Company Analysis

Box, Inc. (BOX)

NYSE: BOX · Services-Prepackaged Software · Redwood City, CA · filing with the SEC since 2006
Grade5.6
◀ Past 6.9● Present 5.8▶ Future 4.7

Patents

US patents through Dec 31, 2025 · PatentsView, from the USPTO’s Open Data Portal · read Oct 27, 2026

268 patents granted to the 3 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 Box, Inc.’s names, not what it holds today.

Patents granted
268
261 utility, 7 design, 1976 to Dec 31, 2025
Granted in 2025
15
Against 23 in 2024 and 26 in 2023
Applications published
292
13 of them in 2025
Names they are printed under
3
its own name, a former 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
Computer technology73
Digital communication42
IT methods for management4
The main technology area of each patent, in the World Intellectual Property Organization’s 35 fields.
Under which name3 counted
Box, Inc. its own name
US, as the owner printed on each patent. 5 more under the same name are not counted (printed in IM, printed in JP, printed in AU)
268 granted
205 published
Box, Inc. its own name
named as the applicant on its applications, in US. 2 more under the same name are not counted (printed in IM)
0 granted
83 published
Box.net, Inc. a former name
US, as the owner printed on each patent
0 granted
4 published
Newest grantseach row opens the USPTO’s own copy
Newest applications publishedan application is a clue, never a plan
PublishedApplicationTitleFieldOwner as printed
Dec 18, 20252025/0384033METADATA QUERY MECHANISMComputer technologyBox, Inc.
Nov 20, 20252025/0358138METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR CURATION OF CONTENT ITEMS OF A USER GROUP IN A CLOUD-BASED COLLABORATION ENVIRONMENTDigital communicationBox, Inc.
Sep 4, 20252025/0280032THREAT DETECTION AND REMEDIATIONDigital communicationBox, Inc.
Aug 21, 20252025/0267129PREDICTING USER-FILE INTERACTIONSComputer technologyBox, Inc.
Aug 14, 20252025/0258655METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR SOFTWARE CODE GENERATIONComputer technologyBox, Inc.
May 29, 20252025/0175489ACQUIRING ELECTRONIC-BASED SIGNATURESDigital communicationBox, Inc.
May 22, 20252025/0168191ACQUIRING ELECTRONIC-BASED SIGNATURESDigital communicationBox, Inc.
May 15, 20252025/0156563CALCULATING AND REPORTING COLLABORATION SYSTEM RISKSComputer technologyBox, Inc.
Apr 10, 20252025/0117412ISOLATING PASSAGES FROM CONTEXT-LADEN COLLABORATION SYSTEM CONTENT OBJECTSComputer technologyBox, Inc.
Apr 10, 20252025/0117406METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR METADATA EXTRACTIONComputer technologyBox, Inc.
What it applied for, 2024 to 2025: Computer technology 21 · Digital communication 18.

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.

SI Assistanton BOX · research, not advice