Technology Hotbed · Computing & AI
Network Security
Data as of 11 Oct 2026Methodology
Momentum: ▲ Rising
Across fully-published filing years - the current year is still publishing and is left out of the signal.
284
Patents
5
Startups matched
71
Foreign filers
Startup counts are name-matched candidates, not ownership records - see methodology. Methodology
Startups working on network security
Deep-tech startups with a patent tagged this technology
APEXCOGNITA PRIVATE LIMITED
Medchal Malkajgiri · Computing & AI
COGNICUE ANALYTICS PRIVATE LIMITED
North Goa · Computing & AI
GENCREST BIO PRODUCTS PRIVATE LIMITED
Mumbai · Health & Life Sciences
MATTER MOTOR WORKS PRIVATE LIMITED
Ahmedabad · Mobility & Transport
VUI CONSULTANCY PRIVATE LIMITED
New Delhi · Defence & Security
A sample of matched deep-tech startups - Startup counts are name-matched candidates, not ownership records - see methodology. Methodology
Deep-tech basis: site-backed (own website fetched and read), IP-backed (patent or design filed in its own name), web-backed (described elsewhere on the open web), registry only (registry description alone). How this is decided
Where it clusters
Matched startups by state
| State | Startups mapped |
|---|---|
| Delhi | 4 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 2 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 2 |
| Tamil Nadu | 2 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 1 |
| Jharkhand | 1 |
| Telangana | 1 |
| Maharashtra | 1 |
| Odisha | 1 |
| Punjab | 1 |
| Bihar | 1 |
| Goa | 1 |
See network security on the India map → Where its patents are filed, state by state and city by city, with companies, institutes and individual inventors apart.
Filing momentum
Filings by year - recent years still publishing
| Year | Filings | Foreign |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 18 | 8 |
| 2023 | 40 | 11 |
| 2024 | 44 | 14 |
| 2025 | 33 | 7 |
| 2026partial | 26 | 5 |
Patents publish ~18 months after they're filed, so the current year is always incomplete. The Rising / Steady / Cooling signal ignores it and compares only fully-published years - read a dip in the latest year as data still coming in, not a decline.
Who's filing
Indian companies lead - institutes & foreign kept separate
- BLUEST METTLE SOLUTIONSIN · 18
- ADVANCED NEW TECHNOLOGIESIN · 2
- CIALFOR RESEARCH LABSIN · 2
- ITCIN · 2
- WIPROIN · 2
- D RAVINDRANIN · 2
Educational institutes (6) - ranked by grant rate (share of filings granted, sample-adjusted), not filing volume
Top inventors in this technology
The most prolific inventors filing in this technology, each linking to their full patent history.