Company Analysis

Charter Communications, Inc. (CHTR)

Nasdaq: CHTR · Cable & Other Pay Television Services · Stamford, CT · filing with the SEC since 1999
Grade5.7
◀ Past 7.2● Present 6.2▶ Future 4.2

Patents

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

1,845 patents granted to the 9 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 Charter Communications, Inc.’s names, not what it holds today.

Patents granted
1,845
1,826 utility, 17 design, 2 reissue, 1976 to Dec 31, 2025
Granted in 2025
158
Against 183 in 2024 and 225 in 2023
Applications published
1,774
206 of them in 2025
Names they are printed under
9
a subsidiary, 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 communication815
Telecommunications44
Computer technology35
Measurement8
Control7
Audio-visual technology5
Transport4
IT methods for management3
Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy3
Civil engineering2
Furniture, games1
Handling1
The main technology area of each patent, in the World Intellectual Property Organization’s 35 fields.
Under which name9 counted
Charter Communications Operating, LLC a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
919 granted
233 published
Charter Communications Operating, LLC a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
0 granted
965 published
TIME WARNER CABLE ENTERPRISES LLC a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
751 granted
51 published
Time Warner Cable Enterprises LLC a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
0 granted
451 published
Time Warner Cable Inc. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
165 granted
69 published
Charter Communications, LLC its own name
US, as the owner printed on each patent
5 granted
3 published
INNOVAR MEDIA LLC a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
3 granted
0 published
Visual Advertising Sales Technology a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
2 granted
1 published
TIME WARNER CABLE INC. a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
0 granted
1 published
Newest grantseach row opens the USPTO’s own copy
GrantedPatentTitleFieldOwner as printed
Dec 30, 202512,513,706Methods and apparatus for supporting sidelink channel sharing in unlicensed spectrumDigital communicationCharter Communications Operating, LLC
Dec 30, 202512,512,887Beamforming codebook management and beamforming control in a wireless networkTelecommunicationsCharter Communications Operating, LLC
Dec 23, 202512,507,221Methods and apparatus for selecting a control channel to reduce or avoid collisionsDigital communicationCharter Communications Operating, LLC
Dec 23, 202512,507,087Methods and apparatus for automatically detecting and/or correcting physical cell ID (PCI) collisionsDigital communicationCharter Communications Operating, LLC
Dec 16, 2025D1,106,127Power over ethernet modemCharter Communications Operating, LLC
Dec 16, 202512,500,944Methods and apparatus for automatically securing communications between a mediation device and a law enforcement deviceDigital communicationCharter Communications Operating, LLC
Dec 16, 202512,500,615Apparatus for supporting amplification and processing of RF signals corresponding to a combined spectrum that includes legacy bandwidth and additional extended bandwidthTelecommunicationsCharter Communications Operating, LLC
Dec 16, 202512,499,455System and method for customer premise equipment (CPE) theft of service (TOS) detection and preventionTelecommunicationsCharter Communications Operating, LLC
Dec 2, 202512,490,108Apparatus and methods for spatial and operational differentiation and optimization in a wireless systemDigital communicationCharter Communications Operating, LLC
Dec 2, 202512,489,959Enhanced content protection for media segmentsDigital communicationCharter Communications Operating, LLC
Newest applications publishedan application is a clue, never a plan
PublishedApplicationTitleFieldOwner as printed
Dec 25, 20252025/0392951APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR USER DEVICE BUFFER MANAGEMENT IN WIRELESS NETWORKSDigital communicationCharter Communications Operating, LLC
Dec 25, 20252025/0392922METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR WIRELESS NETWORK BASE STATION CATEGORIZATION AND PARAMETER PROFILINGDigital communicationCharter Communications Operating, LLC
Dec 25, 20252025/0392769Apparatus and Methods for a Large Language Model with Semantic Audio for Targeted Advertising Video StreamComputer technologyCharter Communications Operating, LLC
Dec 25, 20252025/0392604REMOTE RECOVERY AND RE-ESTABLISHMENT OF IDENTITY FOR NETWORK DEVICES WITH EXPIRED AUTHENTICATION VIA POISONED NETWORK SERVICESDigital communicationCharter Communications Operating, LLC
Dec 25, 20252025/0392493System And Method for Providing Multiple Service Flows to Multiple Subscribers at the Same or Different LocationsDigital communicationCharter Communications Operating, LLC
Dec 25, 20252025/0392404JAMMING MITIGATION IN CBRS NETWORKDigital communicationCharter Communications Operating, LLC
Dec 18, 20252025/0386275LOW LATENCY PROCESSING FOR WIFI OR WIRELESS NETWORKS AND ROUTERSDigital communicationCharter Communications Operating, LLC
Dec 18, 20252025/0386190METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR SUPPORTING DEVICE MOBILITY ALLOWING A SERVICE SUBSCRIBER TO RECEIVE SERVICE IN MULTIPLE NETWORKSDigital communicationCharter Communications Operating, LLC
Dec 18, 20252025/0386082AUTHORIZATION INTERMEDIARY TO REDUCE NETWORK TRAFFIC WITH AND PROCESSOR UTILIZATION OF A BACK-END AUTHORIZATION SYSTEMDigital communicationCharter Communications Operating, LLC
Dec 11, 20252025/0380156Methods and Apparatus for Automatic Un-Management and Automatic Management of Cells in a Hybrid Mobile Network Operator (HMNO) NetworkDigital communicationCharter Communications Operating, LLC
What it applied for, 2024 to 2025: Digital communication 305 · Computer technology 21 · Telecommunications 17 · Measurement 10 · Control 5 · IT methods for management 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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