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Gen Digital Inc. (GEN)

Nasdaq: GEN · Services-Prepackaged Software · Tempe, AZ · filing with the SEC since 1995
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US patents through Dec 31, 2025 · PatentsView, from the USPTO’s Open Data Portal · read Oct 27, 2026

3,449 patents granted to the 8 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 Gen Digital Inc.’s names, not what it holds today.

Patents granted
3,449
3,420 utility, 26 design, 2 statutory invention registration, 1 reissue, 1976 to Dec 31, 2025
Granted in 2025
35
Against 35 in 2024 and 47 in 2023
Applications published
674
23 of them in 2025
Names they are printed under
8
a former name, 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 communication144
Computer technology123
IT methods for management13
Telecommunications2
Control1
Medical technology1
Basic communication processes1
Measurement1
The main technology area of each patent, in the World Intellectual Property Organization’s 35 fields.
Under which name8 counted
Symantec Corporation a former name
US, as the owner printed on each patent. 1 more under the same name are not counted (printed in CA)
3,069 granted
355 published
Avast Software s.r.o. a subsidiary
CZ, as the owner printed on each patent. 1 more under the same name are not counted (printed in CH)
121 granted
70 published
NORTONLIFELOCK INC. a former name
US, as the owner printed on each patent
191 granted
0 published
Symantec Corporation a former name
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
0 granted
144 published
Avast Software s.r.o. a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in CZ. 1 more under the same name are not counted (printed in CH)
0 granted
81 published
GEN DIGITAL INC. its own name
US, as the owner printed on each patent
68 granted
7 published
Gen Digital Inc. its own name
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
0 granted
11 published
NortonLifeLock Inc. a former name
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
0 granted
6 published
Newest grantseach row opens the USPTO’s own copy
GrantedPatentTitleFieldOwner as printed
Dec 23, 202512,505,456Identifying fake review systems to protect consumers from fraudulent e-commerce websitesIT methods for managementGEN DIGITAL INC.
Dec 16, 202512,500,924Protecting against malicious websites using repetitive data signaturesDigital communicationGEN DIGITAL INC.
Dec 2, 202512,488,103Protecting against malicious application encounters on mobile devicesComputer technologyGEN DIGITAL INC.
Nov 25, 202512,483,422Systems and methods for credential-based transactions over a networkIT methods for managementAvast Software s.r.o.
Nov 4, 202512,462,065Systems and methods for regulating application permissionsComputer technologyGEN DIGITAL INC.
Oct 28, 202512,457,193Systems and methods implementing name resolution and virtual addresses to enable network connectionsDigital communicationGEN DIGITAL INC.
Oct 28, 202512,455,885Computing threat detection rule systems and methodsComputer technologyAvast Software s.r.o.
Oct 21, 202512,452,212Systems and methods for preventing social media harassmentDigital communicationGEN DIGITAL INC.
Oct 7, 202512,438,730Systems and methods for reputation-based transactions over a networkDigital communicationAvast Software s.r.o.
Oct 7, 202512,437,229Systems and methods for updating a machine-learning-based prediction model with preserved privacyComputer technologyGEN DIGITAL INC.
Newest applications publishedan application is a clue, never a plan
PublishedApplicationTitleFieldOwner as printed
Dec 4, 20252025/0371178AUTHENTICATION AND IDENTIFICATION OF THIRD PARTIES USING GENERAL AND PERSONALIZED LARGE LANGUAGE MODELSComputer technologyGEN DIGITAL INC.
Nov 20, 20252025/0358299USER AND GROUP SPECIFIC THREAT PROTECTION SYSTEM AND METHODDigital communicationAvast Software s.r.o.
Oct 16, 20252025/0322379SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TRANSACTING OVER A NETWORK BASED ON AN IDENTIFIERIT methods for managementGEN DIGITAL INC.
Aug 7, 20252025/0254173PRIVACY PREFERENCE BASED DEVICE CONTROLSDigital communicationAvast Software s.r.o.
Aug 7, 20252025/0252164MULTIDIMENSIONAL LOCAL LARGE LANGUAGE MODEL USER AUTHENTICATIONComputer technologyGEN DIGITAL INC.
Jul 24, 20252025/0240266SYSTEMS AND METHODS IMPLEMENTING NAME RESOLUTION AND VIRTUAL ADDRESSES TO ENABLE NETWORK CONNECTIONSDigital communicationGEN DIGITAL INC. · patent 12,457,193 granted from it
Jul 10, 20252025/0225114AUTOMATED FACT-CHECKING INTEGRATED IN A WEB BROWSERComputer technologyGEN DIGITAL INC.
Jun 26, 20252025/0211599SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR UTILIZING GRAPH NEURAL NETWORKS FOR SCAM WEBSITE DETECTIONDigital communicationGen Digital Inc.
May 1, 20252025/0141921PHISHING DETECTION MODEL TRAINING WITH OBFUSCATION TECHNIQUE-CLASSIFIED TRAINING SAMPLESDigital communicationGEN DIGITAL INC.
May 1, 20252025/0139672TRANSACTION VERIFICATION IN ONLINE CONSUMER REVIEWSComputer technologyGEN DIGITAL INC.
What it applied for, 2024 to 2025: Digital communication 18 · Computer technology 11 · IT methods for management 5.

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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