Sophos Patents – Insights & Stats (Updated 2023)

Sophos has a total of 548 patents globally, out of which 333 have been granted. Of these 548 patents, more than 84% patents are active. United States of America is where Sophos has filed the maximum number of patents, followed by United Kingdom and India. Parallelly, United States of America seems to be the main focused R&D centre and also is the origin country of Sophos.

Sophos was founded in the year 1985. The Company provides information technology services. The Company offers security and data protection, data loss prevention, patch assessment, full-disk encryption, firewall, intrusion prevention system, mobile device management, wireless security, and network access control.

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

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

The founder Jan Hruska has 4 patents and Peter Lammer has 5 patents and CEO Kris Hagerman has 0 patent.

How many patents does Sophos have?

Sophos has a total of 548 patents globally. These patents belong to 180 unique patent families. Out of 548 patents, 462 patents are active.

How Many Patents did Sophos File Every Year?

Sophos 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 GrantSophos Applications FiledSophos Patents Granted
20233453
20226224
20215377
20202351
20195932
20186721
20174414
2016578
2015279
2014209
2013910
2012611

How many Sophos patents are Alive/Dead?

Sophos Patent Portfolio

 How Many Patents did Sophos File in Different Countries?

Sophos Worldwide Patent Filing

Countries in which Sophos Filed Patents

CountryPatents
United States Of America376
United Kingdom90
India11
Canada4
Australia4
Japan4
Europe4
China2
Germany2
Austria2
Korea (South)1
Hong Kong (S.A.R.)1

Where are Research Centres of Sophos Patents Located?

R&D Centers of Sophos

10 Best Sophos Patents

US8365286B2 is the most popular patent in the Sophos portfolio. It has received 330 citations so far from companies like Fireeye, Inc., IBM and The Mathworks, Inc.

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

Publication NumberCitation Count
US8365286B2330
GB2439806A277
US20100212010A1252
US20090248696A1148
US20110055923A1147
US20100251369A1145
US8266687B2108
US8479267B2105
US20030041139A198
US20110247074A196

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

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

Examiners at the USPTO referred 153 Sophos patents in 1018 rejections (35 USC § 102 or 35 USC § 103 types).

The top citing companies in the Sophos patent portfolio are Microsoft, IBM and Ca Inc.

List of the Companies whose Patents were rejected citing Sophos –

CompanyNumber of Patent Applications that faced Rejection Citing Sophos PatentsNumber of Rejections (102 & 103)
Microsoft3171
IBM2842
Ca Inc2239
Jpmorgan Chase Bank1647
Cisco Technology1333
Vmware1012
Bank Of America814
Amazon Technologies822
Palo Alto Networks815
Zscaler719

Count of 102 and 103 Type Rejections based on Sophos Patents

 Top Sophos Patents used in Rejecting Most Patent Applications

Patent NumberCount of Rejected Applications
US9860274B230
US8713633B225
US8607340B214
US8365286B212
US9390263B211
US8286255B211
US9426179B210
US8776218B29
US8607347B29
US20100212010A19
US20110247074A19
US7159125B29
US8407804B29
US9571512B28
US20100251369A18

What Percentage of Sophos US Patent Applications were Granted?

Sophos (Excluding its subsidiaries) has filed 286 patent applications at USPTO so far (Excluding Design and PCT applications). Out of these 205 have been granted leading to a grant rate of 95.79%.

Below are the key stats of Sophos patent prosecution at the USPTO.

Which Law Firms Filed Most US Patents for Sophos?

Law FirmTotal ApplicationsSuccess Rate
Strategic Patents P C Sphs26195.54%
Ip Spring Sphs14100.00%
Cooley Llp Invincea Inc10100.00%
Patent Docket Administrator1100.00%

What are Sophos’ key innovation segments?

What Technologies are Covered by Sophos?

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

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

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