Patents
US patents through Dec 31, 2025 · PatentsView, from the USPTO’s Open Data Portal · read Oct 27, 2026
33 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 SoundThinking, Inc.’s names, not what it holds today.
Patents granted
33
33 utility, 1976 to Dec 31, 2025
Granted in 2025
none
Against 1 in 2024 and 1 in 2023
Applications published
17
since 2001, to Dec 31, 2025
Names they are printed under
4
a former name, its own name
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
The main technology area of each patent, in the World Intellectual Property Organization’s 35 fields.
Under which name4 counted
ShotSpotter, Inc. a former name
US, as the owner printed on each patent
14 publishedShotspotter, Inc. a former name
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
2 publishedSoundThinking, Inc. its own name
US, as the owner printed on each patent
0 publishedSoundThinking, Inc. its own name
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
1 published
Newest grantseach row opens the USPTO’s own copy
| Granted | Patent | Title | Field | Owner as printed |
|---|
| Aug 13, 2024 | 12,061,307 | Systems and methods for weapon and destructive device detection based on electromagnetic field profile | Computer technology | SoundThinking, Inc. |
| Jun 27, 2023 | 11,688,037 | Systems and methods involving creation and/or utilization of image mosaics in classification of acoustic events | Computer technology | ShotSpotter, Inc. |
| May 11, 2021 | 11,004,175 | Systems and methods involving creation and/or utilization of image mosaic in classification of acoustic events | Computer technology | ShotSpotter, Inc. |
| Apr 28, 2020 | 10,637,424 | Systems and methods of processing information regarding determination of gain of an audio amplifier | Audio-visual technology | ShotSpotter, Inc. |
| Sep 24, 2019 | 10,424,048 | Systems and methods involving creation and/or utilization of image mosaic in classification of acoustic events | Computer technology | ShotSpotter, Inc. |
| Jul 24, 2018 | 10,032,351 | Systems and methods associated with detection of indoor gunfire | Control | ShotSpotter, Inc. |
| Jan 23, 2018 | 9,875,643 | Systems and methods of emergency management involving location-based features and/or other aspects | Control | ShotSpotter, Inc. |
| May 24, 2016 | 9,348,010 | Acoustic survey methods in weapons location system | Measurement | ShotSpotter, Inc. |
| Jan 19, 2016 | 9,240,114 | Systems and methods associated with detection of indoor gunfire | Control | ShotSpotter, Inc. |
| Mar 31, 2015 | 8,995,227 | Systems and methods of processing information regarding weapon fire location using projectile shockwave and muzzle blast times of arrival data | Measurement | ShotSpotter, Inc. |
Newest applications publishedan application is a clue, never a plan
| Published | Application | Title | Field | Owner as printed |
|---|
| Dec 5, 2024 | 2024/0402377 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR WEAPON AND DESTRUCTIVE DEVICE DETECTION BASED ON ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD PROFILE | Computer technology | SoundThinking, Inc. |
| Jun 9, 2022 | 2022/0180474 | Systems and Methods Involving Creation and/or Utilization of Image Mosaics in Classification of Acoustic Events | Computer technology | Shotspotter, Inc. · patent 11,688,037 granted from it |
| May 12, 2016 | 2016/0133107 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS ASSOCIATED WITH DETECTION OF INDOOR GUNFIRE | Control | Shotspotter, Inc. · patent 10,032,351 granted from it |
| Nov 6, 2014 | 2014/0327543 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS ASSOCIATED WITH DETECTION OF INDOOR GUNFIRE | Control | ShotSpotter, Inc. · patent 9,240,114 granted from it |
| Nov 1, 2012 | 2012/0275273 | ACOUSTIC SURVEY METHODS IN WEAPONS LOCATION SYSTEMS | Measurement | ShotSpotter, Inc. · patent 8,325,562 granted from it |
| Nov 4, 2010 | 2010/0278013 | System and method for precision acoustic event detection | Measurement | ShotSpotter, Inc. |
| May 14, 2009 | 2009/0122650 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF PROCESSING IMPULSES INCLUDING BULLET PULSES AND/OR MUZZLE PULSES IN ASSOCIATION WITH TIME DOMAIN REPRESENTATIONS | Measurement | ShotSpotter, Inc. · patent 7,961,550 granted from it |
| Apr 30, 2009 | 2009/0109796 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PRECISION ACOUSTIC EVENT DETECTION | Measurement | ShotSpotter, Inc. · patent 7,751,282 granted from it |
| Dec 4, 2008 | 2008/0298176 | Systems and methods of identifying/locating weapon fire using envelope detection | Measurement | ShotSpotter, Inc. · patent 7,710,278 granted from it |
| Oct 30, 2008 | 2008/0267013 | Systems and methods of identifying/locating weapon fire including aerial deployment | Measurement | ShotSpotter, Inc. · patent 7,755,495 granted from it |
What it applied for, 2024 to 2025: Computer technology 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.