Patents
US patents through Dec 31, 2025 · PatentsView, from the USPTO’s Open Data Portal · read Oct 27, 2026
187 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 BCE, Inc.’s names, not what it holds today.
Patents granted
187
181 utility, 6 design, 1976 to Dec 31, 2025
Granted in 2025
none
Against 4 in 2024 and 6 in 2023
Applications published
160
2 of them in 2025
Names they are printed under
2
its own name
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 communication16
IT methods for management7
Telecommunications2
Computer technology2
Control1
Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy1
Optics1
The main technology area of each patent, in the World Intellectual Property Organization’s 35 fields.
Under which name2 counted
BCE Inc. its own name
CA, as the owner printed on each patent. 1 more under the same name are not counted (printed in US)
187 granted
92 publishedBCE INC. its own name
named as the applicant on its applications, in CA. 2 more under the same name are not counted (printed in US)
0 granted
68 published
Newest grantseach row opens the USPTO’s own copy
| Granted | Patent | Title | Field | Owner as printed |
|---|
| Dec 17, 2024 | 12,169,320 | Optical fiber splice closure and method of joining fiber optic cables | Optics | BCE Inc. |
| Apr 2, 2024 | 11,947,607 | Methods and computer-readable media for enabling secure online transactions with simplified user experience | IT methods for management | BCE Inc. |
| Jan 30, 2024 | 11,888,884 | Cyber threat intelligence system infrastructure | Digital communication | BCE Inc. |
| Jan 2, 2024 | 11,863,819 | Content consumption monitoring | Digital communication | BCE Inc. |
| Oct 24, 2023 | 11,798,003 | Methods and computer-readable media for facilitating forensic investigations of online transactions | IT methods for management | BCE Inc. |
| Sep 12, 2023 | 11,758,040 | Systems and methods for use in blocking of robocall and scam call phone numbers | Telecommunications | BCE Inc. |
| Aug 15, 2023 | 11,729,475 | System and method for providing descriptive video | Digital communication | BCE Inc. |
| Jun 27, 2023 | 11,687,605 | Methods and systems for handling online requests based on information known to a service provider | IT methods for management | BCE Inc. |
| May 30, 2023 | 11,663,349 | System and method for managing data object creation | Computer technology | BCE Inc. |
| Jan 3, 2023 | 11,544,119 | Business rules processing framework for implementing new desired functionality in a telecommunication application | Computer technology | BCE Inc. |
Newest applications publishedan application is a clue, never a plan
| Published | Application | Title | Field | Owner as printed |
|---|
| Dec 18, 2025 | 2025/0385911 | NETWORK BASED ID FOR USER TRACKING | Digital communication | BCE INC. |
| Nov 13, 2025 | 2025/0350535 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANAGING COMPUTER NETWORK TOPOLOGY | Digital communication | BCE INC. |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 2024/0412617 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ANOMALY DETECTION OF PHYSICAL ASSETS | Computer technology | BCE INC. |
| Aug 1, 2024 | 2024/0258678 | COMMUNICATION POLE AND ASSEMBLY | Telecommunications | BCE INC. |
| May 30, 2024 | 2024/0179049 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DEVICE MANAGEMENT IN A NETWORK | Digital communication | BCE INC. |
| Oct 26, 2023 | 2023/0345086 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING DESCRIPTIVE VIDEO | Digital communication | BCE INC. |
| Oct 26, 2023 | 2023/0344933 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR USE IN BLOCKING OF ROBOCALL AND SCAM CALL PHONE NUMBERS | Telecommunications | BCE INC. |
| Oct 26, 2023 | 2023/0344932 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR USE IN DETECTING ANOMALOUS CALL BEHAVIOR | Telecommunications | BCE INC. |
| Jun 22, 2023 | 2023/0196412 | TARGETED MESSAGING | IT methods for management | BCE INC. |
| Jun 22, 2023 | 2023/0195603 | APPLICATION HEALTH MONITORING AND REPORTING SYSTEM | Computer technology | BCE INC. |
What it applied for, 2024 to 2025: Digital communication 3 · Telecommunications 1 · Computer technology 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.