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AT&T Inc. (T)

NYSE: T · Telephone Communications (No Radiotelephone) · Dallas, TX · filing with the SEC since 1994
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US patents through Dec 31, 2025 · PatentsView, from the USPTO’s Open Data Portal · read Oct 27, 2026

22,918 patents granted to the 17 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 AT&T Inc.’s names, not what it holds today.

Patents granted
22,918
22,848 utility, 48 design, 20 reissue, 2 statutory invention registration, 1976 to Dec 31, 2025
Granted in 2025
423
Against 428 in 2024 and 529 in 2023
Applications published
15,785
520 of them in 2025
Names they are printed under
17
its holding company, its own name, a subsidiary, a former name
By yearGrantedApplications published
'11'12'13'14'15'16'17'18'19'20'21'22'23'24'25
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
Digital communication2,160
Computer technology447
Telecommunications277
IT methods for management76
Control64
Audio-visual technology50
Medical technology29
Measurement24
Furniture, games15
Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy14
Transport12
Optics6
The main technology area of each patent, in the World Intellectual Property Organization’s 35 fields.
Under which name17 counted
AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. its holding company
US, as the owner printed on each patent; a holding company under the name AT&T INC.. 2 more under the same name are not counted (printed in GE, printed in GB)
16,501 granted
7,802 published
AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. its holding company
named as the applicant on its applications, in US; a holding company under the name AT&T INC.. 2 more under the same name are not counted (printed in GA)
0 granted
5,545 published
AT&T CORP. its own name
US, as the owner printed on each patent. 2 more under the same name are not counted (printed in NL)
4,260 granted
565 published
AT&T Mobility II LLC a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent. 1 more under the same name are not counted (printed in GE)
2,106 granted
982 published
AT&T Mobility II LLC a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
0 granted
579 published
AT&T Intellectual Property II, L.P. its holding company
named as the applicant on its applications, in US; a holding company under the name AT&T INC.
0 granted
249 published
AT&T SERVICES, INC. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
13 granted
30 published
The Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
18 granted
5 published
AT&T Services, Inc. a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
0 granted
15 published
AT&T Intellectual Property l, L.P. its holding company
named as the applicant on its applications, in US; a holding company under the name AT&T INC.
0 granted
11 published
Illinois Bell Telephone Company a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
10 granted
0 published
Michigan Bell Telephone Company a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
5 granted
0 published
SBC Communications a former name
US, as the owner printed on each patent
1 granted
1 published
The Ohio Bell Telephone Company a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
2 granted
0 published
AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., a Nevada Limited Partnership its holding company
US, as the owner printed on each patent; a holding company under the name AT&T INC.
0 granted
1 published
Pacific Bell Telephone a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
1 granted
0 published
Wisconsin Bell, Inc. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
1 granted
0 published
Newest grantseach row opens the USPTO’s own copy
GrantedPatentTitleFieldOwner as printed
Dec 30, 202512,513,500Augmented reality-based unknown address communicationDigital communicationAT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
Dec 30, 202512,513,490Apparatus and method for fast convergence to high-accuracy positioningDigital communicationAT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
Dec 30, 202512,513,092Uninterrupted transfer of carriers between baseband unit server resourcesDigital communicationAT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
Dec 30, 202512,511,186Using user equipment data clusters and spatial temporal graphs of abnormalities for root cause analysisComputer technologyAT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
Dec 30, 202512,510,898Method and apparatus to provide communication and transport for a robot of a smart communityDigital communicationAT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
Dec 23, 202512,507,267Facilitation of radio access network intelligent controller resource preservation framework for 5G or other next generation networkDigital communicationAT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
Dec 23, 202512,507,245Intelligent dual-connectivity in 5G non-standalone modeDigital communicationAT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
Dec 23, 202512,507,049Mobile device application for procuring network servicesDigital communicationAT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
Dec 23, 202512,506,670Apparatuses and methods for facilitating data-aware computing and storage management functions for communication networks and systemsDigital communicationAT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
Dec 23, 202512,506,654Pre-build validation of distributed disaggregated white box routing systemsDigital communicationAT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
Newest applications publishedan application is a clue, never a plan
PublishedApplicationTitleFieldOwner as printed
Dec 25, 20252025/0392965APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR SWITCHING BETWEEN CELLULAR NETWORK SERVICE AND NON-TERRESTRIAL NETWORK SERVICEDigital communicationAT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
Dec 25, 20252025/0392925PERFORMANCE-DRIVEN NETWORK PARAMETER CHANGES IN A COMMUNICATION NETWORKDigital communicationAT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
Dec 25, 20252025/0392912Security Management Service for Internet-of-Things DevicesDigital communicationAT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
Dec 25, 20252025/0392904Call Transfer Management Between Linked DevicesDigital communicationAT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
Dec 25, 20252025/0392893APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR FACILITATING DEVICE COORDINATION AND REMOTE CONTROLS VIA NETWORK AND SYSTEM SLICESDigital communicationAT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
Dec 25, 20252025/0392614Home Gateway Monitoring for Vulnerable Home Internet of Things DevicesDigital communicationAT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
Dec 25, 20252025/0392518NETWORK ANALYSIS AND OPTIMIZATION USING MACHINE LEARNINGDigital communicationAT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
Dec 25, 20252025/0392358FACILITATING TRANSITION TO ACTIVE MODE BY AN IDLE DEVICE BASED ON AN ACTIVATION REQUESTDigital communicationAT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
Dec 25, 20252025/0391201VIRTUAL REALITY USER HEALTH MONITORINGMedical technologyAT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
Dec 18, 20252025/0386399PROACTIVE CONTENT PLACEMENT FOR LOW LATENCY MOBILE ACCESSDigital communicationAT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
What it applied for, 2024 to 2025: Digital communication 662 · Computer technology 172 · Telecommunications 78 · Control 28 · IT methods for management 21 · Transport 13.

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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