FOX Patents – Key Insights and Stats

FOX has a total of 169 patents globally, out of which 47 have been granted. Of these 169 patents, more than 69% patents are active. United States of America is where FOX has filed the maximum number of patents, followed by Europe and Australia. Parallelly, United States of America seems to be the main focused R&D centre and also is the origin country of FOX.

FOX was founded in the year 1986 by Rupert Murdoch. Company operates as an entertainment company. It produces and licenses news, sports, and entertainment content for distribution through cable television systems, direct broadcast satellite operators, telecommunications companies, and online video distributors. The Company also manages broadcast studios, theatres, editing bays, sound stages, and other production facilities. As of December 2022, the market cap of FOX is $ 16.9 Billion.

Do read about some of the most popular patents of FOX which have been covered by us in this article and also you can find FOX patents information, the worldwide patent filing activity and its patent filing trend over the years, and many other stats over FOX patent portfolio.

How many patents does the founder and the CEO of FOX have?

The founder, Rupert Murdoch, has 0 patent and CEO Lachlan Murdoch has 0 patent.

How many patents does FOX have?

FOX has a total of 169 patents globally. These patents belong to 27 unique patent families. Out of 169 patents, 117 patents are active.

How Many Patents did FOX File Every Year?

FOX Patent Filing Trend

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 GrantFOX Applications FiledFOX Patents Granted
202226
20211313
2020147
2019129
201893
2017122
201643
2015481
2014231
201313
20129
20111

How many FOX patents are Alive/Dead?

FOX Patent Portfolio

How Many Patents did FOX File in Different Countries?

FOX Worldwide Patent Filing

Countries in which FOX Filed Patents

CountryPatents
United States Of America95
Europe21
Australia17
Japan10
Brazil8
Mexico6
Canada3
New Zealand2
Israel2

Where are Research Centres of FOX Patents Located?

The Research Center of Fox Patents is the United States of America.

10 Best FOX Patents

US20110058101A1 is the most popular patent in the FOX portfolio. It has received 107 citations so far from companies like Samsung, Microsoft and LG.

Below is the list of 10 most cited patents of FOX:

Publication NumberCitation Count
US20110058101A1107
US20140240500A136
US20140337763A122
US20140278993A119
US20130033605A119
US20030016180A116
US9288545B216
US20090256914A114
US20170070476A112
US20150326932A112

How many inventions of other companies were rejected due to FOX patents?

The statistics below share strategic R&D insights. It tells the companies that were trying to protect inventions similar to FOX invention. They couldn’t because FOX had protected those before them.

Examiners at the USPTO used 19 FOX patents in 170 rejections (35 USC § 102 or 35 USC § 103 types).

The top citing companies in the FOX patent portfolio are R2 Solutions Monarch and Super Interconnect.

List of the Companies who’s Patents were rejected citing FOX –

CompanyNumber of Patent Applications that faced Rejection Citing FOX PatentsNumber of Rejections (102 & 103)
R2 Solutions25
Monarch25
Super Interconnect25
American Vehicular25
Nike25
Bonutti Skeletal25
Sony26
Cellular Communications Equipment25
Unification Technologies25
Flir22

Count of 102 and 103 Type Rejections based on FOX Patents

Blocked Patent Applications by FOX

Top FOX Patents used in Rejecting Most Patent Applications

Patent NumberCount of Rejected Applications
US20110058101A19
US20160352618A14
US20140337763A14
US20140240500A14
US20140278993A14
US20170068395A12
US20170199886A12
US20090256914A12
US20030016180A12
US20150074560A12
US20170070784A11
US20170070476A11
US20150326932A11
US20160007089A11
US20170070764A11

What are FOX key innovation segments?

What Technologies are Covered by FOX?

The chart below distributes patents filed by FOX in different countries on the basis of the technology protected in patents. It also represents the markets where FOX thinks it’s important to protect particular technology inventions.

R&D Focus: How has FOX search focus changed over the years?

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