Patents & inventions
Thirty-two granted US patents, one founding team
Before REAP, the founders spent two decades inventing how data centers, storage fabrics, campus networks and cloud-delivered access control work, at Cisco (opens in a new tab) (Andiamo (opens in a new tab) and Insieme (opens in a new tab)), Aruba (opens in a new tab), Pensando (opens in a new tab) and WiteSand (opens in a new tab) (Juniper (opens in a new tab)). Every patent below links to its public record.
32
granted US patents naming a REAP founder as inventor
23
distinct inventions (patent families)
Continuations grouped
4
assignees: Cisco (opens in a new tab), Juniper Networks (opens in a new tab), Pensando (opens in a new tab) Systems, Aruba (opens in a new tab) Networks
Inventors
Three founders, one record each
Links open the inventor’s complete public record; counts are granted US patents naming the founder.
Inventions by era
What the patents cover
| Theme | Where and when | What was invented | Patents |
|---|---|---|---|
| Storage-area networking and fabrics | Cisco (opens in a new tab), 2010–2014 | The Andiamo (opens in a new tab) lineage: inter-VSAN routing and topology discovery, in-order delivery, load balancing and monitoring across a storage fabric, hard zoning on NPIV devices, mitigating congested interfaces. | 7,644,179, 7,647,434, 7,656,812, 7,881,325, 7,890,654, 8,593,965, 8,775,580, 9,444,742 |
| Data-center fabric, placement and scale | Cisco (opens in a new tab), 2014–2017 | The Insieme (opens in a new tab) years: cloud resource placement using the physical topology, data-center capability summarization, multicast scale through localized indices. | 8,856,386, 9,026,560, 9,742,673, 9,747,362 |
| Resilient switching and operations | Cisco (opens in a new tab) and Aruba (opens in a new tab), 2017–2021 | Detecting and preventing network loops (a five-patent family), EVPN multi-homing convergence, adaptive control-plane policing, switch upgrades from remote containers, protection against man-in-the-middle attacks in software-defined networks, beacon transmission parameters in Wi-Fi. | 9,661,614, 9,854,565, 9,870,219, 10,079,752, 10,110,469, 10,153,977, 10,320,838, 10,333,836, 10,491,508, 10,516,598, 10,516,600, 10,951,531 |
| Programmable data-plane services | Pensando (opens in a new tab) Systems, 2021–2023 | Layer-4 classification from telemetry, network congestion management, and RDMA extended for dynamic and programmable remote operations. | 11,153,221, 11,252,088, 11,770,449 |
| Cloud-delivered network access control | WiteSand (opens in a new tab) → Juniper Networks (opens in a new tab), 2024–2026 | Intent-based NAC policy, closed-loop provisioning from device fingerprints, multi-tenant NAS identification, high-availability multi-tenant cloud NAC, and security policy from endpoint and user attributes, with eight further applications pending. | 12,166,758, 12,192,241, 12,368,712, 12,368,717, 12,574,380 |
The patents
Granted first, then pending applications
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US 12,574,380 B2
Applying security policies based on endpoint and user attributes
RajaNataMadhava
US 12,368,717 B1
High availability multi-tenant cloud based network access control system
RajaNataMadhava
US 12,368,712 B2
Organization identification of network access server devices into a multi-tenant cloud network access control service
RajaNataMadhava
US 12,192,241 B2
Network access control intent-based policy configuration
RajaNataMadhava
US 12,166,758 B2
Closed-loop network provisioning based on network access control fingerprinting
RajaNataMadhava
US 11,770,449 B2
Methods and systems for extending RDMA for dynamic/programmable remote operation registration and invocation
RajaMadhava
US 11,252,088 B2
Methods and systems for network congestion management
RajaMadhava
US 11,153,221 B2
Methods, systems, and devices for classifying layer 4-level data from data queues
RajaMadhava
US 10,951,531 B2
Adapting control plane policing parameters dynamically
Nata
US 10,516,600 B2
Detecting and preventing network loops
Nata
US 10,516,598 B2
Detecting and preventing network loops
Nata
US 10,491,508 B2
Detecting and preventing network loops
Nata
US 10,333,836 B2
Convergence for EVPN multi-homed networks
Nata
US 10,320,838 B2
Technologies for preventing man-in-the-middle attacks in software defined networks
Nata
US 10,153,977 B2
Adapting control plane policing parameters dynamically
Nata
US 10,110,469 B2
Detecting and preventing network loops
Nata
US 10,079,752 B2
Detecting and preventing network loops
Nata
US 9,870,219 B1
Mechanisms for performing switch upgrades using remote containers
Nata
US 9,854,565 B2
Determining transmission parameters for transmitting beacon frames
Nata
US 9,747,362 B2
Data center capability summarization
Raja
US 9,742,673 B2
Increasing multicast scale via localization of indices
RajaMadhava
US 9,661,614 B2
Determining transmission parameters for transmitting beacon frames
Nata
US 9,444,742 B2
Mitigating the effects of congested interfaces on a fabric
Madhava
US 9,026,560 B2
Data center capability summarization
Raja
US 8,856,386 B2
Cloud resource placement using placement pivot in physical topology
Raja
US 8,775,580 B2
Hard zoning on NPIV proxy/NPV devices
RajaMadhava
US 8,593,965 B2
Mitigating the effects of congested interfaces on a fabric
Madhava
US 7,890,654 B1
Dynamic inter-VSAN topology discovery
Raja
US 7,881,325 B2
Load balancing technique implemented in a storage area network
RajaMadhava
US 7,656,812 B2
Monitoring of data packets in a fabric
RajaMadhava
US 7,647,434 B2
Technique for in order delivery of traffic across a storage area network
RajaMadhava
US 7,644,179 B1
Inter-VSAN routing with NAT
Madhava
US 2026/0122068 A1
Network authentication and authorization issue detection
RajaNataMadhava
US 2025/0350598 A1
Organization identification of network access server devices into a multi-tenant cloud network access control service
RajaNataMadhava
US 2025/0141932 A1
Network access control intent-based policy configuration
RajaNataMadhava
US 2025/0056322 A1
Distributed link failure resilient low latency network access control with authentication offload
RajaNataMadhava
US 2025/0047675 A1
Closed-loop network provisioning based on network access control fingerprinting
RajaNataMadhava
US 2025/0004738 A1
Multiplexing tenant tunnels in software-as-a-service deployments
Nata
US 2024/0334190 A1
Dynamic load balancing of RADIUS requests from network access server device
RajaNataMadhava
US 2024/0179168 A1
Network access anomaly detection and mitigation
RajaNataMadhava
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How this list was compiled
Each granted patent was opened on its Google Patents (opens in a new tab) page and each application on the inventor’s Justia (opens in a new tab) page on September 26, 2026; numbers, titles, dates, assignees and inventor lists are as published there. Continuations are listed individually and grouped into families in the table above. Other inventors sharing a surname (in networking, pharmaceuticals and other fields) were reviewed and excluded.
The patents were developed at the founders’ prior employers and are owned by the assignees named. They are listed here to show the depth of the team’s networking engineering record, not as REAP intellectual property. REAP’s own filings will be added as they publish.
Sources
- Google Patents (opens in a new tab), per-patent pages linked from every entry
- Justia Patents (opens in a new tab), inventor pages linked above
- USPTO Patent Public Search (opens in a new tab), for certified copies and file histories
Corrections: press and analyst inquiries
The same engineers built REAP.
Founders attend every kickoff and every business review of a proof of value. The patents listed here are owned by the assignees named on each record, not by REAP.