Brightcove has a total of 125 patents globally, out of which 68 have been granted. Of these 125 patents, 64% patents are active. The United States of America is where Brightcove has filed the maximum number of patents, followed by Australia and Canada. Parallelly, United States of America seems to be the main focused R&D centre and also is the origin country of Brightcove.
Brightcove was founded in 2004. The company provides cloud-based streaming technology and services. Its main product, Brightcove Video Cloud, helps organizations publish and deliver videos to any internet-connected device through a subscription SaaS model. It serves a wide range of industries, including media, entertainment, retail, education, government, and nonprofits. The company also offers Zencoder, a cloud-based video encoding service.
Do read about some of the most popular patents of Brightcove which have been covered by us in this article and also you can find Brightcove patents information, the worldwide patent filing activity and its patent filing trend over the years, and many other stats over Brightcove patent portfolio.
How many patents does Brightcove have?
Brightcove has a total of 125 patents globally. These patents belong to 37 unique patent families. Out of 125 patents, 80 patents are active.
How Many Patents did Brightcove 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 | Brightcove Applications Filed | Brightcove Patents Granted |
| 2025 | 1 | 3 |
| 2024 | 3 | 3 |
| 2023 | – | 5 |
| 2022 | 8 | 7 |
| 2021 | 8 | 8 |
| 2020 | 9 | 2 |
| 2019 | 2 | 4 |
| 2018 | 1 | 9 |
| 2017 | 5 | 2 |
| 2016 | 5 | 5 |
How many Brightcove patents are Alive/Dead?
Worldwide Patents
How Many Patents did Brightcove File in Different Countries?
Countries in which Brightcove Filed Patents
| Country | Patents |
| United States of America | 46 |
| Australia | 16 |
| Canada | 12 |
| Japan | 11 |
| India | 4 |
| United Kingdom | 4 |
| Europe (EPO) | 3 |
| Germany | 2 |
| Hong Kong (S.A.R.) | 2 |
| China | 2 |
| Brazil | 1 |
| Austria | 1 |
Where are Research Centers of Brightcove Patents Located?
10 Best Brightcove Patents
US20070038567A1 is the most popular patent in the Brightcove portfolio. It has received 653 citations so far from companies like Sandisk, Nokia, Microsoft.
Below is the list of 10 most cited patents of Brightcove:
| Publication Number | Citation Count |
| US20070038567A1 | 653 |
| US7925973B2 | 221 |
| US8260117B1 | 162 |
| US20130080267A1 | 138 |
| US20130080268A1 | 89 |
| US9292866B2 | 83 |
| US20090290791A1 | 78 |
| US20130080579A1 | 75 |
| US20090006937A1 | 71 |
| US20120005313A1 | 70 |
What Percentage of Brightcove US Patent Applications were Granted?
Brightcove (Excluding its subsidiaries) has filed 75 patent applications at USPTO so far (Excluding Design and PCT applications). Out of these 61 have been granted leading to a grant rate of 83.56%.
Below are the key stats of Brightcove patent prosecution at the USPTO.
Which Law Firms are managing US Patents for Brightcove?
| Law Firm | Total Applications | Success Rate |
| Mughal Gaudry & Franklin Pc | 32 | 100.00% |
| Haley Guiliano Llp | 30 | 100.00% |
| Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton Llp | 10 | 0.00% |
| Glenn Patent Group | 2 | 0.00% |
| Greenberg Traurig Dal | 1 | 0% |
What are Brightcove key innovation segments?
What Technologies are Covered by Brightcove?
The chart below distributes patents filed by Brightcove in different countries on the basis of the technology protected in patents. It also represents the markets where Brightcove thinks it’s important to protect particular technological inventions.
R&D Focus: How has Brightcove search focus changed over the years?
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