| Utility: Service level agreement based next-hop selection Filling date: 6 Sep 2025 Issue date: 31 Dec 2019 | 28 Jul 2017 | 31 Dec 2019 |
| Utility: USING MULTIPLE ETHERNET VIRTUAL PRIVATE NETWORK (EVPN) ROUTES FOR CORRESPONDING SERVICE INTERFACES OF A SUBSCRIBER INTERFACE Filling date: 6 Sep 2025 Issue date: 26 Dec 2019 | 10 Sep 2018 | 26 Dec 2019 |
| Utility: BIT INDEX EXPLICIT REPLICATION (BIER) PENULTIMATE HOP POPPING Filling date: 6 Sep 2025 Issue date: 26 Dec 2019 | 29 Jun 2018 | 26 Dec 2019 |
| Utility: COORDINATING PSEUDOWIRE CONNECTION CHARACTERISTICS AND MULTI-HOMED PROVIDER EDGE DEVICE CAPABILITIES Filling date: 6 Sep 2025 Issue date: 26 Dec 2019 | 26 Jun 2018 | 26 Dec 2019 |
| Utility: RESOURCE RESERVATION TECHNIQUES FOR POINT-TO-MULTIPOINT TUNNELS ON A RING NETWORK Filling date: 6 Sep 2025 Issue date: 26 Dec 2019 | 26 Jun 2018 | 26 Dec 2019 |
| Utility: BIT INDEX EXPLICIT REPLICATION (BIER) PENULTIMATE HOP POPPING Filling date: 6 Sep 2025 Issue date: 26 Dec 2019 | 20 Jun 2018 | 26 Dec 2019 |
| Utility: Configuring and managing network devices using program overlay on Yang-based graph database Filling date: 6 Sep 2025 Issue date: 24 Dec 2019 | 17 Mar 2017 | 24 Dec 2019 |
| Utility: FORWARDING MULTICAST DATA PACKETS USING BIT INDEX EXPLICIT REPLICATION (BIER) FOR BIER-INCAPABLE NETWORK DEVICES Filling date: 6 Sep 2025 Issue date: 19 Dec 2019 | 12 Oct 2018 | 19 Dec 2019 |
| Utility: FORWARDING MULTICAST DATA PACKETS USING BIT INDEX EXPLICIT REPLICATION (BIER) FOR BIER-INCAPABLE NETWORK DEVICES Filling date: 6 Sep 2025 Issue date: 19 Dec 2019 | 5 Sep 2018 | 19 Dec 2019 |
| Utility: DYNAMIC TUNNEL REPORTING FOR PATH COMPUTATION AND TRAFFIC ENGINEERING WITHIN A COMPUTER NETWORK Filling date: 6 Sep 2025 Issue date: 19 Dec 2019 | 19 Jun 2018 | 19 Dec 2019 |
| Utility: FORWARDING MULTICAST DATA PACKETS USING BIT INDEX EXPLICIT REPLICATION (BIER) FOR BIER-INCAPABLE NETWORK DEVICES Filling date: 6 Sep 2025 Issue date: 19 Dec 2019 | 19 Jun 2018 | 19 Dec 2019 |
| Utility: EXTENDING SUBSCRIBER SERVICES TO ROAMING WIRELESS USER EQUIPMENT Filling date: 6 Sep 2025 Issue date: 19 Dec 2019 | 15 Jun 2018 | 19 Dec 2019 |
| Utility: METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTING AND COMPENSATING BANDWIDTH LIMITATION AND MODULATION NONLINEARITY OF A COHERENT OPTICAL TRANSPONDER Filling date: 6 Sep 2025 Issue date: 19 Dec 2019 | 14 Jun 2018 | 19 Dec 2019 |
| Utility: GRACEFUL RESTART PROCEDURES FOR LABEL SWITCHED PATHS WITH LABEL STACKS Filling date: 6 Sep 2025 Issue date: 19 Dec 2019 | 13 Jun 2018 | 19 Dec 2019 |
| Utility: VIRTUALIZATION INFRASTRUCTURE UNDERLAY NETWORK PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT AND MONITORING Filling date: 6 Sep 2025 Issue date: 19 Dec 2019 | 13 Jun 2018 | 19 Dec 2019 |
