Patents
US patents through Dec 31, 2025 · PatentsView, from the USPTO’s Open Data Portal · read Oct 27, 2026
657 patents granted to the 4 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 Zoom Communications, Inc.’s names, not what it holds today.
Patents granted
657
644 utility, 13 design, 1976 to Dec 31, 2025
Granted in 2025
265
Against 215 in 2024 and 122 in 2023
Applications published
952
246 of them in 2025
Names they are printed under
4
a former name, 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
Digital communication305
Computer technology146
Audio-visual technology87
Telecommunications76
IT methods for management14
Basic communication processes3
Other consumer goods3
Medical technology2
The main technology area of each patent, in the World Intellectual Property Organization’s 35 fields.
Under which name4 counted
Zoom Video Communications, Inc. a former name
US, as the owner printed on each patent
423 granted
218 publishedZoom Video Communications, Inc. a former name
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
0 granted
592 publishedZoom Communications, Inc. its own name
US, as the owner printed on each patent
234 granted
48 publishedZoom Communications, Inc. its own name
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
0 granted
94 published
Newest grantseach row opens the USPTO’s own copy
| Granted | Patent | Title | Field | Owner as printed |
|---|
| Dec 30, 2025 | 12,513,575 | Proximity-based session handover | Digital communication | Zoom Communications, Inc. |
| Dec 30, 2025 | 12,513,244 | Emergency call telephone numbers for extension-only devices | Telecommunications | Zoom Communications, Inc. |
| Dec 30, 2025 | 12,513,241 | Facilitating a remote emergency call during a video conference | Telecommunications | Zoom Communications, Inc. |
| Dec 30, 2025 | 12,513,018 | Allocating a physical space to a participant for use in connection with a virtual breakout room | Audio-visual technology | Zoom Communications, Inc. |
| Dec 30, 2025 | 12,511,588 | Workspace reservation user verification | IT methods for management | Zoom Communications, Inc. |
| Dec 30, 2025 | 12,511,500 | Priority-based scheduling of translation requests | Digital communication | Zoom Communications, Inc. |
| Dec 23, 2025 | 12,506,845 | Virtual background based on whiteboard content | Audio-visual technology | Zoom Communications, Inc. |
| Dec 23, 2025 | 12,506,844 | Determining prioritized participants during a video conference | Audio-visual technology | Zoom Communications, Inc. |
| Dec 23, 2025 | 12,506,628 | Blockchain for contact center engagement data | Digital communication | Zoom Communications, Inc. |
| Dec 16, 2025 | 12,501,001 | Event path generation | Audio-visual technology | Zoom Communications, Inc. |
Newest applications publishedan application is a clue, never a plan
| Published | Application | Title | Field | Owner as printed |
|---|
| Dec 25, 2025 | 2025/0392577 | ENCRYPTION-BASED DEVICE ENROLLMENT | Digital communication | Zoom Communications, Inc. |
| Dec 25, 2025 | 2025/0390514 | Content Item Rearrangement Within A Digital Whiteboard | Computer technology | Zoom Communications, Inc. |
| Dec 18, 2025 | 2025/0385988 | Removing Undesirable Speech In An Audio Stream | Computer technology | Zoom Communications, Inc. |
| Dec 18, 2025 | 2025/0384226 | Multilingual Dataset Collection For Large Language Model Training | Computer technology | Zoom Communications, Inc. |
| Dec 18, 2025 | 2025/0384017 | LOOPBACK CONTROL IN MULTI-ACTIVE DATABASE SYNCHRONIZATION | Computer technology | Zoom Communications, Inc. |
| Dec 11, 2025 | 2025/0379952 | Integrating Unstitchable Video Streams Into Unified Conference Displays Using Bridging Images | Computer technology | Zoom Communications, Inc. |
| Dec 11, 2025 | 2025/0379939 | Reconnecting Abnormally Disconnected Contact Center Engagements | Telecommunications | Zoom Communications, Inc. |
| Dec 11, 2025 | 2025/0379844 | CONTEXT-BASED CHANNEL RECOMMENDATION AND MANAGEMENT | Digital communication | Zoom Communications, Inc. |
| Dec 11, 2025 | 2025/0379807 | Automatic Endpoint Switching In Video Conferences Based On Subject Tracking | Digital communication | Zoom Communications, Inc. |
| Dec 11, 2025 | 2025/0378817 | Word Replacement In Video Communications | Computer technology | Zoom Communications, Inc. |
What it applied for, 2024 to 2025: Digital communication 232 · Computer technology 181 · Audio-visual technology 78 · Telecommunications 47 · IT methods for management 20 · Other consumer goods 3.
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.