RingCentral has a total of 768 patents globally, out of which 631 have been granted. Of these 768 patents, more than 83% patents are active. United States of America is where RingCentral has filed the maximum number of patents, followed by Canada and Europe. Parallelly, United States of America seems to be the main focused R&D centre and also is the origin country of RingCentral.
RingCentral was founded in the year 1999. The Company provides cloud-based business communications solutions. The Company enables to communicate via voice, text, video and web conferencing, and fax on multiple devices, including smartphones, tablets and computers. As of April 2023, the market cap of RingCentral is $2.8 Billion.
Do read about some of the most popular patents of RingCentral which have been covered by us in this article and also you can find RingCentral patents information, the worldwide patent filing activity and its patent filing trend over the years, and many other stats over RingCentral patent portfolio.
How many patents does the founder and the CEO of RingCentral have?
The founders Mukul Sheopory has 0 patent and Vlad Vendrow has 58 patents. The CEO Vlad Shmunis has 3 patents.
How many patents does RingCentral have?
RingCentral has a total of 768 patents globally. These patents belong to 389 unique patent families. Out of 768 patents, 639 patents are active.
How Many Patents did RingCentral 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 | RingCentral Applications Filed | RingCentral Patents Granted |
| 2023 | – | 8 |
| 2022 | 10 | 22 |
| 2021 | 18 | 31 |
| 2020 | 37 | 65 |
| 2019 | 58 | 64 |
| 2018 | 71 | 66 |
| 2017 | 58 | 60 |
| 2016 | 52 | 61 |
| 2015 | 74 | 51 |
| 2014 | 59 | 53 |
| 2013 | 39 | 28 |
| 2012 | 42 | 30 |
| 2011 | 28 | 22 |
How many RingCentral patents are Alive/Dead?
How Many Patents did RingCentral File in Different Countries?
Countries in which RingCentral Filed Patents
| Country | Patents |
| United States Of America | 683 |
| Canada | 17 |
| Europe | 14 |
| Germany | 6 |
| Australia | 4 |
| China | 3 |
| Hong Kong (S.A.R.) | 2 |
Where are Research Centres of RingCentral Patents Located?
10 Best RingCentral Patents
US6546087B2 is the most popular patent in the RingCentral portfolio. It has received 268 citations so far from companies like Cisco, Callwave and Amazon.
Below is the list of 10 most cited patents of RingCentral:
| Publication Number | Citation Count |
| US6546087B2 | 268 |
| US7240015B1 | 258 |
| US7372846B2 | 219 |
| US7353293B2 | 177 |
| US7076427B2 | 148 |
| US7133695B2 | 146 |
| US7133828B2 | 113 |
| US8134727B1 | 108 |
| US8204479B2 | 101 |
| US6847351B2 | 95 |
How many inventions of other companies were rejected due to RingCentral patents?
The statistics below share strategic R&D insights. It tells the companies that were trying to protect inventions similar to RingCentral invention. They couldn’t because RingCentral had protected those before them.
Examiners at the USPTO referred 253 RingCentral patents in 1491 rejections (35 USC § 102 or 35 USC § 103 types).
The top citing companies in the RingCentral patent portfolio are IBM, Microsoft and Cisco.
List of the Companies whose Patents were rejected citing RingCentral –
| Company | Number of Patent Applications that faced Rejection Citing RingCentral Patents | Number of Rejections (102 & 103) |
| IBM | 51 | 102 |
| Microsoft | 43 | 87 |
| Cisco | 21 | 40 |
| Samsung | 21 | 42 |
| At&T Intellectual Property | 19 | 43 |
| 14 | 30 | |
| Blackberry | 13 | 23 |
| Verizon Patent And Licensing | 12 | 18 |
| Wilmington Trust | 10 | 36 |
| Qualcomm | 9 | 12 |
Count of 102 and 103 Type Rejections based on RingCentral Patents
Top RingCentral Patents used in Rejecting Most Patent Applications
| Patent Number | Count of Rejected Applications |
| US8279254B2 | 22 |
| US8600391B2 | 17 |
| US8050917B2 | 17 |
| US7184531B2 | 16 |
| US9680687B2 | 14 |
| US8670545B2 | 13 |
| US7289626B2 | 13 |
| US8780383B2 | 10 |
| US20130218902A1 | 10 |
| US8275110B2 | 10 |
| US8531995B2 | 10 |
| US8089953B2 | 9 |
| US9350845B2 | 9 |
| US8335851B1 | 9 |
| US9445245B2 | 8 |
What Percentage of RingCentral US Patent Applications were Granted?
RingCentral (Excluding its subsidiaries) has filed 634 patent applications at USPTO so far (Excluding Design and PCT applications). Out of these 563 have been granted leading to a grant rate of 94.15%.
Below are the key stats of RingCentral patent prosecution at the USPTO.
Which Law Firms Filed Most US Patents for RingCentral?
| Law Firm | Total Applications | Success Rate |
| Ringcentral Finnegan | 364 | 99.14% |
| Fish & Richardson | 68 | 94.03% |
| Unify | 63 | 65.08% |
| Kxt Law | 23 | 100.00% |
| At&T Intellectual Property | 22 | 100.00% |
| Weaver Austin Villeneuve & Sampson | 14 | 78.57% |
| Schwabe Williamson & Wyatt | 13 | 92.31% |
| Siemens Corporation | 10 | 100.00% |
| Fenwick & West | 7 | 85.71% |
| Kokka & Backus | 6 | 0% |