Secure Remote Access Gateway Patents: Who Leads, Trends 2026
Secure Remote Access Gateway Patents: Filing Trends and Ownership
60.9% concentration. The top 5 assignees hold 650 of 1,068 records in scope — ownership is heavily concentrated even before counting the long tail of single-filer entrants. Filings rose from 36 in 2017 to a peak of 45 in 2022, then declined to 25 by 2024 — a 29% drop across that three-year window. 2025 and 2026 figures are still incomplete due to publication lag and should not be read as a continued decline.
- 1CISCO TECHNOLOGY INC278
- 2NETAPP INC225
- 3CITRIX SYSTEMS INC68
- 4STARENT NETWORKS CORP40
- 5ORACLE INT CORP39
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Common questions about secure remote access gateway patents
How many patents exist for secure remote access gateways?
This dataset contains 1,068 published patent records filed between 2015 and the 2026-07-31 cut-off that combine a remote access gateway, VPN or session isolation concept with a control mechanism such as protocol termination, credential injection or tunnel encryption. The true current total is somewhat higher because publication typically lags filing by around 18 months, so 2025 and 2026 filings are still being published. The figure should be read as a scoped count against this specific search definition, not as every patent ever filed on remote access technology broadly.
Who are the leading patent holders in secure remote access gateways?
Ownership is concentrated: the top 5 assignees account for 650 of the 1,068 records in scope, or 60.9%, and the top 10 extend that to 69.9%. The leading assignee alone holds 278 records, far ahead of the fifth-place holder at 39 and tenth place at 17. That steep drop-off means competitive analysis should focus first on the leader’s portfolio rather than treating the ranked list as evenly spread.
Is patent filing activity in this field growing or slowing?
Filing volume grew from 36 in 2017 to a peak of 45 in 2022, then fell to 25 by 2024 — a 29% decline over that three-year span. Because publication lags filing by roughly 18 months, the 2025-2026 figures in any trend chart are still incomplete and should not be read as evidence of a continued drop. The safest complete comparison currently available is the 2021-to-2024 window cited above.
Disclaimer. This analysis is based on Patsnap Eureka data drawn from a limited snapshot of global patent records and is provided for general information and reference only. Patent data carries inherent limitations — recent filings are under-counted because of publication lag, counts may be on a record or family basis, classification and applicant-name data may contain errors or duplicates, and the underlying search query defines the scope shown — so the analysis may be incomplete or inaccurate and may not reflect the full technology landscape.
Nothing here is an exhaustive prior-art, novelty, freedom-to-operate or validity search, nor does it constitute legal, financial or professional advice, and it should not be relied upon as such. Verify independently and review with qualified patent and legal professionals before acting on it.
Method: Filing trend and technology composition. Derived from a Patsnap search on Secure Remote Access Gateways covering 2015–2026, data cut-off 2026-07-31. Counts reflect published records only and shift as new filings publish. Every share divides by all records in scope. Data: Patsnap Eureka. See the full landscape report.