Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. (WBD)
WBD · Cable & Other Pay Television Services · New York, NY · filing with the SEC since 2008
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Patents
US patents through Dec 31, 2025 · PatentsView, from the USPTO’s Open Data Portal · read Oct 27, 2026716 patents granted to the 40 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 Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc.’s names, not what it holds today.
Patents granted
716
676 utility, 40 design, 1976 to Dec 31, 2025
Granted in 2025
53
Against 73 in 2024 and 73 in 2023
Applications published
627
33 of them in 2025
Names they are printed under
40
a subsidiary, a former name, its holding company, its own name
By yearGrantedApplications published
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 communication189
Computer technology57
Furniture, games25
Audio-visual technology23
IT methods for management14
Medical technology3
Basic communication processes1
Handling1
Telecommunications1
The main technology area of each patent, in the World Intellectual Property Organization’s 35 fields.
Under which name40 counted
Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
44 published
Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
16 published
HOME BOX OFFICE, INC. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
17 published
Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
168 published
Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
143 published
Home Box Office, Inc. a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
129 published
DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS, LLC a former name
US, as the owner printed on each patent
11 published
iStreamPlanet Co., LLC a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
12 published
DC COMICS a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
0 published
SL Patent Holdings LLC a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
4 published
SCRIPPS NETWORKS INTERACTIVE, INC. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
4 published
DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS, LLC a former name
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
13 published
Discovery.com, LLC a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
1 published
WarnerMedia Direct, LLC a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
12 published
Discovery.com, LLC a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
11 published
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Inc. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
1 published
SCRIPPS NETWORKS INTERACTIVE, INC. a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
8 published
iStreamPlanet Co., LLC a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
8 published
WARNERMEDIA DIRECT, LLC a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
0 published
Warner Media, LLC a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
2 published
Home Box Office, a Delaware corporation a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
5 published
YOU I LABS INC. a subsidiary
CA, as the owner printed on each patent
2 published
MediaGraph, LLC a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
4 published
Warner Bros. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
1 published
Discovery Patent Holdings, LLC its holding company
US, as the owner printed on each patent; a holding company under the name Discovery, Inc.
0 published
In-Development, L.L.C. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
1 published
YOU I LABS INC. a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in CA
3 published
Amhi Corporation a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
0 published
Fullscreen, Inc. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
1 published
Beme Inc. a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
1 published
DISCOVERY PRODUCTIONS, INC. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
1 published
ESC Entertainment a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
1 published
HTV, Inc. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
0 published
MediaGraph, LLC a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
1 published
SCRIPPS NETWORKS, LLC a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
0 published
Warner Bros. Animation a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
0 published
Warner Bros. Consumer Products a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
0 published
Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. its own name
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
1 published
Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. its own name
US, as the owner printed on each patent
1 published
Warner Communications Inc. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
0 published
Names not counted (8)
Discovery, Inc.
Most of its patents print ZA; this name counts in US. 39 granted and 37 published under it are not counted.
Time Warner Entertainment Limited
Most of its patents print US; this name counts in GB. 67 granted and 3 published under it are not counted.
Paragon Communications Inc.
Most of its patents print IL; this name counts in US. 15 granted and 10 published under it are not counted.
Discovery, Inc.
Most of its patents print ZA; this name counts in US. 0 granted and 22 published under it are not counted.
Paragon Communications Inc.
Most of its patents print IL; this name counts in US. 0 granted and 2 published under it are not counted.
Xworks B.V.
Most of its patents print US; this name counts in NL. 0 granted and 2 published under it are not counted.
Eurosport SAS
Most of its patents print NL; this name counts in FR. 1 granted and 0 published under it are not counted.
Time Warner Entertainment Limited
No country is printed for it. 0 granted and 1 published under it are not counted.
Newest grantseach row opens the USPTO’s own copy
Newest applications publishedan application is a clue, never a plan
What it applied for, 2024 to 2025: Digital communication 61 · Computer technology 19 · Furniture, games 14 · Audio-visual technology 5 · IT methods for management 2 · Handling 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.