| Utility: Connecting virtual nodes in a network device using abstract fabric interfaces Filling date: 6 Sep 2025 Issue date: 17 Dec 2019 | 15 Dec 2017 | 17 Dec 2019 |
| Utility: Optical protection switch with broadcast multi-directional capability Filling date: 6 Sep 2025 Issue date: 17 Dec 2019 | 30 Sep 2017 | 17 Dec 2019 |
| Utility: OPTICAL CLADDING LAYER DESIGN Filling date: 6 Sep 2025 Issue date: 12 Dec 2019 | 22 Aug 2019 | 12 Dec 2019 |
| Utility: Integrated wavelength locker Filling date: 6 Sep 2025 Issue date: 10 Dec 2019 | 26 Feb 2019 | 10 Dec 2019 |
| Utility: Destination MAC validation per logical interface of a network device Filling date: 6 Sep 2025 Issue date: 10 Dec 2019 | 29 Mar 2018 | 10 Dec 2019 |
| Utility: Network device data plane sandboxes for third-party controlled packet forwarding paths Filling date: 6 Sep 2025 Issue date: 10 Dec 2019 | 12 Mar 2018 | 10 Dec 2019 |
| Utility: Apparatus, system, and method for applying firewall rules on packets in kernel space on network devices Filling date: 6 Sep 2025 Issue date: 10 Dec 2019 | 14 Aug 2017 | 10 Dec 2019 |
| Utility: DEVICES FOR ANALYZING AND MITIGATING DROPPED PACKETS Filling date: 6 Sep 2025 Issue date: 5 Dec 2019 | 31 May 2018 | 5 Dec 2019 |
| Utility: Amplified multistage demultiplexer Filling date: 6 Sep 2025 Issue date: 3 Dec 2019 | 2 Mar 2018 | 3 Dec 2019 |
| Utility: Methods and apparatus for providing redundant power supply protection with power zones for electronic devices Filling date: 6 Sep 2025 Issue date: 3 Dec 2019 | 31 Aug 2017 | 3 Dec 2019 |
| Utility: Isolating service faults using loopbacks Filling date: 6 Sep 2025 Issue date: 3 Dec 2019 | 10 Aug 2017 | 3 Dec 2019 |
| Utility: BALANCING POWER DISTRIBUTION Filling date: 6 Sep 2025 Issue date: 28 Nov 2019 | 7 Aug 2019 | 28 Nov 2019 |
| Utility: REDUCING OR ELIMINATING ROUTING MICROLOOPS IN NETWORKS HAVING A CLOS TOPOLOGY, SUCH AS DATA CENTER CLOS NETWORKS EMPLOYING THE EXTERIOR BORDER GATEWAY PROTOCOL (EBGP) FOR EXAMPLE Filling date: 6 Sep 2025 Issue date: 28 Nov 2019 | 25 May 2018 | 28 Nov 2019 |
| Utility: FORWARDING DETECTION OF AN AGGREGATED INTERFACE Filling date: 6 Sep 2025 Issue date: 28 Nov 2019 | 25 May 2018 | 28 Nov 2019 |
| Utility: DETECTING EGRESSES OF A POINT-TO-MULTIPOINT LABEL SWITCHED PATH IN A RING NETWORK Filling date: 6 Sep 2025 Issue date: 28 Nov 2019 | 22 May 2018 | 28 Nov 2019 |
| Utility: Shared memory switch fabric system and method Filling date: 6 Sep 2025 Issue date: 26 Nov 2019 | 25 May 2018 | 26 Nov 2019 |
| Utility: APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR IMPROVING THE EFFICIENCY OF HEATSINKS Filling date: 6 Sep 2025 Issue date: 21 Nov 2019 | 21 May 2018 | 21 Nov 2019 |
| Utility: PACKET FRAGMENT FORWARDING WITHOUT REASSEMBLY Filling date: 6 Sep 2025 Issue date: 21 Nov 2019 | 18 May 2018 | 21 Nov 2019 |
