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SKYPE

Overview
  • Total Patents
    420
  • GoodIP Patent Rank
    32,866
  • Filing trend
    0.0%
About

SKYPE has a total of 420 patent applications. It increased the IP activity by 0.0%. Its first patent ever was published in 2004. It filed its patents most often in EPO (European Patent Office), United Kingdom and United States. Its main competitors in its focus markets digital networks, telecommunications and audio-visual technology are SWISSQUAL LICENSE AG, SKYPE LTD and KANDA HIROYUKI.

Patent filings per year

Chart showing SKYPEs patent filings per year from 1900 to 2020

Top inventors

# Name Total Patents
#1 Andersen Soren Vang 44
#2 Vafin Renat 33
#3 Jefremov Andrei 33
#4 Sorensen Karsten Vandborg 32
#5 Nilsson Mattias 31
#6 Kaal Madis 29
#7 Zhao David 21
#8 Vos Koen Bernard 21
#9 Vos Koen 20
#10 Hiie Magnus 17

Latest patents

Publication Filing date Title
US2017366494A1 Message delivery system and method
US2016142549A1 Phone number recognition
US2014059147A1 Including a plurality of users in a conversation over a communication network
GB201300715D0 Speech coding
AU2012261547A1 Speech coding system and method
CN103051675A Delivery of a communication event
CN102968999A Audio signal processing
CN110097417A Fill user data
CN103024629A Processing signals
CN103002171A Method and device for processing audio signals
CN102957819A Method and apparatus for processing audio signals
CN102932325A Registered users of an application
CN102932841A Signal processing
CN102916829A Analysis of a communication event
CN102932624A Mobile video calls
CN103563338A Accessing a communication system
CN103503373A Communication system and method
EP2695389A1 Processing media streams for synchronised output at multiple end points
EP2702775A1 Processing stereophonic audio signals
CN103493465A Authorising a user to participate in a conference conducted over a communication network