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 publishedCharter Communications Operating, LLC a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
0 granted
965 publishedTIME WARNER CABLE ENTERPRISES LLC a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
751 granted
51 publishedTime Warner Cable Enterprises LLC a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
0 granted
451 publishedTime Warner Cable Inc. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
165 granted
69 publishedCharter Communications, LLC its own name
US, as the owner printed on each patent
5 granted
3 publishedINNOVAR MEDIA LLC a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
3 granted
0 publishedVisual Advertising Sales Technology a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
2 granted
1 publishedTIME 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
| Granted | Patent | Title | Field | Owner as printed |
|---|
| Dec 30, 2025 | 12,513,706 | Methods and apparatus for supporting sidelink channel sharing in unlicensed spectrum | Digital communication | Charter Communications Operating, LLC |
| Dec 30, 2025 | 12,512,887 | Beamforming codebook management and beamforming control in a wireless network | Telecommunications | Charter Communications Operating, LLC |
| Dec 23, 2025 | 12,507,221 | Methods and apparatus for selecting a control channel to reduce or avoid collisions | Digital communication | Charter Communications Operating, LLC |
| Dec 23, 2025 | 12,507,087 | Methods and apparatus for automatically detecting and/or correcting physical cell ID (PCI) collisions | Digital communication | Charter Communications Operating, LLC |
| Dec 16, 2025 | D1,106,127 | Power over ethernet modem | | Charter Communications Operating, LLC |
| Dec 16, 2025 | 12,500,944 | Methods and apparatus for automatically securing communications between a mediation device and a law enforcement device | Digital communication | Charter Communications Operating, LLC |
| Dec 16, 2025 | 12,500,615 | Apparatus for supporting amplification and processing of RF signals corresponding to a combined spectrum that includes legacy bandwidth and additional extended bandwidth | Telecommunications | Charter Communications Operating, LLC |
| Dec 16, 2025 | 12,499,455 | System and method for customer premise equipment (CPE) theft of service (TOS) detection and prevention | Telecommunications | Charter Communications Operating, LLC |
| Dec 2, 2025 | 12,490,108 | Apparatus and methods for spatial and operational differentiation and optimization in a wireless system | Digital communication | Charter Communications Operating, LLC |
| Dec 2, 2025 | 12,489,959 | Enhanced content protection for media segments | Digital communication | Charter Communications Operating, LLC |
Newest applications publishedan application is a clue, never a plan
| Published | Application | Title | Field | Owner as printed |
|---|
| Dec 25, 2025 | 2025/0392951 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR USER DEVICE BUFFER MANAGEMENT IN WIRELESS NETWORKS | Digital communication | Charter Communications Operating, LLC |
| Dec 25, 2025 | 2025/0392922 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR WIRELESS NETWORK BASE STATION CATEGORIZATION AND PARAMETER PROFILING | Digital communication | Charter Communications Operating, LLC |
| Dec 25, 2025 | 2025/0392769 | Apparatus and Methods for a Large Language Model with Semantic Audio for Targeted Advertising Video Stream | Computer technology | Charter Communications Operating, LLC |
| Dec 25, 2025 | 2025/0392604 | REMOTE RECOVERY AND RE-ESTABLISHMENT OF IDENTITY FOR NETWORK DEVICES WITH EXPIRED AUTHENTICATION VIA POISONED NETWORK SERVICES | Digital communication | Charter Communications Operating, LLC |
| Dec 25, 2025 | 2025/0392493 | System And Method for Providing Multiple Service Flows to Multiple Subscribers at the Same or Different Locations | Digital communication | Charter Communications Operating, LLC |
| Dec 25, 2025 | 2025/0392404 | JAMMING MITIGATION IN CBRS NETWORK | Digital communication | Charter Communications Operating, LLC |
| Dec 18, 2025 | 2025/0386275 | LOW LATENCY PROCESSING FOR WIFI OR WIRELESS NETWORKS AND ROUTERS | Digital communication | Charter Communications Operating, LLC |
| Dec 18, 2025 | 2025/0386190 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR SUPPORTING DEVICE MOBILITY ALLOWING A SERVICE SUBSCRIBER TO RECEIVE SERVICE IN MULTIPLE NETWORKS | Digital communication | Charter Communications Operating, LLC |
| Dec 18, 2025 | 2025/0386082 | AUTHORIZATION INTERMEDIARY TO REDUCE NETWORK TRAFFIC WITH AND PROCESSOR UTILIZATION OF A BACK-END AUTHORIZATION SYSTEM | Digital communication | Charter Communications Operating, LLC |
| Dec 11, 2025 | 2025/0380156 | Methods and Apparatus for Automatic Un-Management and Automatic Management of Cells in a Hybrid Mobile Network Operator (HMNO) Network | Digital communication | Charter 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.