What Did The Patent Landscape of Meta Look Like?

Meta, formerly Facebook, Inc., is a social media and technology company established in 2004 by Mark Zuckerberg, Dustin Moskovitz, and Eduardo Saverin. Initially, the company was created as a platform for Harvard students to connect with one another, but it quickly expanded to other universities and eventually to the general public. Over the years, Facebook has become one of the most widely used social media platforms in the world, with billions of users across the globe.

Meta has a total of 8494 patents globally. Out of 8494 patents, 5583 patents are active.   

Have a look at some of the most well-known patents held by Meta that we have covered in this article. You can also get information on Meta’s patents, the global patent filing activity country-wise, its historical patent filing trends, and many more statistics regarding Meta’s patent portfolio.

Patent-Application Success Trend Year Wise in Meta

This chart shows the number of applications filed and the number of grants from these applications. Grant rate is a good indicator to identify successful applications and the graph helps to understand the progress in the technology area.

Detailed Patent Portfolio Of Meta

Publication Type	Simple Legal Status	Legal State	Count of Publications
APPLICATION	ACTIVE	GRANTED	2167
	DEAD	DISCONTINUATION	921
		LAPSED	212
		EXPIRED	154
		WITHDRAWN	136
		NON-PAYMENT	89
		CEASED	54
		REJECTED	50
		ABANDONED	46
	PENDING	EXAMINATION	334
	PENDING	PUBLISHED	46
	UNDETERMINED	UNDETERMINED	46
PATENT	ACTIVE	GRANTED	2923
	ACTIVE	RESTORATION	46
	DEAD	EXPIRED	531
		CEASED	58
		NON-PAYMENT	54
		ABANDONED	46
		WITHDRAWN	46
		REVOKED	46
	PENDING	EXAMINATION	46
	UNDETERMINED	UNDETERMINED	46
UTILITY MODEL	DEAD	EXPIRED	225
		NON-PAYMENT	46
		ABANDONED	46
		CEASED	46
		REVOKED	46
	ACTIVE	GRANTED	46
	PENDING	PUBLISHED	46
DESIGN	ACTIVE	GRANTED	355
DESIGN	DEAD	EXPIRED	46
OTHERS	ACTIVE	GRANTED	46

Technology Domain-wise Patent Trend in Meta

The chart above distributes patents filed till 2021 in Meta on the basis of the technology protected in patents. This helps to understand the most frequently used concepts and the key focus areas in the technology space.

Top Publications In The Domain With Their Forward Citation Frequency

The table below depicts the patents with most number of forward citations. These patents are likely to be the source of advancement in the domain and can be considered as valuable and core inventions.

Publication Number	Year Wise Break Down					Count of Citing Patents
Publication Number	< 2006	2006-2010	2011-2015	2016-2020	>2020	Count of Citing Patents
US-5740549-A	792	919	941	332	80	3064
US-7024451-B2	10	60	396	806	158	1430
US-6014638-A	260	424	379	186	28	1277
US-6236978-B1	109	204	399	417	137	1266
US-7069308-B2	24	303	544	334	57	1262
US-5671279-A	387	358	269	126	34	1174
US-5774670-A	272	249	377	185	14	1097
US-20080248815-A1	0	46	337	513	155	1051
US-5796393-A	275	239	304	173	24	1015
US-6414635-B1	88	166	345	303	52	954

Who Were The Leading Patent Filers Countries Till 2021 In Meta?

IPC Classification Wise Patent Trend In Meta

The table below represents the top 10 market domains according to their IPC classification where inventors believed it was critical to safeguard certain technical inventions.

IPC Classification	Number of Applications	Number of Granted	% Granted
ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (G06F)	3169	1658	52
TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (H04L)	1540	746	48
DATA PROCESSING SYSTEMS OR METHODS, SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORY OR FORECASTING PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORY OR FORECASTING PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR (G06Q)	1354	562	42
OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS, OR APPARATUS (G02B)	857	494	58
IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL (G06T)	724	404	56
PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION (H04N)	652	382	59
COMPUTER SYSTEMS BASED ON SPECIFIC COMPUTATIONAL MODELS (G06N)	523	197	38
WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (H04W)	389	199	51
RECOGNITION OF DATA; PRESENTATION OF DATA; RECORD CARRIERS; HANDLING RECORD CARRIERS (G06K)	384	210	55
SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; ELECTRIC SOLID STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR (H01L)	226	127	56

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