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BlackBerry Limited (BB)

NYSE: BB · Services-Prepackaged Software · Waterloo, ON · filing with the SEC since 1999
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US patents through Dec 31, 2025 · PatentsView, from the USPTO’s Open Data Portal · read Oct 27, 2026

10,535 patents granted to the 11 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 BlackBerry Limited’s names, not what it holds today.

Patents granted
10,535
9,641 utility, 858 design, 36 reissue, 1976 to Dec 31, 2025
Granted in 2025
63
Against 92 in 2024 and 141 in 2023
Applications published
9,373
47 of them in 2025
Names they are printed under
11
a former name, its own name, a subsidiary
By yearGrantedApplications published
'11'12'13'14'15'16'17'18'19'20'21'22'23'24'25
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
Digital communication367
Computer technology186
Measurement21
Control20
IT methods for management19
Telecommunications14
Transport13
Audio-visual technology13
Basic communication processes6
Handling2
Furniture, games1
The main technology area of each patent, in the World Intellectual Property Organization’s 35 fields.
Under which name11 counted
RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED a former name
CA, as the owner printed on each patent. 5 more under the same name are not counted (printed in CN, printed in GB)
4,489 granted
6,503 published
BlackBerry Limited its own name
CA, as the owner printed on each patent. 1 more under the same name are not counted (printed in CN)
5,895 granted
1,274 published
BlackBerry Limited its own name
named as the applicant on its applications, in CA. 5 more under the same name are not counted (printed in CN, printed in SE, printed in JM)
0 granted
1,310 published
RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED a former name
named as the applicant on its applications, in CA
0 granted
144 published
Cylance Inc. a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
0 granted
112 published
Cylance Inc. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
109 granted
0 published
QNX Software Systems GmbH & Co. KG a subsidiary
DE, as the owner printed on each patent. 1 more under the same name are not counted (printed in CA)
23 granted
10 published
ATHOC, Inc. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
17 granted
8 published
AtHoc, Inc. a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
0 granted
5 published
WATCHDOX LTD. a subsidiary
IL, as the owner printed on each patent
2 granted
3 published
Research In Motion Limited, a Canadian corporation a former name
CA, as the owner printed on each patent
0 granted
4 published
Names not counted (2)
QNX Software Systems GmbH
Most of its patents print CA; this name counts in DE. 110 granted and 109 published under it are not counted.
QNX Software Systems GmbH
Most of its patents print CA; this name counts in DE. 0 granted and 58 published under it are not counted.
Newest grantseach row opens the USPTO’s own copy
GrantedPatentTitleFieldOwner as printed
Dec 30, 202512,511,387Method and system for incremental centroid clusteringComputer technologyBlackBerry Limited
Dec 30, 202512,511,380Method and system for intrusion detection for an in-vehicle infotainment systemComputer technologyBlackBerry Limited
Dec 30, 202512,511,375Detecting anomalies in code commitsComputer technologyBlackBerry Limited
Dec 16, 202512,501,248Method and system for automated provisioning of data from multiple sensorsDigital communicationBlackBerry Limited
Dec 9, 202512,493,848Asset tracking device and methods for location determinationMeasurementBlackBerry Limited
Dec 2, 202512,488,081Communicating credentials between two operating systemsDigital communicationBlackBerry Limited
Nov 25, 202512,481,797Internet-of-things devices and methods of controlling power theretoComputer technologyBlackBerry Limited
Nov 18, 202512,477,507Asset tracking devices and mobile network coverageDigital communicationBlackBerry Limited
Nov 18, 202512,477,025Method and system for managing a meeting sessionDigital communicationBlackBerry Limited
Nov 18, 202512,475,247Method and system for indirect sharing of sensor insightsDigital communicationBlackBerry Limited
Newest applications publishedan application is a clue, never a plan
PublishedApplicationTitleFieldOwner as printed
Dec 25, 20252025/0390564PROCESSING VEHICLE SIGNALSComputer technologyBlackBerry Limited
Oct 16, 20252025/0322021CLUSTERING STRINGS FOR COMPUTER SYSTEM ALERTSComputer technologyCylance Inc.
Sep 25, 20252025/0301337METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CLOUD EXTENDED ATTRIBUTE PROFILEDigital communicationBlackBerry Limited
Sep 25, 20252025/0298601MODIFYING SOFTWARE CODEComputer technologyCylance Inc.
Sep 18, 20252025/0292159MACHINE LEARNING MODELS THAT GENERATE DIVERSE EMBEDDED VECTORS, ACCORDING TO AN IMPLEMENTATIONComputer technologyCylance Inc.
Sep 4, 20252025/0278494RISK ASSESSMENT BASED ON SOFTWARE BILL OF MATERIALSComputer technologyBlackBerry Limited
Sep 4, 20252025/0276700METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CROWD SOURCED DANGEROUS DRIVING DETECTION AND ACCIDENT MITIGATIONControlBlackBerry Limited
Aug 28, 20252025/0272397GENERATING NATURAL LANGUAGE DESCRIPTION OF A SOFTWARE CODEComputer technologyCylance Inc.
Aug 28, 20252025/0272268METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DATA PIPELINE STRATIFICATION FOR LOW LATENCY ACCESSComputer technologyBlackBerry Limited
Aug 28, 20252025/0272089DETERMINING SOURCE CODE OF A SOFTWARE CODEComputer technologyCylance Inc.
What it applied for, 2024 to 2025: Computer technology 49 · Digital communication 43 · Audio-visual technology 7 · Measurement 6 · Transport 5 · Control 4.

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.

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