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
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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
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 publishedMFTB Holdco, Inc. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
57 granted
0 publishedMFTB Holdco, Inc. a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
0 granted
56 publishedZillow, Inc. a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
0 granted
27 publishedZillow 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
| Granted | Patent | Title | Field | Owner as printed |
|---|
| Dec 9, 2025 | 12,495,390 | Automated tracking of in-building device location and provision of associated location-related functionality | Digital communication | MFTB Holdco, Inc. |
| Dec 2, 2025 | 12,488,361 | Third party email parsing | IT methods for management | MFTB Holdco, Inc. |
| Nov 25, 2025 | 12,482,015 | Automatic analysis of regional housing markets based on the appreciation or depreciation of individual homes | IT methods for management | MFTB Holdco, Inc. |
| Nov 25, 2025 | 12,481,897 | Merged recommendations of real estate listings | Computer technology | MFTB Holdco, Inc. |
| Nov 4, 2025 | 12,462,483 | Automated localization using beacon transmitter devices of data acquired in buildings | Digital communication | MFTB Holdco, Inc. |
| Nov 4, 2025 | 12,462,435 | Automated mapping information generation from analysis of building photos | Computer technology | MFTB Holdco, Inc. |
| Oct 14, 2025 | 12,444,139 | Automated generation and presentation of visual data enhancements on camera view images captured in a building | Computer technology | MFTB Holdco, Inc. |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 12,430,811 | Optimized dynamic content loading systems and methods | Computer technology | MFTB Holdco, Inc. |
| Sep 9, 2025 | 12,412,187 | Guided real estate search using contextual refinement | Computer technology | MFTB Holdco, Inc. |
| Sep 2, 2025 | 12,405,991 | Automated tool for determining and providing information about dwellings within geographical regions that are determined specific to indicated locations | Computer technology | MFTB Holdco, Inc. |
Newest applications publishedan application is a clue, never a plan
| Published | Application | Title | Field | Owner as printed |
|---|
| Dec 25, 2025 | 2025/0391061 | OPTIMIZED DYNAMIC CONTENT LOADING SYSTEMS AND METHODS | Computer technology | MFTB Holdco, Inc. |
| Dec 11, 2025 | 2025/0378113 | Automated Tool For Determining And Providing Information About Dwellings Satisfying Search Criteria Specified Using Multiple Data Modes | Computer technology | MFTB Holdco, Inc. |
| Dec 4, 2025 | 2025/0373952 | Automated Room-Specific White Balance Correction In A Building Image With Visual Data Showing Multiple Rooms | Audio-visual technology | MFTB Holdco, Inc. |
| Dec 4, 2025 | 2025/0371569 | GUIDED REAL ESTATE SEARCH USING CONTEXTUAL REFINEMENT | Computer technology | MFTB Holdco, Inc. |
| Nov 27, 2025 | 2025/0363161 | Automated Tool For Determining And Providing Information About Dwellings Within Geographical Regions That Are Determined Specific To Indicated Locations | Computer technology | MFTB Holdco, Inc. |
| Oct 23, 2025 | 2025/0328969 | MERGED RECOMMENDATIONS OF REAL ESTATE LISTINGS | Computer technology | MFTB Holdco, Inc. · patent 12,481,897 granted from it |
| Oct 16, 2025 | 2025/0322006 | Automated Tool For Determining And Providing Information About Dwellings Using Heterogenous Search Strategies | Computer technology | MFTB Holdco, Inc. |
| Oct 9, 2025 | 2025/0315903 | ESTIMATING THE VALUE OF A PROPERTY IN A MANNER SENSITIVE TO NEARBY VALUE-AFFECTING GEOGRAPHIC FEATURES | Computer technology | MFTB Holdco, Inc. |
| Oct 9, 2025 | 2025/0315846 | THIRD PARTY EMAIL PARSING | IT methods for management | MFTB Holdco, Inc. · patent 12,488,361 granted from it |
| Oct 2, 2025 | 2025/0307882 | HOME VALUATION USING IDENTIFIED EXTERIOR AND INTERIOR FEATURES SYSTEMS AND METHODS | Computer technology | MFTB 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.