Patents
US patents through Dec 31, 2025 · PatentsView, from the USPTO’s Open Data Portal · read Oct 27, 2026
36 patents granted to the 4 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 Sinclair, Inc.’s names, not what it holds today.
Patents granted
36
36 utility, 1976 to Dec 31, 2025
Granted in 2025
1
Against 3 in 2024 and 6 in 2023
Applications published
48
1 of them in 2025
Names they are printed under
4
a subsidiary
By yearGrantedApplications published
'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 communication18
Telecommunications1
Computer technology1
The main technology area of each patent, in the World Intellectual Property Organization’s 35 fields.
Under which name4 counted
SINCLAIR BROADCAST GROUP, INC. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
30 granted
14 publishedSinclair Broadcast Group, Inc. a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
0 granted
25 publishedSinclair Television Group, Inc. a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
0 granted
8 publishedSINCLAIR TELEVISION GROUP, INC a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
6 granted
1 published
Newest grantseach row opens the USPTO’s own copy
| Granted | Patent | Title | Field | Owner as printed |
|---|
| Feb 11, 2025 | 12,225,555 | ATSC 3.0 multicast-broadcast intelligent RAN topologies | Digital communication | SINCLAIR BROADCAST GROUP, INC. |
| Nov 19, 2024 | 12,148,420 | Content presentation analytics and optimization | Digital communication | SINCLAIR BROADCAST GROUP, INC. |
| Apr 9, 2024 | 11,955,116 | Organizing content for brands in a content management system | Digital communication | SINCLAIR BROADCAST GROUP, INC. |
| Feb 6, 2024 | 11,895,186 | Content atomization | Computer technology | SINCLAIR BROADCAST GROUP, INC. |
| Oct 10, 2023 | 11,783,816 | User interface for content and media management and distribution systems | Digital communication | SINCLAIR BROADCAST GROUP, INC. |
| Aug 15, 2023 | 11,729,039 | ATSC 3.0 single frequency networks used for positioning navigation timing and synergy 4G / 5G networks | Digital communication | SINCLAIR BROADCAST GROUP, INC. |
| Aug 15, 2023 | 11,727,924 | Break state detection for reduced capability devices | Digital communication | SINCLAIR BROADCAST GROUP, INC. |
| Jun 13, 2023 | 11,676,584 | Rights management and syndication of content | Digital communication | SINCLAIR BROADCAST GROUP, INC. |
| May 30, 2023 | 11,664,019 | Content presentation analytics and optimization | Digital communication | SINCLAIR BROADCAST GROUP, INC. |
| Feb 21, 2023 | 11,588,591 | Multi-portion radio transmissions | Digital communication | SINCLAIR TELEVISION GROUP, INC |
Newest applications publishedan application is a clue, never a plan
| Published | Application | Title | Field | Owner as printed |
|---|
| Feb 6, 2025 | 2025/0048400 | ATSC 3.0 MULTICAST-BROADCAST INTELLIGENT RAN TOPOLOGIES | Digital communication | SINCLAIR BROADCAST GROUP, INC. |
| Dec 28, 2023 | 2023/0419956 | BREAK STATE DETECTION FOR REDUCED CAPABILITY DEVICES | Digital communication | Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc. |
| Oct 19, 2023 | 2023/0337156 | ATSC 3.0 AND D2M BROADCAST CO-EXIST ALIGNED 5G O-RAN | Digital communication | SINCLAIR BROADCAST GROUP, INC. |
| Aug 24, 2023 | 2023/0269038 | MULTI-PORTION RADIO TRANSMISSIONS | Digital communication | SINCLAIR TELEVISION GROUP, INC · patent 11,838,224 granted from it |
| Aug 24, 2023 | 2023/0267924 | Content Presentation Analytics and Optimization | Digital communication | Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc. · patent 12,148,420 granted from it |
| Apr 27, 2023 | 2023/0125658 | Rights Management and Syndication of Content | Digital communication | Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc. |
| Oct 20, 2022 | 2022/0338164 | COOPERATIVE ACCESS FRONTHAUL (CAF) ATSC BROADCAST USING LDM FOR SFN DENSIFICATION | Digital communication | SINCLAIR BROADCAST GROUP, INC. |
| Aug 18, 2022 | 2022/0264525 | ATSC 3.0 MULTICAST-BROADCAST INTELLIGENT RAN TOPOLOGIES | Digital communication | SINCLAIR BROADCAST GROUP, INC. · patent 12,225,555 granted from it |
| Mar 3, 2022 | 2022/0070042 | ATSC 3.0 SINGLE FREQUENCY NETWORKS USED FOR POSITIONING NAVIGATION TIMING AND SYNERGY 4G / 5G NETWORKS | Digital communication | SINCLAIR BROADCAST GROUP, INC. · patent 11,729,039 granted from it |
| Feb 24, 2022 | 2022/0059087 | RIGHTS MANAGEMENT AND SYNDICATION OF CONTENT | Digital communication | Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc. · patent 11,527,239 granted from it |
What it applied for, 2024 to 2025: Digital communication 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.