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WHATSAPP INC

Overview
  • Total Patents
    153
  • GoodIP Patent Rank
    9,943
  • Filing trend
    ⇩ 51.0%
About

WHATSAPP INC has a total of 153 patent applications. It decreased the IP activity by 51.0%. Its first patent ever was published in 2012. It filed its patents most often in United States, China and WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organization). Its main competitors in its focus markets telecommunications, digital networks and computer technology are PHONE COM INC, QUALCOMM CONNECTED EXPERIENCES INC and FON DOT COM JAPAN KK.

Patent filings per year

Chart showing WHATSAPP INCs patent filings per year from 1900 to 2020

Top inventors

# Name Total Patents
#1 Koum Jan 49
#2 Acton Brian 47
#3 Donohue Michael B 41
#4 Reed Erik James 31
#5 Sarafa Randall 20
#6 Singh Manpreet 20
#7 Stukalov Dima 19
#8 O'Connor Bryan D 18
#9 Fooksman Eugene 13
#10 Kret Ehren Andrew 13

Latest patents

Publication Filing date Title
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US2019149868A1 Techniques to dynamically configure a sender bitrate for streaming media connections
US2019149867A1 Techniques to dynamically engage a reduced-color mode for streaming video encoding
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US2019138160A1 Providing group messaging thread highlights
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US2019138655A1 Providing group messaging thread highlights
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US2019104306A1 Techniques to dynamically select a video encoder for streaming video encoding
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