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Snap Inc. (SNAP)

NYSE: SNAP · Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. · Santa Monica, CA · filing with the SEC since 2013
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US patents through Dec 31, 2025 · PatentsView, from the USPTO’s Open Data Portal · read Oct 27, 2026

3,456 patents granted to the 6 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 Snap Inc.’s names, not what it holds today.

Patents granted
3,456
3,356 utility, 100 design, 1976 to Dec 31, 2025
Granted in 2025
766
Against 743 in 2024 and 671 in 2023
Applications published
3,185
615 of them in 2025
Names they are printed under
6
its own name, a former name, a subsidiary
By yearGrantedApplications published
'09'13'14'15'16'17'18'19'20'21'22'23'24'25
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 technology1,486
Digital communication664
Audio-visual technology250
Optics220
IT methods for management65
Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy57
Telecommunications49
Furniture, games46
Measurement22
Transport16
Control11
Other special machines5
The main technology area of each patent, in the World Intellectual Property Organization’s 35 fields.
Under which name6 counted
Snap Inc. its own name
US, as the owner printed on each patent
3,422 granted
22 published
Snap Inc. its own name
named as the applicant on its applications, in US. 2 more under the same name are not counted (printed in CA)
0 granted
3,095 published
Snapchat, Inc. a former name
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
0 granted
39 published
Snapchat, Inc. a former name
US, as the owner printed on each patent
29 granted
8 published
Wave Optics Ltd a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in GB
0 granted
18 published
Wave Optics Ltd a subsidiary
GB, as the owner printed on each patent. 1 more under the same name are not counted (printed in US)
5 granted
3 published
Newest grantseach row opens the USPTO’s own copy
GrantedPatentTitleFieldOwner as printed
Dec 30, 202512,513,098Sticker search icon providing dynamic previewsDigital communicationSnap Inc.
Dec 30, 202512,512,074Dynamic pixel modulationAudio-visual technologySnap Inc.
Dec 30, 202512,512,035Modulating a center aligned PWM pulse applying trailing ditherAudio-visual technologySnap Inc.
Dec 30, 202512,512,026Adjustable light field for extended realityAudio-visual technologySnap Inc.
Dec 30, 202512,511,848Deforming real-world object using image warpingComputer technologySnap Inc.
Dec 30, 202512,511,643User assumption of identity of NFT in crypto walletIT methods for managementSnap Inc.
Dec 23, 202512,507,174Power optimization for computing devicesDigital communicationSnap Inc.
Dec 23, 202512,506,858Dual system on a chip eyewearAudio-visual technologySnap Inc.
Dec 23, 202512,506,699Providing post-capture media overlays for post-capture processing in a messaging systemDigital communicationSnap Inc.
Dec 23, 202512,505,637Virtual object manipulation with gestures in a messaging systemComputer technologySnap Inc.
Newest applications publishedan application is a clue, never a plan
PublishedApplicationTitleFieldOwner as printed
Dec 25, 20252025/0392788SERVER-DRIVEN UPDATES FOR BOOST AND COMMENT BUTTONSDigital communicationSnap Inc.
Dec 25, 20252025/0392787SERVER-DRIVEN UPDATES FOR SEND BUTTONDigital communicationSnap Inc.
Dec 25, 20252025/0392075EYEWEAR HAVING SELECTIVELY EXPOSABLE FEATUREOpticsSnap Inc.
Dec 25, 20252025/0391108SPATIALLY DISENTANGLED GENERATIVE RADIANCE FIELDS FOR CONTROLLABLE 3D-AWARE SCENE SYNTHESISComputer technologySnap Inc.
Dec 25, 20252025/03911023D WRIST TRACKINGComputer technologySnap Inc.
Dec 25, 20252025/0390411OPTIMIZED ML MODEL LOADING USING PREDICTED USAGE AND DEVICE STATEComputer technologySnap Inc.
Dec 25, 20252025/0390199CLIENT-DRIVEN UPDATES FOR ACTION BUTTONSComputer technologySnap Inc.
Dec 25, 20252025/0390196INTERFACE TO DISPLAY MEDIA COLLECTIONSComputer technologySnap Inc.
Dec 25, 20252025/0390166DISTANCE DETERMINATION FOR MIXED REALITY INTERACTIONComputer technologySnap Inc.
Dec 25, 20252025/0389979DUAL PORT CONSTRAINED ACOUSTIC VOLUMEAudio-visual technologySnap Inc.
What it applied for, 2024 to 2025: Computer technology 702 · Digital communication 238 · Optics 106 · Audio-visual technology 105 · IT methods for management 29 · Telecommunications 22.

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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