| Utility: SYMMETRIC PATH/LINK OVER LAG INTERFACE USING LLDP FOR TIME SYNCHRONIZATION BETWEEN TWO NODES USING PTP Filling date: 6 Sep 2025 Issue date: 21 Nov 2019 | 17 May 2018 | 21 Nov 2019 |
| Utility: Multi vendor device support in network management systems Filling date: 6 Sep 2025 Issue date: 12 Nov 2019 | 6 Dec 2018 | 12 Nov 2019 |
| Utility: Configuring a topology of devices to support scaling of an exchange point Filling date: 6 Sep 2025 Issue date: 12 Nov 2019 | 19 Mar 2018 | 12 Nov 2019 |
| Utility: Media access control address and internet protocol address binding proxy advertisement for network devices of a network Filling date: 6 Sep 2025 Issue date: 12 Nov 2019 | 16 Feb 2018 | 12 Nov 2019 |
| Utility: Packet loss detection for user datagram protocol (UDP) traffic Filling date: 6 Sep 2025 Issue date: 12 Nov 2019 | 29 Dec 2017 | 12 Nov 2019 |
| Utility: Apparatus, system, and method for cooling devices containing multiple components Filling date: 6 Sep 2025 Issue date: 12 Nov 2019 | 27 Dec 2017 | 12 Nov 2019 |
| Utility: Printed circuit board void information generation using parameter-based rule sets Filling date: 6 Sep 2025 Issue date: 12 Nov 2019 | 18 Dec 2017 | 12 Nov 2019 |
| Utility: Multicast flow overlay using registration over a reliable transport Filling date: 6 Sep 2025 Issue date: 12 Nov 2019 | 17 Nov 2017 | 12 Nov 2019 |
| Utility: Bisection methodology for on-chip variation tolerant clock signal distribution in an integrated circuit Filling date: 6 Sep 2025 Issue date: 12 Nov 2019 | 22 Sep 2017 | 12 Nov 2019 |
| Utility: Apparatus, system, and method for providing node protection across label-switched paths that share labels Filling date: 6 Sep 2025 Issue date: 12 Nov 2019 | 28 Aug 2017 | 12 Nov 2019 |
| Utility: Dynamically optimizing performance of a security appliance Filling date: 6 Sep 2025 Issue date: 12 Nov 2019 | 24 Jul 2017 | 12 Nov 2019 |
| Utility: Transport LSP setup using selected fabric path between virtual nodes Filling date: 6 Sep 2025 Issue date: 12 Nov 2019 | 31 May 2017 | 12 Nov 2019 |
| Utility: Performing upper layer inspection of a flow based on a sampling rate Filling date: 6 Sep 2025 Issue date: 12 Nov 2019 | 2 May 2017 | 12 Nov 2019 |
| Utility: Consistent flow assignment in load balancing Filling date: 6 Sep 2025 Issue date: 12 Nov 2019 | 1 Feb 2017 | 12 Nov 2019 |
| Utility: Reputation-based application caching and white-listing Filling date: 6 Sep 2025 Issue date: 12 Nov 2019 | 29 Dec 2016 | 12 Nov 2019 |
| Utility: Network device management Filling date: 6 Sep 2025 Issue date: 12 Nov 2019 | 8 Dec 2016 | 12 Nov 2019 |
| Utility: Obtaining historical information in a device core dump Filling date: 6 Sep 2025 Issue date: 12 Nov 2019 | 6 Dec 2016 | 12 Nov 2019 |
