4,048 patents currently held

42 more in force are now held by other companies

Held is read from USPTO's recorded assignments; a transfer never recorded there does not appear.

5 more records may belong here and await a decision; they are not counted.

The next term ends in Mar 2027. from the record

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Ending by 2030

Mar 2027

Next term end

2,026

Patent families

When these terms end

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notable patents fee due within 90 days all others Updated Nov 14, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 14, 2026 and grant & fee data published Nov 10, 2026 (weekly) · how we know

Notable: the highest-ranked patents in this portfolio by citations and family size. Fee due within 90 days: a maintenance fee is due within 90 days of when this page was computed and not yet paid.

Notable patents

Ranked by citations and family size, against patents of the same kind granted the same year. How we rank

Notable

Template-Based Generation of Personalized Videos US 11,288,880

Cited by 75 later US patents, top 1% of utility patents granted in 2022 in our data. Protection runs to 2039.

Ends Jun 2039 · High confidence Also notable

Ephemeral Gallery of Ephemeral Messages US 10,476,830

Cited by 375 later US patents, top 1% of utility patents granted in 2019 in our data. Protection runs to 2034.

Ends Oct 2034 · Medium confidence Also notable

Apparatus and Method for Supplying Content Aware Photo Filters US 9,225,897

Cited by 818 later US patents, top 1% of utility patents granted in 2015 in our data, and renewed at every maintenance window due so far. Protection runs to 2034.

Ends Jul 2034 · High confidence

Fee deadlines

Maintenance fees fall due 3.5, 7.5 and 11.5 years after grant. A missed fee ends a patent at the end of the six month grace period that follows, not on the due date.

1 fee due Nov 19, 2026
The maintenance fee for Maintaining Instant Messaging Conversations When a Recipient Is Not at Their Primary Workstation (US 9,037,655) comes due Nov 19, 2026. Unpaid by May 19, 2027, it lapses early.
84 fees due Dec 2 to 30, 2026 · next Dec 2
60 fees due Jan 2 to 30, 2027 · next Jan 2
89 fees due Feb 1 to 28, 2027 · next Feb 1
56 fees due Mar 3 to 29, 2027 · next Mar 3
103 fees due Apr 1 to 30, 2027 · next Apr 1
79 fees due May 5 to 28, 2027 · next May 5
70 fees due Jun 3 to 30, 2027 · next Jun 3
86 fees due Jul 2 to 30, 2027 · next Jul 2
83 fees due Aug 4 to 27, 2027 · next Aug 4
79 fees due Sep 1 to 30, 2027 · next Sep 1
82 fees due Oct 2 to 30, 2027 · next Oct 2
15 fees due Nov 3 to 7, 2027 · next Nov 3

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Recent changes

Nov 10Assignment recorded on 1 record: Snapchat, Inc. to Snap Inc. Recorded Nov 10, 2026, executed Sep 23, 2016. Conveyance as recorded: Change of Name. A recorded assignment is a filed document, not a statement of current ownership. Reel 76698, frame 430.
Nov 9Assignment recorded on 4 records: Amitay, Daniel and 6 others to Snap Inc. Recorded Nov 9, 2026, executed May 21, 2018. Conveyance as recorded: Assignment of Assignor's Interest. A recorded assignment is a filed document, not a statement of current ownership. Reel 76685, frame 115.
122 of the patents on this record were granted since Aug 16, 2026
2 terms have ended since Aug 16, 2026

What they patent

The 5 largest of its 2,026 families, grouped by real patent family and labeled by the earliest filing in each. No technology classification is inferred from titles.

Face Reenactment	38 in force	to Sep 2039
Method and Apparatus for Parallel Ray-Tracing Employing Modular Space Division	37 in force	to Sep 2038
Ephemeral Gallery of Ephemeral Messages	21 in force	to Feb 2035
Apparatus and Method for Supplying Content Aware Photo Filters	11 in force	to Jul 2034
Visitation Tracking System	9 in force	to Apr 2038

Patents held now

Soonest term end first.

Patent	Title	Status	Expires	Confidence
US 7,440,157	Optically Addressed Spatial Light Modulator and Method In force Term ends Mar 2, 2027 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Mar 2, 2027	High confidence
US 10,135,765	Real-Time Display of Multiple Annotated Images In force Ends no later than May 17, 2027 · Low confidence	In force	Ends no later than May 17, 2027	Low confidence
US 10,491,659	Real-Time Display of Multiple Images In force Term ends May 17, 2027 · Medium confidence	In force	Term ends May 17, 2027	Medium confidence
US 10,862,951	Real-Time Display of Multiple Images In force Ends no later than May 17, 2027 · Medium confidence	In force	Ends no later than May 17, 2027	Medium confidence
US 11,588,770	Real-Time Display of Multiple Images In force Term ends May 17, 2027 · Medium confidence	In force	Term ends May 17, 2027	Medium confidence
US 7,577,711	Chat Room Communication Network Implementation Enabling Senders to Restrict the Display of Messages to the Chat Room Chronological Displays of Only Designated Recipients In force Term ends Jun 1, 2027 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Jun 1, 2027	High confidence
US 9,368,074	Optically Addressed Gray Scale Electric Charge-Accumulating Spatial Light Modulator In force Term ends Jun 1, 2027 · Medium confidence	In force	Term ends Jun 1, 2027	Medium confidence
US 9,071,464	Message notification in instant messaging In force Term ends Jul 19, 2027 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Jul 19, 2027	High confidence
US 12,335,324	Real-Time Display of Multiple Images In force Ends no later than Jul 29, 2027 · Medium confidence	In force	Ends no later than Jul 29, 2027	Medium confidence
US 9,608,949	Simultaneous Sharing Communication Interface In force Ends no later than Aug 2, 2027 · Medium confidence	In force	Ends no later than Aug 2, 2027	Medium confidence

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Also on record, not counted in the 4,048: 42 patents in force now held by others · 147 patents ended · 1,196 applications pending · 91 applications abandoned. List them

Sources and methods

Compiled from USPTO application file histories, grants and recorded assignments, with the company's own names reviewed by hand. How this record was built

Portfolio grouped automatically from ownership conveyances to the names matched to this company, usually every name that begins with its own, so it counts patents an affiliate holds; each list row names the holder of record. Security interests are excluded and ambiguous records are not reviewed by hand.

Fee due within 90 days marks a patent with a maintenance fee due within 90 days of the date this page was computed and not yet recorded paid, so it can end earlier than the bar shows. A fee left unpaid ends the patent at the close of the six month grace period that follows its due date, not on the due date itself. It is not a prediction that the fee will be missed.

Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.

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