Company Analysis

Sinclair, Inc. (SBGI)

Nasdaq: SBGI · Television Broadcasting Stations · Hunt Valley, MD · filing with the SEC since 2023
Grade3.2
◀ Past 3.3● Present 2.8▶ Future 3.6
1 est.

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 published
Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc. a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
0 granted
25 published
Sinclair Television Group, Inc. a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
0 granted
8 published
SINCLAIR 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
GrantedPatentTitleFieldOwner as printed
Feb 11, 202512,225,555ATSC 3.0 multicast-broadcast intelligent RAN topologiesDigital communicationSINCLAIR BROADCAST GROUP, INC.
Nov 19, 202412,148,420Content presentation analytics and optimizationDigital communicationSINCLAIR BROADCAST GROUP, INC.
Apr 9, 202411,955,116Organizing content for brands in a content management systemDigital communicationSINCLAIR BROADCAST GROUP, INC.
Feb 6, 202411,895,186Content atomizationComputer technologySINCLAIR BROADCAST GROUP, INC.
Oct 10, 202311,783,816User interface for content and media management and distribution systemsDigital communicationSINCLAIR BROADCAST GROUP, INC.
Aug 15, 202311,729,039ATSC 3.0 single frequency networks used for positioning navigation timing and synergy 4G / 5G networksDigital communicationSINCLAIR BROADCAST GROUP, INC.
Aug 15, 202311,727,924Break state detection for reduced capability devicesDigital communicationSINCLAIR BROADCAST GROUP, INC.
Jun 13, 202311,676,584Rights management and syndication of contentDigital communicationSINCLAIR BROADCAST GROUP, INC.
May 30, 202311,664,019Content presentation analytics and optimizationDigital communicationSINCLAIR BROADCAST GROUP, INC.
Feb 21, 202311,588,591Multi-portion radio transmissionsDigital communicationSINCLAIR TELEVISION GROUP, INC
Newest applications publishedan application is a clue, never a plan
PublishedApplicationTitleFieldOwner as printed
Feb 6, 20252025/0048400ATSC 3.0 MULTICAST-BROADCAST INTELLIGENT RAN TOPOLOGIESDigital communicationSINCLAIR BROADCAST GROUP, INC.
Dec 28, 20232023/0419956BREAK STATE DETECTION FOR REDUCED CAPABILITY DEVICESDigital communicationSinclair Broadcast Group, Inc.
Oct 19, 20232023/0337156ATSC 3.0 AND D2M BROADCAST CO-EXIST ALIGNED 5G O-RANDigital communicationSINCLAIR BROADCAST GROUP, INC.
Aug 24, 20232023/0269038MULTI-PORTION RADIO TRANSMISSIONSDigital communicationSINCLAIR TELEVISION GROUP, INC · patent 11,838,224 granted from it
Aug 24, 20232023/0267924Content Presentation Analytics and OptimizationDigital communicationSinclair Broadcast Group, Inc. · patent 12,148,420 granted from it
Apr 27, 20232023/0125658Rights Management and Syndication of ContentDigital communicationSinclair Broadcast Group, Inc.
Oct 20, 20222022/0338164COOPERATIVE ACCESS FRONTHAUL (CAF) ATSC BROADCAST USING LDM FOR SFN DENSIFICATIONDigital communicationSINCLAIR BROADCAST GROUP, INC.
Aug 18, 20222022/0264525ATSC 3.0 MULTICAST-BROADCAST INTELLIGENT RAN TOPOLOGIESDigital communicationSINCLAIR BROADCAST GROUP, INC. · patent 12,225,555 granted from it
Mar 3, 20222022/0070042ATSC 3.0 SINGLE FREQUENCY NETWORKS USED FOR POSITIONING NAVIGATION TIMING AND SYNERGY 4G / 5G NETWORKSDigital communicationSINCLAIR BROADCAST GROUP, INC. · patent 11,729,039 granted from it
Feb 24, 20222022/0059087RIGHTS MANAGEMENT AND SYNDICATION OF CONTENTDigital communicationSinclair 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.

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