Company Analysis

Snowflake Inc. (SNOW)

NYSE: SNOW · Services-Prepackaged Software · Menlo Park, CA · filing with the SEC since 2017
Grade5.7
◀ Past 7.0● Present 4.6▶ Future 5.7

Patents

US patents through Dec 31, 2025 · PatentsView, from the USPTO’s Open Data Portal · read Oct 27, 2026

1,010 patents granted to the 5 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 Snowflake Inc.’s names, not what it holds today.

Patents granted
1,010
1,010 utility, 1976 to Dec 31, 2025
Granted in 2025
152
Against 200 in 2024 and 214 in 2023
Applications published
986
136 of them in 2025
Names they are printed under
5
its own name, a former name, a subsidiary
By yearGrantedApplications published
'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 technology808
Digital communication130
IT methods for management2
The main technology area of each patent, in the World Intellectual Property Organization’s 35 fields.
Under which name5 counted
Snowflake Inc. its own name
US, as the owner printed on each patent. 2 more under the same name are not counted (printed in DE, printed in SE)
1,001 granted
0 published
Snowflake Inc. its own name
named as the applicant on its applications, in US. 1 more under the same name are not counted (printed in MT)
0 granted
956 published
Snowflake Computing, Inc. a former name
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
0 granted
26 published
Snowflake Computing, Inc. a former name
US, as the owner printed on each patent
9 granted
3 published
Observe, Inc. a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
0 granted
1 published
Newest grantseach row opens the USPTO’s own copy
GrantedPatentTitleFieldOwner as printed
Dec 30, 202512,511,426Native applications using database rolesComputer technologySnowflake Inc.
Dec 30, 202512,511,425Secure database environment with third-party verificationComputer technologySnowflake Inc.
Dec 30, 202512,511,313Materialized view sub-database replicationComputer technologySnowflake Inc.
Dec 30, 202512,511,304Configuration of application data object updatesComputer technologySnowflake Inc.
Dec 23, 202512,505,081Query processing using min/max decisive row positionsComputer technologySnowflake Inc.
Dec 9, 202512,493,604Distributed in-database vectorized operations using user defined table functionsComputer technologySnowflake Inc.
Dec 9, 202512,493,533Automated failsafe data recoveryComputer technologySnowflake Inc.
Dec 2, 202512,488,048Accessing data using a user-defined function (UDF)Computer technologySnowflake Inc.
Dec 2, 202512,488,020Resource management systems and methodsComputer technologySnowflake Inc.
Dec 2, 202512,488,001Rule based hint applicationComputer technologySnowflake Inc.
Newest applications publishedan application is a clue, never a plan
PublishedApplicationTitleFieldOwner as printed
Dec 25, 20252025/0390482DYNAMIC TABLES WITH EXTERNALLY MANAGED ICEBERG SOURCE TABLESComputer technologySnowflake Inc.
Dec 18, 20252025/0383900OUTBOUND PRIVATE LINK FRAMEWORKComputer technologySnowflake Inc.
Dec 11, 20252025/0378076HASH-JOIN BROADCAST DECISION MAKING IN DATABASE SYSTEMSComputer technologySnowflake Inc.
Dec 4, 20252025/0371384SWAPPING MODELS BASED ON INFERENCE REQUEST MONITORINGComputer technologySnowflake Inc.
Dec 4, 20252025/0371186MOUNTLESS QUERYING OF LISTING DATAComputer technologySnowflake Inc.
Dec 4, 20252025/0371093INITIAL RESPONSE CACHEComputer technologySnowflake Inc.
Dec 4, 20252025/0371081CONTAINER IMAGE STORAGE INSIDE DATABASE FOR SECURED AND OPTIMIZED CODE EXECUTIONComputer technologySnowflake Inc.
Dec 4, 20252025/0371036AUTOMATIC TAG PROPAGATIONComputer technologySnowflake Inc.
Dec 4, 20252025/0371031LOGICAL CLONE REPLICATIONComputer technologySnowflake Inc.
Dec 4, 20252025/0371018VECTOR REPRESENTATION IN A SQL DATABASEComputer technologySnowflake Inc.
What it applied for, 2024 to 2025: Computer technology 293 · Digital communication 40 · IT methods for management 4.

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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