Wind River has a total of 230 patents globally, out of which 125 have been granted. Of these 230 patents, more than 31% patents are active. The United States of America is where Wind River has filed the maximum number of patents, followed by Australia and Europe. Parallelly, The United States of America seems to be the main focused R&D center and also USA is the origin country of Wind River.
Wind River was founded in 1981. The Company designs and develops software. The Company offers products and services such as embedded systems, development tools, virtualization, network infrastructure and simulation.
Do read about some of the most popular patents of Wind River which have been covered by us in this article and also you can find Wind River patents information, the worldwide patent filing activity and its patent filing trend over the years, and many other stats over Wind River patent portfolio.
How many patents does the Founder and CEO of Wind River have?
The Founder Jerry Fiddler have 0 patent and CEO Bryan LeBlanc have 0 patent.
How many patents does Wind River have?
Wind River has a total of 230 patents globally. These patents belong to 198 unique patent families. Out of 230 patents, 72 patents are active.
How Many Patents did Wind River 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 | Wind River Applications Filed | Wind River Patents Granted |
| 2023 | – | 1 |
| 2022 | – | 4 |
| 2021 | 6 | 4 |
| 2020 | 4 | 3 |
| 2019 | 1 | 5 |
| 2018 | 3 | 8 |
| 2017 | 3 | 5 |
| 2016 | 4 | 3 |
| 2015 | 8 | 4 |
| 2014 | 5 | 3 |
| 2013 | 5 | 10 |
| 2012 | 9 | 5 |
How many Wind River patents are Alive/Dead?
Worldwide Patents
How Many Patents did Wind River File in Different Countries?
Countries in which Wind River Filed Patents
| Country | Patents |
| United States Of America | 207 |
| Australia | 4 |
| Europe | 4 |
| Hong Kong (S.A.R.) | 2 |
| Canada | 2 |
| India | 2 |
| Germany | 1 |
Where are Research Centers of Wind River Patents Located?
10 Best Wind River Patents
US20030005350A1 is the most popular patent in the Wind River portfolio. It has received 242 citations so far from companies like Samsung, Hitachi and IBM.
Below is the list of 10 most cited patents of Wind River:
| Publication Number | Citation Count |
| US20030005350A1 | 242 |
| US6944829B2 | 140 |
| US6874074B1 | 96 |
| US6542167B1 | 87 |
| US20040015890A1 | 84 |
| US7277387B2 | 79 |
| US20030163773A1 | 79 |
| US6735666B1 | 72 |
| US7137105B2 | 71 |
| US20040160464A1 | 65 |
How many inventions of other companies were rejected due to Wind River patents?
The statistics below share strategic R&D insights. It tells the companies that were trying to protect inventions similar to Wind River invention. They couldn’t because Wind River had protected those before them.
Examiners at the USPTO referred 106 Wind River patents in 605 rejections (35 USC § 102 or 35 USC § 103 types).
The top citing companies in the Wind River patent portfolio are IBM, Dell and Microsoft.
List of the Companies whose Patents were rejected citing Wind River –
| Company | Number of Patent Applications that faced Rejection Citing Wind River Patents | Number of Rejections (102 & 103) |
| IBM | 33 | 66 |
| Dell | 29 | 46 |
| Microsoft | 24 | 62 |
| Hitachi | 6 | 8 |
| Samsung | 6 | 16 |
| Apple | 6 | 11 |
| Intel | 6 | 13 |
| Amazon | 5 | 6 |
| Texas Instruments | 5 | 5 |
| Oracle | 5 | 22 |
Count of 102 and 103 Type Rejections based on Wind River Patents
Top Wind River Patents used in Rejecting Most Patent Applications
| Patent Number | Count of Rejected Applications |
| US6941437B2 | 10 |
| US7313797B2 | 9 |
| US6874074B1 | 9 |
| US6904483B2 | 8 |
| US6944829B2 | 8 |
| US20030005350A1 | 7 |
| US8028271B2 | 7 |
| US20050015767A1 | 6 |
| US7137105B2 | 6 |
| US20040153878A1 | 6 |
| US7207031B2 | 5 |
| US7554981B2 | 5 |
| US20080127119A1 | 5 |
| US20110276978A1 | 5 |
| US7210120B2 | 4 |
What are Wind River key innovation segments?
What Technologies are Covered by Wind River?
The chart below distributes patents filed by Wind River