Patents
US patents through Dec 31, 2025 · PatentsView, from the USPTO’s Open Data Portal · read Oct 27, 2026
256 patents granted to the 5 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 Butterfly Network, Inc.’s names, not what it holds today.
Patents granted
256
211 utility, 45 design, 1976 to Dec 31, 2025
Granted in 2025
14
Against 23 in 2024 and 51 in 2023
Applications published
332
20 of them in 2025
Names they are printed under
5
its own name, a subsidiary
By yearGrantedApplications published
'04'05'13'14'15'16'17'18'19'20'21'22'23'24'25
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
Medical technology60
Measurement20
Micro-structural and nano-technology17
Basic communication processes7
Chemical engineering5
Semiconductors5
Computer technology5
Audio-visual technology2
Analysis of biological materials1
Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy1
The main technology area of each patent, in the World Intellectual Property Organization’s 35 fields.
Under which name5 counted
Butterfly Network, Inc. its own name
US, as the owner printed on each patent
131 granted
224 publishedBFLY OPERATIONS, INC. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
124 granted
63 publishedBFLY OPERATIONS, INC. a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
0 granted
21 publishedButterfly Network, Inc. its own name
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
0 granted
15 publishedOctiv, Inc. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
1 granted
9 published
Newest grantseach row opens the USPTO’s own copy
| Granted | Patent | Title | Field | Owner as printed |
|---|
| Nov 25, 2025 | 12,478,351 | Ultrasound device with elevational beamforming | Medical technology | BFLY OPERATIONS, INC. |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 12,426,857 | Ultrasonic imaging compression methods and apparatus | Measurement | BFLY OPERATIONS, INC. |
| Sep 2, 2025 | 12,402,860 | Methods and apparatus for performing measurements on an ultrasound image | Medical technology | BFLY OPERATIONS, INC. |
| Aug 5, 2025 | 12,376,828 | Methods and systems for coherence imaging in obtaining ultrasound images | Measurement | BFLY OPERATIONS, INC. |
| Jul 29, 2025 | 12,369,886 | Ultrasound probe having three configurable buttons | Medical technology | BFLY OPERATIONS, INC. |
| Jun 17, 2025 | 12,329,584 | Methods and apparatuses for collection of ultrasound data | Medical technology | BFLY OPERATIONS, INC. |
| Apr 8, 2025 | 12,269,061 | Bottom electrode via structures for micromachined ultrasonic transducer devices | Micro-structural and nano-technology | BFLY OPERATIONS, INC. |
| Apr 1, 2025 | 12,263,506 | Anti-stiction bottom cavity surface for micromachined ultrasonic transducer devices | Micro-structural and nano-technology | BFLY OPERATIONS, INC. |
| Mar 11, 2025 | 12,246,348 | Capacitive Micromachined ultrasonic transducers (CMUTs) having non-uniform pedestals | Measurement | BFLY OPERATIONS, INC. |
| Mar 11, 2025 | 12,245,888 | Methods and apparatuses for monitoring fetal heartbeat and uterine contraction signals | Medical technology | BFLY OPERATIONS, INC. |
Newest applications publishedan application is a clue, never a plan
| Published | Application | Title | Field | Owner as printed |
|---|
| Dec 11, 2025 | 2025/0375186 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING MEASUREMENTS ON AN ULTRASOUND IMAGE | Medical technology | BFLY OPERATIONS, INC. |
| Nov 20, 2025 | 2025/0352179 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR COHERENCE IMAGING IN OBTAINING ULTRASOUND IMAGES | Measurement | BFLY OPERATIONS, INC. |
| Nov 20, 2025 | 2025/0352175 | ULTRASOUND PROBE HAVING THREE CONFIGURABLE BUTTONS | Medical technology | BFLY OPERATIONS, INC. |
| Oct 9, 2025 | 2025/0312013 | METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR COLLECTION OF ULTRASOUND DATA | Medical technology | BFLY OPERATIONS, INC. |
| Oct 9, 2025 | 2025/0312011 | POINT OF CARE ULTRASOUND INTERFACE | Medical technology | BFLY OPERATIONS, INC. |
| Oct 2, 2025 | 2025/0302440 | Method and System for Acoustic Crosstalk Suppression | Medical technology | BFLY OPERATIONS, INC. |
| Sep 25, 2025 | 2025/0300037 | THERMAL DISSIPATION STRUCTURES FOR ULTRASOUND PROBES | Medical technology | BFLY OPERATIONS, INC. |
| Jul 17, 2025 | 2025/0229292 | ANTI-STICTION BOTTOM CAVITY SURFACE FOR MICROMACHINED ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCER DEVICES | Micro-structural and nano-technology | BFLY OPERATIONS, INC. |
| Jun 26, 2025 | 2025/0204888 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ACQUISITION OF PATIENT INFORMATION FOR ULTRASOUND SCANS VIA BARCODE EXTRACTION | Medical technology | BFLY OPERATIONS, INC. |
| Jun 26, 2025 | 2025/0204886 | METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR MONITORING FETAL HEARTBEAT AND UTERINE CONTRACTION SIGNALS | Medical technology | BFLY OPERATIONS, INC. |
What it applied for, 2024 to 2025: Medical technology 25 · Micro-structural and nano-technology 7 · Basic communication processes 4 · Chemical engineering 2 · Computer technology 1 · Measurement 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.