | 1 Sep 2020 |
| Utility: Enhanced traffic flow in software-defined networking controller-based architecture Filling date: 6 Sep 2025 Issue date: 25 Aug 2020 | 4 Feb 2019 | 25 Aug 2020 |
| Utility: Enhanced two-way active measurement protocol Filling date: 6 Sep 2025 Issue date: 18 Aug 2020 | 31 May 2019 | 18 Aug 2020 |
| Utility: Kernel scheduling based on precedence constraints and/or artificial intelligence techniques Filling date: 6 Sep 2025 Issue date: 18 Aug 2020 | 10 Dec 2018 | 18 Aug 2020 |
| Utility: Photonic integrated circuit with active alignment Filling date: 6 Sep 2025 Issue date: 11 Aug 2020 | 15 Mar 2019 | 11 Aug 2020 |
| Utility: Detecting link faults in network paths that include link aggregation groups (LAGs) Filling date: 6 Sep 2025 Issue date: 11 Aug 2020 | 8 Mar 2019 | 11 Aug 2020 |
| Utility: Integrated optoelectronic device with heater Filling date: 6 Sep 2025 Issue date: 11 Aug 2020 | 28 Dec 2018 | 11 Aug 2020 |
| Utility: Automation of maintenance mode operations for network devices Filling date: 6 Sep 2025 Issue date: 11 Aug 2020 | 21 Dec 2018 | 11 Aug 2020 |
| Utility: Intercepting socket metadata Filling date: 6 Sep 2025 Issue date: 11 Aug 2020 | 31 Oct 2018 | 11 Aug 2020 |
| Utility: Configuring targeted distribution of traffic Filling date: 6 Sep 2025 Issue date: 11 Aug 2020 | 22 Oct 2018 | 11 Aug 2020 |
| Utility: Monitoring services key performance indicators using TWAMP for SDN and NFV architectures Filling date: 6 Sep 2025 Issue date: 11 Aug 2020 | 9 Jul 2018 | 11 Aug 2020 |
| Utility: Extending scalable policy management to supporting network devices Filling date: 6 Sep 2025 Issue date: 11 Aug 2020 | 29 Jun 2018 | 11 Aug 2020 |
| Utility: Forwarding information base caching Filling date: 6 Sep 2025 Issue date: 11 Aug 2020 | 29 May 2018 | 11 Aug 2020 |
| Utility: Built-in test traffic generator Filling date: 6 Sep 2025 Issue date: 11 Aug 2020 | 9 Feb 2018 | 11 Aug 2020 |
| Utility: Application-aware firewall policy enforcement by data center controller Filling date: 6 Sep 2025 Issue date: 11 Aug 2020 | 6 Feb 2018 | 11 Aug 2020 |
| Utility: Establishing communication with multiple networks to enable continuous communication coverage across the multiple networks Filling date: 6 Sep 2025 Issue date: 11 Aug 2020 | 1 Feb 2018 | 11 Aug 2020 |
| Utility: Conflict resolution in segment routing Filling date: 6 Sep 2025 Issue date: 11 Aug 2020 | 15 Dec 2017 | 11 Aug 2020 |
| Utility: Scalable policy management for virtual networks Filling date: 6 Sep 2025 Issue date: 11 Aug 2020 | 21 Nov 2017 | 11 Aug 2020 |
| Utility: Per path and per link traffic accounting Filling date: 6 Sep 2025 Issue date: 11 Aug 2020 | 2 Jun 2017 | 11 Aug 2020 |
| Utility: Utilizing virtual routing and forwarding (VRF) interfaces to manage packet transmission through an internal interface Filling date: 6 Sep 2025 Issue date: 11 Aug 2020 | 2 Mar 2017 | 11 Aug 2020 |
| Utility: Methods and apparatus for detecting a signal degradation using the pre-forward error correction bit error rate at an optical transponder Filling date: 6 Sep 2025 Issue date: 4 Aug 2020 | 22 Feb 2019 | 4 Aug 2020 |
| Utility: Deadlock avoidance using modified ethernet connectivity fault management signaling Filling date: 6 Sep 2025 Issue date: 4 Aug 2020 | 25 Jan 2019 | 4 Aug 2020 |
| Utility: Reducing traffic loss during network device failure in an open shortest path first (OSPF) protocol-based local area network Filling date: 6 Sep 2025 Issue date: 4 Aug 2020 | 22 Oct 2018 | 4 Aug 2020 |
| Utility: Apparatus, systems and methods for detecting electrical failures within computing devices Filling date: 6 Sep 2025 Issue date: 4 Aug 2020 | 31 Aug 2018 | 4 Aug 2020 |
