Amdocs has a total of 1098 patents globally, out of which 743 have been granted. Of these 1098 patents, more than 48% patents are active. The United States of America is where Amdocs has filed the maximum number of patents, followed by Europe and China. Parallelly, United States of America seems to be the main focused R&D center and also is the origin country of Amdocs.
Amdocs was founded in 1982 by Boaz Dotan and Morris Kahn. Amdocs provides product-driven information system solutions to major telecommunications companies in the United States and internationally. The Company provides integrated customer care and billing systems for wireless and wireline network operators and service providers, as well as for companies that offer multiple service packages. As of July 2022, Amdocs has a market cap of $10.10 Billion.
Do read about some of the most popular patents of Amdocs which have been covered by us in this article and also you can find Amdocs patents information, the worldwide patent filing activity and its patent filing trend over the years, and many other stats over Amdocs patent portfolio.
How many patents does the Founder and CEO of Amdocs have?
The Founder Boaz Dotan has 0 and Morris Kahn has 4 patents and the CEO Shuky Sheffer has 0 patents.
How many patents does Amdocs have?
Amdocs has a total of 1098 patents globally. These patents belong to 528 unique patent families. Out of 1098 patents, 535 patents are active.
How Many Patents did Amdocs 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 | Amdocs Applications Filed | Amdocs Patents Granted |
| 2011 | 44 | 41 |
| 2012 | 44 | 50 |
| 2013 | 16 | 49 |
| 2014 | 96 | 44 |
| 2015 | 51 | 51 |
| 2016 | 60 | 60 |
| 2017 | 47 | 72 |
| 2018 | 38 | 52 |
| 2019 | 45 | 51 |
| 2020 | 25 | 50 |
| 2021 | 12 | 35 |
| 2022 | – | 28 |
How many Amdocs patents are Alive/Dead?
Worldwide Patents
How Many Patents did Amdocs File in Different Countries?
Countries in which Amdocs Filed Patents
| Country | Patents |
| United States Of America | 637 |
| Europe | 77 |
| China | 43 |
| France | 29 |
| United Kingdom | 27 |
| Canada | 26 |
| India | 24 |
| Australia | 24 |
| Germany | 23 |
| Israel | 22 |
| Japan | 14 |
| Korea (South) | 12 |
| Austria | 11 |
| Brazil | 6 |
| Taiwan | 3 |
| Ireland | 3 |
| Spain | 3 |
| Russia | 3 |
| Hong Kong (S.A.R.) | 2 |
| Poland | 1 |
| New Zealand | 1 |
| Portugal | 1 |
| Sweden | 1 |
Where are Research Centers of Amdocs Patents Located?
10 Best Amdocs Patents
US20090132368A1 is the most popular patent in the Amdocs portfolio. It has received 319 citations so far from companies like Amazon, Samsung and Google.
Below is the list of 10 most cited patents of Amdocs:
| Publication Number | Citation Count |
| US20090132368A1 | 319 |
| US6473740B2 | 312 |
| US7801523B1 | 212 |
| US6418467B1 | 212 |
| US6718023B1 | 195 |
| US20090228918A1 | 188 |
| US7224968B2 | 167 |
| US8335161B2 | 134 |
| US7062264B2 | 122 |
| US6615262B2 | 117 |
Which Companies are using Amdocs Patents to Advance their Research?
If patents or patents from a particular technology area of a company receive a lot of citations, it implies that the technology is being followed and incrementally innovated by the citing companies. It also indicates that citing companies are working on similar and closely related technologies.
The top citing companies in the Amdocs patent portfolio are Microsoft, IBM and Ericsson.
List of the top forward citing Companies –
| Company | Number of Patents |
| Microsoft | 46 |
| IBM | 34 |
| Ericsson | 33 |
| Huawei | 27 |
| Verizon Patent And Licensing Inc | 24 |
| At&T | 22 |
| Cisco Technology Inc | 18 |
| Nokia | 16 |
| 13 | |
| Samsung Electronics | 11 |
Count of 102 and 103 Type Rejections based on Amdocs Patents
Top Amdocs Patents used in Rejecting Most Patent Applications
| Patent Number | Count of Rejected Applications |
| US8577329B2 | 27 |
| US7941136B2 | 25 |
| US9203629B2 | 23 |
| US9430262B1 | 15 |
| US20090132368A1 | 15 |
| US8316020B1 | 14 |
| US9838265B2 | 14 |
| US8201180B2 | 13 |
| US8249551B2 | 13 |
| US8380833B2 | 12 |
| US8825815B2 | 12 |
| US8392431B1 | 11 |
| US8363546B2 | 10 |
| US7937300B2 | 10 |
| US20090285179A1 | 10 |
What Percentage of Amdocs US Patent Applications were Granted?
Amdocs (Excluding its subsidiaries) has filed 575 patent applications at USPTO so far (Excluding Design and PCT applications). Out of these 538 have been granted leading to a grant rate of 95.9%.
Below are the key stats of Amdocs patent prosecution at the USPTO.
Which Law Firms Filed Most US Patents for Amdocs?
| Law Firm | Total Applications | Success Rate |
| Zilka Kotab Pc | 559 | 97.59% |
| Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner | 7 | 71.43% |
| K&L Gates Llp | 2 | 0% |
| Sterne Kessler Goldstein & Fox Pllc | 2 | 0.00% |
| Arent Fox Llp | 1 | 0.00% |
| Greenberg Traurig Llp | 1 | 100.00% |
| Hayes Soloway Pc | 1 | 0.00% |
| Matthew B Lowrie | 1 | 0.00% |
| Wilmerhale New York | 1 | 0.00% |
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