Company Analysis

Zillow Group, Inc. Class C Capital Stock (Z)

Nasdaq: Z · Services-Business Services, NEC · Seattle, WA · filing with the SEC since 2014
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◀ Past 4.9● Present 5.7▶ Future 6.1

Patents

US patents through Dec 31, 2025 · PatentsView, from the USPTO’s Open Data Portal · read Oct 27, 2026

120 patents granted to the 5 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 Zillow Group, Inc. Class C Capital Stock’s names, not what it holds today.

Patents granted
120
120 utility, 1976 to Dec 31, 2025
Granted in 2025
18
Against 19 in 2024 and 20 in 2023
Applications published
103
23 of them in 2025
Names they are printed under
5
a subsidiary, its own 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
Computer technology53
IT methods for management29
Audio-visual technology7
Digital communication4
Control1
Medical technology1
The main technology area of each patent, in the World Intellectual Property Organization’s 35 fields.
Under which name5 counted
Zillow, Inc. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
63 granted
2 published
MFTB Holdco, Inc. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
57 granted
0 published
MFTB Holdco, Inc. a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
0 granted
56 published
Zillow, Inc. a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
0 granted
27 published
Zillow Group, Inc. its own name
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
0 granted
18 published
Newest grantseach row opens the USPTO’s own copy
Newest applications publishedan application is a clue, never a plan
PublishedApplicationTitleFieldOwner as printed
Dec 25, 20252025/0391061OPTIMIZED DYNAMIC CONTENT LOADING SYSTEMS AND METHODSComputer technologyMFTB Holdco, Inc.
Dec 11, 20252025/0378113Automated Tool For Determining And Providing Information About Dwellings Satisfying Search Criteria Specified Using Multiple Data ModesComputer technologyMFTB Holdco, Inc.
Dec 4, 20252025/0373952Automated Room-Specific White Balance Correction In A Building Image With Visual Data Showing Multiple RoomsAudio-visual technologyMFTB Holdco, Inc.
Dec 4, 20252025/0371569GUIDED REAL ESTATE SEARCH USING CONTEXTUAL REFINEMENTComputer technologyMFTB Holdco, Inc.
Nov 27, 20252025/0363161Automated Tool For Determining And Providing Information About Dwellings Within Geographical Regions That Are Determined Specific To Indicated LocationsComputer technologyMFTB Holdco, Inc.
Oct 23, 20252025/0328969MERGED RECOMMENDATIONS OF REAL ESTATE LISTINGSComputer technologyMFTB Holdco, Inc. · patent 12,481,897 granted from it
Oct 16, 20252025/0322006Automated Tool For Determining And Providing Information About Dwellings Using Heterogenous Search StrategiesComputer technologyMFTB Holdco, Inc.
Oct 9, 20252025/0315903ESTIMATING THE VALUE OF A PROPERTY IN A MANNER SENSITIVE TO NEARBY VALUE-AFFECTING GEOGRAPHIC FEATURESComputer technologyMFTB Holdco, Inc.
Oct 9, 20252025/0315846THIRD PARTY EMAIL PARSINGIT methods for managementMFTB Holdco, Inc. · patent 12,488,361 granted from it
Oct 2, 20252025/0307882HOME VALUATION USING IDENTIFIED EXTERIOR AND INTERIOR FEATURES SYSTEMS AND METHODSComputer technologyMFTB Holdco, Inc.
What it applied for, 2024 to 2025: Computer technology 30 · IT methods for management 9 · Digital communication 3 · Measurement 1 · Audio-visual 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.

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