Facebook, Inc Patent Portfolio Statistics

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This article summarizes the perfomance of the assignee in the recent years. The overall statistics for this portfolio help to analyze the areas where the assignee is performing well. The filing trend, perfomance across the tech centers and the perfomance of the recent applications has been mentioned below. All the stats are calculated based on the perfomance in USPTO.

How does the overall patent portfolio of Facebook, Inc. look like?

Assignee Art Units
Total Applications: 6,997 1,317,766
Granted Patents: 5,644 709,180
Grant Index 83.94% ↑ 73.45%
Abandoned/Rejected Applications: 1,080 (16.06%) 256,323 (26.55%)
In-Process Applications: 270 352,263
Average Grant Time: 3.27 Years ↓ 3.3 Years
Average Office Actions: 2.14 ↑ 1.96

Which Technology Area Facebook, Inc. is filing most patents in? (Last 10 years)

Art Unit Definition Total Applications
3622 Business Methods – Incentive Programs, Coupons; Operations Research; Electronic Shopping; Health Care; Point of Sale, Inventory, Accounting; Cost/Price, Reservations, Shipping and Transportation; Business Processing 121
3681 Business Methods – Incentive Programs, Coupons; Electronic Shopping; Business Cryptography, Voting; Health Care; Point of Sale, Inventory, Accounting; Business Processing, Electronic Negotiation 120
2457 Computer Networks 116
3682 Business Methods – Incentive Programs, Coupons; Electronic Shopping; Business Cryptography, Voting; Health Care; Point of Sale, Inventory, Accounting; Business Processing, Electronic Negotiation 112
2455 Computer Networks 100

How many patents are Facebook, Inc. filing every year?

Year Total Applications Predicted
2022 0* 592
2021 49* 586
2020 174 609
2019 268 268
2018 433 –
2017 923 –
2016 730 –
2015 615 –
2014 525 –
2013 451 –

*The drop in the number of applications filed in last two years compared to previous years is because applications can take up to 18 months to get published

Recently filed patent applications of Facebook, Inc. in USPTO?

Publication number: None
Application number: 63/180,542

Abstract:
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Publication date: –
Applicant: Facebook, Inc.
Inventors: Kumar Ramkumar Vasanth

Publication number: None
Application number: 63/199,023

Abstract:
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Publication date: –
Applicant: Facebook, Inc.
Inventors: Benji Kuroda Renzo

Publication number: US20200221107A1
Application number: 16/821,588

Abstract:
A computer system operates according to a method including: determining an image file; calculating an extraction-feature set based on content of the image file; calculating a distance measure based on the extraction-feature set according to an image recognition model; determining an image type for the image file based on the distance measure; and storing the image file according to the image type.

Publication date: 2020-07-09
Applicant: Facebook, Inc.
Inventors: Daniel Federico Larumbe

How are Facebook, Inc.’s applications performing in USPTO?

Application Number Title Status Art Unit Examiner
63/180,542 Sharing Battery Power Information To Improve In-Call Experience Using Communication Devices – – –
63/199,023 Social Network Launches And User Queueing – – –
16/821,588 Content-Based Transcoder Patented Case 2487 Sullivan, Tyler
62/883,629 Systems And Methods For Robotic Datacenter Monitoring Provisional Application Expired – –
62/878,152 Systems For Laying Underground Fiber Optic Cable – – –