| Utility: Real-time signatureless malware detection Filling date: 6 Sep 2025 Issue date: 4 Aug 2020 | 30 Aug 2018 | 4 Aug 2020 |
| Utility: Apparatus, system, and method for debugging network devices based on the contents of dropped packets Filling date: 6 Sep 2025 Issue date: 4 Aug 2020 | 29 Jun 2018 | 4 Aug 2020 |
| Utility: Methods and apparatus for efficient use of link aggregation groups Filling date: 6 Sep 2025 Issue date: 4 Aug 2020 | 24 May 2018 | 4 Aug 2020 |
| Utility: Apparatus, system, and method for efficiently deploying backup virtual network devices Filling date: 6 Sep 2025 Issue date: 4 Aug 2020 | 14 Apr 2018 | 4 Aug 2020 |
| Utility: Systems and methods for performing in-service software upgrades on active network devices Filling date: 6 Sep 2025 Issue date: 4 Aug 2020 | 2 Dec 2017 | 4 Aug 2020 |
| Utility: Systems and methods for providing relevant software documentation to users Filling date: 6 Sep 2025 Issue date: 4 Aug 2020 | 21 Nov 2017 | 4 Aug 2020 |
| Utility: Optical multicast switch with broadcast capability Filling date: 6 Sep 2025 Issue date: 4 Aug 2020 | 30 Sep 2017 | 4 Aug 2020 |
| Utility: Apparatus, system, and method for predictively enforcing security policies on unknown flows Filling date: 6 Sep 2025 Issue date: 4 Aug 2020 | 1 Jul 2017 | 4 Aug 2020 |
| Utility: Apparatus, system, and method for sharing labels across label-switched paths within networks Filling date: 6 Sep 2025 Issue date: 28 Jul 2020 | 7 Jun 2019 | 28 Jul 2020 |
| Utility: Methods and apparatus for separating the wavelength switching function from the channel equalization function in a reconfigurable optical add/drop multiplexer (ROADM) Filling date: 6 Sep 2025 Issue date: 28 Jul 2020 | 29 May 2019 | 28 Jul 2020 |
| Utility: Protocol independent multicast ("PIM") fault tolerant designated router ("DR") election Filling date: 6 Sep 2025 Issue date: 28 Jul 2020 | 28 Sep 2018 | 28 Jul 2020 |
| Utility: Multiple virtual network interface support for virtual execution elements Filling date: 6 Sep 2025 Issue date: 28 Jul 2020 | 30 Aug 2018 | 28 Jul 2020 |
| Utility: Policy-driven workload launching based on software defined networking encryption policies Filling date: 6 Sep 2025 Issue date: 28 Jul 2020 | 29 Jun 2018 | 28 Jul 2020 |
| Utility: Dashboard for graphic display of computer network topology Filling date: 6 Sep 2025 Issue date: 28 Jul 2020 | 23 May 2018 | 28 Jul 2020 |
| Utility: Utilizing constraint optimization for egress peer engineering to determine optimized traffic plans and to implement an optimized traffic plan Filling date: 6 Sep 2025 Issue date: 21 Jul 2020 | 15 Mar 2019 | 21 Jul 2020 |
| Utility: Emulating output queued behavior in a virtual output queue switch Filling date: 6 Sep 2025 Issue date: 21 Jul 2020 | 18 May 2017 | 21 Jul 2020 |
| Utility: Software defined networking between virtualized entities of a data center and external entities Filling date: 6 Sep 2025 Issue date: 14 Jul 2020 | 10 Sep 2018 | 14 Jul 2020 |
| Utility: Distributed next hop resolution Filling date: 6 Sep 2025 Issue date: 14 Jul 2020 | 2 Jul 2018 | 14 Jul 2020 |
| Utility: Resource reservation techniques for point-to-multipoint tunnels on a ring network Filling date: 6 Sep 2025 Issue date: 14 Jul 2020 | 26 Jun 2018 | 14 Jul 2020 |
| Utility: Generating network service models Filling date: 6 Sep 2025 Issue date: 7 Jul 2020 | 18 Apr 2019 | 7 Jul 2020 |
| Utility: Generating a natural name data structure to prevent duplicate network data associated with an asynchronous distributed network operating system Filling date: 6 Sep 2025 Issue date: 7 Jul 2020 | 28 Dec 2018 | 7 Jul 2020 |