Patents
US patents through Dec 31, 2025 · PatentsView, from the USPTO’s Open Data Portal · read Oct 27, 2026
10 patents granted to the 2 names below, as the owner printed on each patent when it was granted. A later sale, a lapse or an expiry is not read, so this is what was granted to Sphere 3D Corp.’s names, not what it holds today.
Patents granted
10
10 utility, 1976 to Dec 31, 2025
Granted in 2025
none
in the last year the record reads
Applications published
12
since 2001, to Dec 31, 2025
Names they are printed under
2
a former name
By yearGrantedApplications published
Each pair is one calendar year. Applications are published about eighteen months after filing, so the newest years read low.
Under which name2 counted
SPHERE 3D INC. a former name
CA, as the owner printed on each patent
8 publishedSphere 3D Inc. a former name
named as the applicant on its applications, in CA
4 publishedNames not counted (1)
DarkHorse Technologies Inc.
Most of its patents print GB; this name counts in CA, US. 0 granted and 1 published under it are not counted.
Newest grantseach row opens the USPTO’s own copy
| Granted | Patent | Title | Field | Owner as printed |
|---|
| Apr 16, 2019 | 10,261,811 | Systems and methods for contextually allocating emulation resources | Computer technology | SPHERE 3D INC. |
| May 8, 2018 | 9,965,303 | Systems and methods for accessing remote resources for emulation | Computer technology | SPHERE 3D INC. |
| May 8, 2018 | 9,965,302 | Systems and methods for providing an emulator | Computer technology | SPHERE 3D INC. |
| May 8, 2018 | 9,965,301 | Systems and methods for managing emulation resources | Computer technology | SPHERE 3D INC. |
| Feb 6, 2018 | 9,888,015 | Systems and methods of managing access to remote resources | Digital communication | SPHERE 3D INC. |
| Oct 31, 2017 | 9,804,865 | Microvisor run time environment offload processor | Computer technology | SPHERE 3D INC. |
| May 30, 2017 | 9,665,700 | Systems and methods of managing access to remote resources | Digital communication | SPHERE 3D INC. |
| Apr 4, 2017 | 9,614,931 | Identifying a resource set require for a requested application and launching the resource set in a container for execution in a host operating system | Digital communication | SPHERE 3D INC. |
| Dec 27, 2016 | 9,531,639 | Systems and methods for allocating online resources | Computer technology | SPHERE 3D INC. |
| Nov 1, 2016 | 9,483,285 | Systems and methods of optimizing resources for emulation | Computer technology | SPHERE 3D INC. |
Newest applications publishedan application is a clue, never a plan
| Published | Application | Title | Field | Owner as printed |
|---|
| Feb 15, 2018 | 2018/0046467 | MICROVISOR RUN TIME ENVIRONMENT OFFLOAD PROCESSOR | Computer technology | Sphere 3D Inc. |
| Jan 4, 2018 | 2018/0004552 | Systems and Methods for Emulating Resources Using Abstract Containerization with Abstract Categorization and Policy Setting | Digital communication | SPHERE 3D INC. |
| Aug 10, 2017 | 2017/0230379 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF MANAGING ACCESS TO REMOTE RESOURCES | Digital communication | SPHERE 3D INC. · patent 9,888,015 granted from it |
| Jun 8, 2017 | 2017/0163553 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PROVIDING SOFTWARE APPLICATIONS | Digital communication | Sphere 3D Inc. |
| Jul 21, 2016 | 2016/0210173 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PROVIDING SOFTWARE APPLICATIONS | Digital communication | Sphere 3D Inc. · patent 9,614,931 granted from it |
| Nov 26, 2015 | 2015/0339128 | MICROVISOR RUN TIME ENVIRONMENT OFFLOAD PROCESSOR | Computer technology | Sphere 3D Inc. · patent 9,804,865 granted from it |
| Oct 2, 2014 | 2014/0297251 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ACCESSING REMOTE RESOURCES FOR EMULATION | Computer technology | SPHERE 3D INC. · patent 9,965,303 granted from it |
| Oct 2, 2014 | 2014/0297250 | Systems and Methods for Providing an Emulator | Computer technology | SPHERE 3D INC. · patent 9,965,302 granted from it |
| Oct 2, 2014 | 2014/0297249 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANAGING EMULATION RESOURCES | Computer technology | SPHERE 3D INC. · patent 9,965,301 granted from it |
| Jul 18, 2013 | 2013/0185774 | Systems and Methods of Managing Access to Remote Resources | Digital communication | SPHERE 3D INC. · patent 9,665,700 granted from it |
A patent is counted where the owner printed on it when it was granted carries the company’s own name, a former name, the name of a subsidiary its annual report lists, or its own name with a patent-holding phrase (Technology Licensing, Intellectual Property and the like), once the legal form, case and punctuation are set aside, and prints a country that name counts in. PatentsView’s data are published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence. Source: PatentsView's granted patents and pre-grant publications, disambiguated, from the USPTO's Open Data Portal, through Dec 31, 2025, read Oct 27, 2026.