Centripetal Networks, LLC v. Cisco Systems, Inc., No. 24-2097 (Fed. Cir. Apr. 29, 2026)

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Centripetal Networks, LLC (“Centripetal”) appeals the district court’s judgment of noninfringement in favor of Cisco Systems, Inc. (“Cisco”) as to the asserted claims of three of its patents —U.S. Patent Nos. 9,686,193 (“’193 patent”), 9,203,806 (“’806 patent”), and 9,560,176 (“’176 patent”). These patents relate to filtering packets of data for security threats when they are transferred between computer networks.