Patents
US patents through Dec 31, 2025 · PatentsView, from the USPTO’s Open Data Portal · read Oct 27, 2026
641 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 Spotify Technology S.A.’s names, not what it holds today.
Patents granted
641
602 utility, 39 design, 1976 to Dec 31, 2025
Granted in 2025
59
Against 73 in 2024 and 86 in 2023
Applications published
717
46 of them in 2025
Names they are printed under
4
a subsidiary
By yearGrantedApplications published
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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 technology204
Digital communication124
Audio-visual technology16
Other consumer goods9
Medical technology4
Telecommunications4
Control2
IT methods for management2
Transport2
The main technology area of each patent, in the World Intellectual Property Organization’s 35 fields.
Under which name4 counted
Spotify AB a subsidiary
SE, as the owner printed on each patent
641 granted
239 publishedSpotify AB a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in SE. 3 more under the same name are not counted (printed in US, printed in IE)
0 granted
476 publishedSpotify AS a subsidiary
SE, as the owner printed on each patent
0 granted
1 publishedSpotify Ltd. a subsidiary
GB, as the owner printed on each patent
0 granted
1 published
Newest grantseach row opens the USPTO’s own copy
| Granted | Patent | Title | Field | Owner as printed |
|---|
| Dec 30, 2025 | 12,511,257 | Audio content segmentation and naming | Computer technology | Spotify AB |
| Dec 23, 2025 | D1,107,111 | Typeface | | Spotify AB |
| Dec 23, 2025 | 12,505,862 | Repetitive-motion activity enhancement based upon media content selection | Audio-visual technology | Spotify AB |
| Dec 16, 2025 | D1,106,260 | Display screen or portion thereof with animated graphical user interface | | Spotify AB |
| Dec 9, 2025 | 12,495,182 | Methods and systems for providing personalized content based on shared listening sessions | Digital communication | Spotify AB |
| Dec 2, 2025 | 12,488,787 | System for processing voice requests including wake word verification | Computer technology | Spotify AB |
| Nov 25, 2025 | 12,482,450 | Identifier shortening for narration media items | Computer technology | Spotify AB |
| Nov 11, 2025 | 12,468,752 | Systems and methods for providing content based on consumption in a distinct domain | Computer technology | Spotify AB |
| Oct 21, 2025 | D1,099,155 | Media player display screen with graphical user interface | | Spotify AB |
| Oct 21, 2025 | D1,099,127 | Display screen with animated graphical user interface | | Spotify AB |
Newest applications publishedan application is a clue, never a plan
| Published | Application | Title | Field | Owner as printed |
|---|
| Dec 4, 2025 | 2025/0370544 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR JOINING SHARED PLAYBACK SESSIONS | Digital communication | Spotify AB |
| Nov 20, 2025 | 2025/0355834 | Audio Content Segmentation and Naming | Computer technology | Spotify AB · patent 12,511,257 granted from it |
| Nov 6, 2025 | 2025/0343976 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING USER INTERFACES FOR MIXED MEDIA CONTENT TYPES | Digital communication | Spotify AB |
| Nov 6, 2025 | 2025/0342198 | Systems and Methods for Selecting a Set of Media Items Using a Diffusion Model | Computer technology | Spotify AB |
| Oct 16, 2025 | 2025/0323921 | DYNAMIC CONTROL OF PLAYLISTS | Digital communication | Spotify AB |
| Oct 9, 2025 | 2025/0317622 | OPTIMIZING SELECTION OF MEDIA CONTENT FOR LONG-TERM OUTCOMES | IT methods for management | Spotify AB |
| Oct 9, 2025 | 2025/0316260 | Variable Wake Word Detectors | Computer technology | Spotify AB |
| Sep 18, 2025 | 2025/0292152 | Systems and Methods for Culturally-Informed Content Moderation | Computer technology | Spotify AB |
| Sep 11, 2025 | 2025/0285637 | AUDIO CANCELLATION FOR VOICE RECOGNITION | Computer technology | Spotify AB |
| Sep 11, 2025 | 2025/0285143 | Systems and Methods for Real-time Media Content Selection | Digital communication | Spotify AB |
What it applied for, 2024 to 2025: Computer technology 59 · Digital communication 33 · Audio-visual technology 4 · Other consumer goods 2 · Control 1 · IT methods for management 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.