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Meta Platforms, Inc. (META)

Nasdaq: META · Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. · Menlo Park, CA · filing with the SEC since 2005
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US patents through Dec 31, 2025 · PatentsView, from the USPTO’s Open Data Portal · read Oct 27, 2026

6,308 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 Meta Platforms, Inc.’s names, not what it holds today.

Patents granted
6,308
5,924 utility, 373 design, 11 reissue, 1976 to Dec 31, 2025
Granted in 2025
81
Against 103 in 2024 and 304 in 2023
Applications published
5,399
73 of them in 2025
Names they are printed under
8
a former name, its own name, a subsidiary
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 technology611
Digital communication443
Audio-visual technology98
IT methods for management96
Telecommunications42
Optics22
Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy13
Transport8
Measurement8
Medical technology8
Control4
Furniture, games4
The main technology area of each patent, in the World Intellectual Property Organization’s 35 fields.
Under which name8 counted
FACEBOOK, INC. a former name
US, as the owner printed on each patent. 1 more under the same name are not counted (printed in CA)
5,339 granted
739 published
Facebook, Inc. a former name
named as the applicant on its applications, in US. 5 more under the same name are not counted (printed in CA)
0 granted
3,996 published
Meta Platforms, Inc. its own name
US, as the owner printed on each patent
810 granted
75 published
Meta Platforms, Inc. its own name
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
0 granted
493 published
WhatsApp LLC a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent. 1 more under the same name are not counted (printed in CA)
159 granted
24 published
WhatsApp Inc. a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
0 granted
66 published
Facebook, Inc., a Delaware corporation a former name
US, as the owner printed on each patent
0 granted
5 published
INSTAGRAM, INC. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
0 granted
1 published
Newest grantseach row opens the USPTO’s own copy
GrantedPatentTitleFieldOwner as printed
Dec 30, 202512,512,649Systems for installing fiber optic cable about a powerline conductorElectrical machinery, apparatus, energyMeta Platforms, Inc.
Dec 30, 202512,511,560Methods, apparatuses and computer program products for generating synthetic dataComputer technologyMeta Platforms, Inc.
Dec 23, 202512,505,494Generating customized graphical elements from user-provided imagesComputer technologyMeta Platforms, Inc.
Dec 23, 202512,504,943Multi-application audio splicingComputer technologyMeta Platforms, Inc.
Dec 16, 2025D1,106,223Display screen with a graphical user interfaceMeta Platforms, Inc.
Dec 16, 2025D1,106,220Display screen with an animated graphical user interfaceMeta Platforms, Inc.
Dec 16, 202512,500,934Methods, mediums, and systems for verifying devices in an encrypted messaging systemDigital communicationWhatsApp LLC
Dec 16, 202512,498,574Multi-display assembly for artificial reality systemsAudio-visual technologyMeta Platforms, Inc.
Dec 9, 202512,495,268Generating audio-based memories within a networking systemComputer technologyMeta Platforms, Inc.
Dec 9, 202512,495,098Presenting personalized content during idle time for assistant systemsIT methods for managementMeta Platforms, Inc.
Newest applications publishedan application is a clue, never a plan
PublishedApplicationTitleFieldOwner as printed
Dec 25, 20252025/0392524CONFIGURING COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK PARAMETERSDigital communicationMeta Platforms, Inc.
Dec 4, 20252025/0371087METHODS, APPARATUSES AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR PROVIDING TAILORED ONLINE CONTENT GENERATIONComputer technologyMeta Platforms, Inc.
Nov 27, 20252025/0363747SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VIRTUAL ASSISTANTS IN VIRTUAL REALITY MEETINGSComputer technologyMeta Platforms, Inc.
Nov 20, 20252025/0355275SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING A THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3D) EYEGLASSES MODELComputer technologyMeta Platforms, Inc.
Nov 13, 20252025/0349055METHODS, APPARATUSES AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR PROVIDING GENERALIZED STYLIZED PICTURESComputer technologyMeta Platforms, Inc.
Oct 23, 20252025/0328731TYPEAHEAD IMAGE GENERATIONComputer technologyMeta Platforms, Inc.
Oct 23, 20252025/0328500LOOK-TO-SHARE FILE SHARINGComputer technologyMeta Platforms, Inc.
Oct 9, 20252025/0315596METHODS, APPARATUSES AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR FACILITATING CONTEXTUAL TEXT SUMMARIZATION OF RESOURCES IN SYSTEMSComputer technologyMeta Platforms, Inc.
Oct 9, 20252025/0315592METHODS, APPARATUSES AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR AUTOMATICALLY PROVIDING FORMAT CONTENT SUGGESTIONS ASSOCIATED WITH CONTENT INPUT TO ENTITIESComputer technologyMeta Platforms, Inc.
Oct 2, 20252025/0310142OPTIMIZED VIDEO CALL GRID FOR PICTURE-IN-PICTURE MODEDigital communicationMeta Platforms, Inc.
What it applied for, 2024 to 2025: Computer technology 119 · Digital communication 46 · IT methods for management 17 · Audio-visual technology 7 · Optics 6 · Semiconductors 3.

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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