Whatsapp Patents – Key Insights and Stats

Whatsapp has a total of 150 patents globally, out of which 9 have been granted. Of these 150 patents, more than 77% patents are active. The United States of America is where Whatsapp has filed the maximum number of patents, followed by Europe and Germany. Parallelly, the United States of America seems to be the main focused R&D centre and also is the origin country of Whatsapp.

Whatsapp was founded in the year 2009. Whatsapp offers instant messaging and mobile communication services. Users can exchange messages using the company’s cross-platform mobile messaging software.

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

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

The founder Brian Acton has 113 patents, Jan Koum Hanes have 85 patents.

How many patents does Whatsapp have?

Whatsapp has a total of 150 patents globally. These patents belong to 76 unique patent families. Out of 150 patents, 146 patents are active.

How Many Patents did Whatsapp File Every Year?

Whatsapp Patents 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 GrantWhatsapp Applications FiledWhatsapp Patents Granted
2022413
2021825
20202027
20191727
20182315
2017308
2016129
2015164
201482
20136
20123
20103

How many Whatsapp patents are Alive/Dead?

Whatsapp Patents Portfolio

How Many Patents did Whatsapp File in Different Countries?

Whatsapp Worldwide Patents

Countries in which Whatsapp Filed Patents

CountryPatent
United States of America138
Europe7
Germany4
Taiwan1

 Where are Research Centres of Whatsapp Patents Located?

Research Centres of Whatsapp Patents

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

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

Examiners at the USPTO used 30 Whatsapp patents in 108 rejections (35 USC § 102 or 35 USC § 103 types).

The top citing companies in the Whatsapp patent portfolio are Apple, Tencent and Microsoft.

List of the Companies whose Patents were rejected citing Whatsapp –

CompanyNumber of Patent Applications that faced Rejection Citing Whatsapp PatentsNumber of Rejections (102 & 103)
Apple510
Tencent58
Microsoft37
Samsung33
Line25
Cisco Technology22
Twitter22
Google22
IBM24
Paypal11

Top Whatsapp Patents used in Rejecting Most Patent Applications

Patent NumberCount of Rejected Applications
US10778831B27
US9419935B26
US10129412B14
US9934600B24
US9628831B23
US10567217B23
US9226121B23
US10460499B23
US9749178B23
US9473428B12
US10582036B22
US10678401B22
US9832643B22
US10681202B21
US20170078240A11

What Percentage of Whatsapp US Patent Applications were Granted?

Whatsapp (Excluding its subsidiaries) has filed 108 patent applications at USPTO so far (Excluding Design and PCT applications). Out of these 98 have been granted leading to a grant rate of 96.08%.

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

Which Law Firms Filed Most US Patents for Whatsapp?

Law FirmTotal ApplicationsSuccess Rate
Kdb Firm8595.24%
Keller Preece12100%
Facebook Fenwick8100%
Lee & Hayes20%
Mcdermott Will & Emery10%

What are Whatsapp key innovation segments?

What Technologies are Covered by Whatsapp?

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

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

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