KenCast has a total of 18 patents globally, out of which all patents have been granted. Of these 18 patents, more than 77% patents are active. United States of America is where KenCast has filed the maximum number of patents. Parallelly, United States of America seems to be the main focused R&D centre and also is the origin country of KenCast.
KenCast was founded in the year 1994. The Company provides digital media resources. The Company offers data delivery, digital storage, digital cinema, and mobile video solutions for companies in the entertainment, military, retail, and communications industries.
Do read about some of the most popular patents of KenCast which have been covered by us in this article and also you can find KenCast patents information, the worldwide patent filing activity and its patent filing trend over the years, and many other stats over KenCast patent portfolio.
How many patents does the founder and the CEO of KenCast have?
The founder Michael J. Fischer has 7 patents and CEO William Steele has 0 patent.
How many patents does KenCast have?
KenCast has a total of 18 patents globally. These patents belong to 12 unique patent families. Out of 18 patents, 14 patents are active.
How Many Patents did KenCast File Every Year?
Are you wondering why there is a drop in patent filing for the last two years? It is because a patent application can take up to 18 months to get published. Certainly, it doesn’t suggest a decrease in the patent filing.
| Year of Patents Filing or Grant | KenCast Applications Filed | KenCast Patents Granted |
| 2020 | – | 1 |
| 2019 | 1 | – |
| 2018 | – | 1 |
| 2016 | 1 | 1 |
| 2015 | – | 1 |
| 2014 | 2 | 2 |
| 2013 | 1 | 2 |
| 2012 | – | 2 |
| 2011 | – | 1 |
How many KenCast patents are Alive/Dead?
How Many Patents did KenCast File in Different Countries?
All the Patents were filed by KenCast in the United States of America.
Where are Research Centres of KenCast Patents Located?
The Research Centre for all the KenCast patents is the United States of America.
10 Best KenCast Patents
US6609223B1 is the most popular patent in the KenCast portfolio. It has received 1555 citations so far from companies like Realtime Data, Llc, Nokia Corporation and Lucent Technologies Inc.
Below is the list of 10 most cited patents of KenCast:
| Publication Number | Citation Count |
| US6609223B1 | 1555 |
| US7024609B2 | 1465 |
| US6567948B2 | 1406 |
| US6570843B1 | 75 |
| US6606723B2 | 40 |
| US7533324B2 | 21 |
| US7739580B1 | 19 |
| US8223643B1 | 16 |
| US8245096B2 | 7 |
| US8726136B2 | 3 |
What Percentage of KenCast US Patent Applications were Granted?
KenCast (Excluding its subsidiaries) has filed 22 patent applications at USPTO so far (Excluding Design and PCT applications). Out of these 21 have been granted leading to a grant rate of 100.0%.
Below are the key stats of KenCast patent prosecution at the USPTO.
Which Law Firms Filed Most US Patents for KenCast?
| Law Firm | Total Applications | Success Rate |
| Venable Llp | 20 | 100.00% |
| Merchant & Gould P C | 1 | 100.00% |
| Ruggiero Mcallister & Mcmahon Llc | 1 | 100.00% |
List of KenCast Patents
| KenCast Patents | Title |
| US10771191B2 | System For Highly Reliable File Delivery Of Using Continuous Fec Encoding/Decoding |
| US10164736B2 | Systems, Methods, Apparatus, And Computer Program Products For Providing Forward Error Correction With Low Latency |
| US9397783B2 | Systems, Methods, Apparatus, And Computer Program Products For Providing Forward Error Correction With Low Latency |
| US9071274B2 | Systems, Methods, Apparatus And Computer Program Products For Highly Reliable File Delivery Using Compound And Braided Fec Encoding And Decoding |
| US8726136B2 | Systems, Methods, Apparatus And Computer Program Products For Highly Reliable File Delivery Using Compound And Braided Fec Encoding And Decoding |
| US8707139B2 | Systems, Methods, Apparatus, And Computer Program Products For Providing Forward Error Correction With Low Latency |
| US8418034B2 | Systems, Methods, Apparatus And Computer Program Products For Highly Reliable File Delivery Using Compound And Braided Fec Encoding And Decoding |
| US8402350B2 | System, Method And Apparatus For Reducing Blockage Losses On Information Distribution Networks |
| US8245096B2 | System, Method And Apparatus For Fec Encoding And Decoding |
| US8223643B1 | Method For Packet-Level Fec Encoding A Stream Of Source Packets Using Shifted Interleaving |
| US7949778B2 | Systems, Methods, Apparatus And Computer Program Products For Providing Packet-Level Fec With Higher Throughput Using User Datagram Protocol (Udp) |
| US7739580B1 | System, Method And Apparatus For Reducing Blockage Losses On Information Distribution Networks |
| US7533324B2 | System, Method And Apparatus For Fec Encoding And Decoding |
| US7024609B2 | System For Protecting The Transmission Of Live Data Streams, And Upon Reception, For Reconstructing The Live Data Streams And Recording Them Into Files |
| US6609223B1 | Method For Packet-Level Fec Encoding, In Which On A Source Packet-By-Source Packet Basis, The Error Correction Contributions Of A Source Packet To A Plurality Of Wildcard Packets Are Computed, And The Source Packet Is Transmitted Thereafter |
| US6606723B2 | System, Computer-Readable Medium, And Method For Validating Communicated Packets Of Data And For Locating Erroneous Packets |
| US6570843B1 | Method For Minimizing The Number Of Data Packets Required For Retransmission In A Two-Way Communication System |
| US6567948B2 | Method And System For Reliable Broadcasting Of Data Files And Streams |
What are KenCast key innovation segments?
What Technologies are Covered by KenCast?
The chart below distributes patents filed by KenCast