Alibaba Group Holding Limited (BABA)
NYSE: BABA · Services-Business Services, NEC · Causeway Bay, HK · filing with the SEC since 2014
Patents
US patents through Dec 31, 2025 · PatentsView, from the USPTO’s Open Data Portal · read Oct 27, 2026170 patents granted to the 26 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 Alibaba Group Holding Limited’s names, not what it holds today.
Patents granted
170
162 utility, 8 design, 1976 to Dec 31, 2025
Granted in 2025
45
Against 25 in 2024 and 17 in 2023
Applications published
349
43 of them in 2025
Names they are printed under
26
a subsidiary
By yearGrantedApplications published
Each pair is one calendar year. Applications are published about eighteen months after filing, so the newest years read low.
What they are aboutgrants since 2021
Computer technology70
Audio-visual technology11
Digital communication9
Telecommunications2
Basic communication processes1
Control1
Surface technology, coating1
The main technology area of each patent, in the World Intellectual Property Organization’s 35 fields.
Under which name26 counted
Alibaba (China) Co., Ltd. a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in CN
134 published
GUANGZHOU UCWEB COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD a subsidiary
CN, as the owner printed on each patent
28 published
GUANGZHOU UCWEB COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in CN
72 published
Alibaba (China) Co., Ltd. a subsidiary
CN, as the owner printed on each patent
4 published
Alibaba Singapore Holding Private Limited a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in SG
32 published
ALIBABA SINGAPORE HOLDING PRIVATE LIMITED a subsidiary
SG, as the owner printed on each patent
6 published
T-Head (Shanghai) Semiconductor Co., Ltd. a subsidiary
CN, as the owner printed on each patent
3 published
T-Head (Shanghai) Semiconductor Co., Ltd. a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in CN
18 published
Rajax Network Technology (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in CN
13 published
ALIBABA CLOUD COMPUTING CO., LTD. a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in CN
12 published
YOUKU INTERNET TECHNOLOGY (BEIJING) CO., LTD. a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in CN
9 published
ALIBABA CLOUD COMPUTING CO., LTD. a subsidiary
CN, as the owner printed on each patent
1 published
Hangzhou AliCloud Apsara Information Technology Co., Ltd. a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in CN
4 published
BEIJING YOUKU TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in CN
3 published
RAJAX NETWORK TECHNOLOGY (SHANGHAI) CO., LTD. a subsidiary
CN, as the owner printed on each patent
0 published
ZHEJIANG TMALL TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. a subsidiary
CN, as the owner printed on each patent
1 published
Taobao (China) Software Co., Ltd. a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in CN
2 published
Youku Internet Technology (Beijing) Co., Ltd. a subsidiary
CN, as the owner printed on each patent
1 published
ZHEJIANG KOUBEI NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in CN
2 published
ZHEJIANG TMALL TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in CN
2 published
AMAP SOFTWARE CO., LTD. a subsidiary
CN, as the owner printed on each patent
0 published
Hangzhou AliCloud Apsara Information Technology Co., Ltd. a subsidiary
CN, as the owner printed on each patent
0 published
YOUKU INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (BEIJING) CO., LTD. a subsidiary
CN, as the owner printed on each patent
0 published
Yidian Lingxi Information Technology (Guangzhou) Co., Ltd. a subsidiary
CN, as the owner printed on each patent
1 published
Youku Information Technology (Beijing) Co., Ltd. a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in CN
1 published
ZHEJIANG KOUBEI NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. a subsidiary
CN, as the owner printed on each patent
0 published
Names not counted (3)
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd
Most of its patents print KY; this name counts in HK. 2,451 granted and 1,978 published under it are not counted.
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd
Most of its patents print KY; this name counts in HK. 0 granted and 4,002 published under it are not counted.
Beijing Youku Technology Co., Ltd.
No country is printed for it. 0 granted and 1 published under it are not counted.
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Newest applications publishedan application is a clue, never a plan
What it applied for, 2024 to 2025: Computer technology 61 · Audio-visual technology 42 · Digital communication 12 · Furniture, games 2 · IT methods for management 2 · Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy 1.
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.