Registered entities
Barefoot Networks, Inc.
Reg. No. 462686499United States
Innovation
55 patent families (53 granted) — focus: Electricity & electronics, Physics & computing; filing pace slowing. Cited 15,071 times.
| Year | Filings |
|---|---|
| 2016 | 4 |
| 2017 | 6 |
| 2018 | 14 |
| 2019 | 29 |
| 2020 | 37 |
| 2021 | 19 |
| 2022 | 19 |
| 2023 | 14 |
| 2024 | 6 |
| 2025 | 10 |
| 2026 | 1 |
Investor mix
19 investors on record; lead investors include Tencent, Alibaba, Western Digital; 1 has since exited.
| Investor type | Count | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Venture capital | 10 | 53% |
| Bank & private debt | 1 | 5% |
| Other / undisclosed | 8 | 42% |