Patents
US patents through Dec 31, 2025 · PatentsView, from the USPTO’s Open Data Portal · read Oct 27, 2026
5,799 patents granted to the 14 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 T-Mobile US, Inc.’s names, not what it holds today.
Patents granted
5,799
5,718 utility, 81 design, 1976 to Dec 31, 2025
Granted in 2025
506
Against 584 in 2024 and 649 in 2023
Applications published
4,078
712 of them in 2025
Names they are printed under
14
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 communication2,105
Telecommunications200
Computer technology194
IT methods for management33
Control28
Measurement24
Transport18
Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy13
Audio-visual technology8
Medical technology6
Mechanical elements2
Furniture, games1
The main technology area of each patent, in the World Intellectual Property Organization’s 35 fields.
Under which name14 counted
T-Mobile USA, Inc. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
2,765 granted
447 publishedT-Mobile USA, Inc. a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
0 granted
2,431 publishedSprint Spectrum LP a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
2,249 granted
94 publishedT-MOBILE INNOVATIONS LLC a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
0 granted
1,054 publishedT-MOBILE INNOVATIONS LLC a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
775 granted
9 publishedSprint Spectrum L.P. a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
0 granted
39 publishedClearwire Legacy LLC a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
4 granted
0 publishedVistar Media Inc. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
3 granted
0 publishedPushSpring, Inc. a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
0 granted
2 publishedBLIS GLOBAL LTD a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in GB
0 granted
1 publishedMetroPCS Communications, Inc. a former name
US, as the owner printed on each patent
1 granted
0 publishedPushSpring, Inc. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
1 granted
0 publishedUVNV, Inc. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
1 granted
0 publishedUVNV, Inc. a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
0 granted
1 published
Names not counted (4)
Sprint Communications LLC
Also listed as a subsidiary by COGENT COMMUNICATIONS HOLDINGS, INC.. 3,870 granted and 239 published under it are not counted.
Sprint Communications LLC
Also listed as a subsidiary by COGENT COMMUNICATIONS HOLDINGS, INC.. 0 granted and 191 published under it are not counted.
Blis Media Pty Pte. Ltd.
Most of its patents print GB; this name counts in SG. 0 granted and 5 published under it are not counted.
Blis Media Pty Pte. Ltd.
Most of its patents print GB; this name counts in SG. 1 granted and 2 published under it are not counted.
Newest grantseach row opens the USPTO’s own copy
| Granted | Patent | Title | Field | Owner as printed |
|---|
| Dec 30, 2025 | 12,513,729 | Uplink performance for bearers | Digital communication | T-Mobile USA, Inc. |
| Dec 30, 2025 | 12,513,609 | Radio technology selection for a communication session | Digital communication | T-MOBILE INNOVATIONS LLC |
| Dec 30, 2025 | 12,513,599 | System and methods for geographic and time-based control of satellite network connections to user devices | Digital communication | T-MOBILE INNOVATIONS LLC |
| Dec 30, 2025 | 12,513,587 | Dynamic voice over new radio switching in new radio carrier aggregation scenarios | Digital communication | T-MOBILE INNOVATIONS LLC |
| Dec 30, 2025 | 12,513,576 | System for determining radio access technology type | Digital communication | T-Mobile USA, Inc. |
| Dec 30, 2025 | 12,513,565 | Optimization of synchronization signal block periodicity | Digital communication | T-MOBILE INNOVATIONS LLC |
| Dec 30, 2025 | 12,513,555 | Congestion based scheduling based on device capabilities | Digital communication | T-MOBILE INNOVATIONS LLC |
| Dec 30, 2025 | 12,513,522 | Systems and methods for ledger-based cookie management | Digital communication | T-MOBILE INNOVATIONS LLC |
| Dec 30, 2025 | 12,513,508 | Virtual line registration system | Digital communication | T-Mobile USA, Inc. |
| Dec 30, 2025 | 12,513,497 | Charging function fallback | Digital communication | T-Mobile USA, Inc. |
Newest applications publishedan application is a clue, never a plan
| Published | Application | Title | Field | Owner as printed |
|---|
| Dec 25, 2025 | 2025/0393094 | USER EQUIPMENT CONNECTION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM IN NON-TERRESTRIAL NETWORKS | Telecommunications | T-Mobile USA, Inc. |
| Dec 25, 2025 | 2025/0393032 | UE-TRIGGERED SLOT AGGREGATION ACTIVATION | Digital communication | T-Mobile USA, Inc. |
| Dec 25, 2025 | 2025/0393026 | DETECTING NUISANCE AND RESTRICTED COMMUNICATIONS VIA A COMMUNICATION PRIVILEGE CONTROL SYSTEM | Digital communication | T-Mobile USA, Inc. |
| Dec 25, 2025 | 2025/0393023 | USING NILRS TO OBTAIN UE LOCATIONS FOR RELATED DEVICES | Digital communication | T-Mobile USA, Inc. |
| Dec 25, 2025 | 2025/0393011 | ROUTING REQUESTS TO MACHINE LEARNED MODELS | Digital communication | T-Mobile USA, Inc. |
| Dec 25, 2025 | 2025/0392998 | SYNCHRONIZATION MANAGEMENT METHOD AND SYSTEM | Digital communication | T-MOBILE INNOVATIONS LLC |
| Dec 25, 2025 | 2025/0392981 | DYNAMIC RETRIEVAL AND MANAGEMENT OF NETWORK FUNCTION INFORMATION | Digital communication | T-Mobile USA, Inc. |
| Dec 25, 2025 | 2025/0392976 | ALLOCATING IP ADDRESSES TO USER PLANE FUNCTIONS FOR EFFICIENT ROUTING TABLE SIZE MANAGEMENT | Digital communication | T-Mobile USA, Inc. |
| Dec 25, 2025 | 2025/0392888 | LEVERAGING AN EMBEDDED SUBSCRIBER IDENTITY MODULE AND SENSOR DATA FOR NEAR REAL-TIME EVENT DETECTION AND ALERTING | Digital communication | T-MOBILE INNOVATIONS LLC |
| Dec 25, 2025 | 2025/0392665 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PROGRAMMABLE NETWORK API MONETIZATION | Telecommunications | T-Mobile USA, Inc. |
What it applied for, 2024 to 2025: Digital communication 996 · Telecommunications 123 · Computer technology 120 · IT methods for management 31 · Control 17 · Measurement 15.
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.