Patents
US patents through Dec 31, 2025 · PatentsView, from the USPTO’s Open Data Portal · read Oct 27, 2026
21 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 Coursera, Inc.’s names, not what it holds today.
Patents granted
21
21 utility, 1976 to Dec 31, 2025
Granted in 2025
none
Against 1 in 2024 and 1 in 2023
Applications published
40
since 2001, to Dec 31, 2025
Names they are printed under
2
its own name
By yearGrantedApplications published
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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
Control4
Computer technology3
The main technology area of each patent, in the World Intellectual Property Organization’s 35 fields.
Under which name2 counted
COURSERA, INC. its own name
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
36 publishedCoursera, Inc. its own name
US, as the owner printed on each patent
4 published
Newest grantseach row opens the USPTO’s own copy
| Granted | Patent | Title | Field | Owner as printed |
|---|
| Jan 30, 2024 | 11,887,506 | Using a glicko-based algorithm to measure in-course learning | Control | Coursera, Inc. |
| Sep 5, 2023 | 11,749,135 | Secure computer-implemented execution and evaluation of programming assignments for on demand courses | Control | Coursera, Inc. |
| Jul 26, 2022 | 11,398,163 | Secure computer-implemented execution and evaluation of programming assignments for on demand courses | Control | Coursera, Inc. |
| May 3, 2022 | 11,321,297 | Dynamic state tracking with query serving in an online content platform | Computer technology | Coursera, Inc. |
| Apr 26, 2022 | 11,315,204 | Updating sequence of online courses for new learners while maintaining previous sequences of online courses for previous learners | Control | Coursera, Inc. |
| Feb 23, 2021 | 10,930,166 | Adaptive content delivery for online education | Computer technology | Coursera, Inc. |
| Jan 26, 2021 | 10,902,061 | Content discovery using a skills graph | Computer technology | Coursera, Inc. |
| Oct 6, 2020 | 10,796,592 | User generated content within an online education platform | Computer technology | Coursera, Inc. |
| Jun 9, 2020 | 10,678,519 | Code generation for isomorphic data fetching | Digital communication | Coursera, Inc. |
| May 19, 2020 | 10,657,834 | Smart bookmarks | Computer technology | Coursera, Inc. |
Newest applications publishedan application is a clue, never a plan
| Published | Application | Title | Field | Owner as printed |
|---|
| Nov 7, 2024 | 2024/0370804 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR BUILDING EDUCATIONAL COURSES | IT methods for management | COURSERA, INC. |
| Mar 2, 2023 | 2023/0066058 | VIRTUAL BROWSER CLOUD WORKSPACE FOR AN ONLINE HANDS-ON LEARNING PLATFORM | Control | COURSERA, INC. |
| Oct 13, 2022 | 2022/0327955 | SECURE COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED EXECUTION AND EVALUATION OF PROGRAMMING ASSIGNMENTS FOR ON DEMAND COURSES | Control | COURSERA, INC. · patent 11,749,135 granted from it |
| Apr 21, 2022 | 2022/0122478 | SUBJECT COMPREHENSION EVALUATION IN AN ONLINE HANDS-ON LEARNING PLATFORM | Control | COURSERA, INC. · patent 12,260,780 granted from it |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 2021/0304630 | INTERPRETABLE MACHINE LEARNING ALGORITHMS FOR IDENTIFYING AT-RISK STUDENTS IN ONLINE DEGREE PROGRAMS | Control | COURSERA, INC. |
| May 6, 2021 | 2021/0133247 | CONTENT DISCOVERY USING A SKILLS GRAPH | Computer technology | COURSERA, INC. |
| Oct 29, 2020 | 2020/0342777 | USING A GLICKO-BASED ALGORITHM TO MEASURE IN-COURSE LEARNING | Control | COURSERA, INC. · patent 11,887,506 granted from it |
| Mar 26, 2020 | 2020/0097454 | DYNAMIC STATE TRACKING WITH QUERY SERVING IN AN ONLINE CONTENT PLATFORM | Computer technology | COURSERA, INC. · patent 11,321,297 granted from it |
| Jan 30, 2020 | 2020/0034397 | APPLICATION EXTENSION FOR PROVIDING RELEVANT CONTENT ITEMS | Computer technology | COURSERA, INC. |
| Nov 14, 2019 | 2019/0347947 | ADAPTIVE CONTENT DELIVERY FOR ONLINE EDUCATION | Computer technology | COURSERA, INC. · patent 10,930,166 granted from it |
What it applied for, 2024 to 2025: IT methods for management 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.