Dropbox Inc patents

Dropbox Inc holds 2,341 patents in our database, with recent filings and technology areas summarized below.

Company patent statistics
MetricValue
Total patents2,341
Recent patents517
First publicationJan 1, 2015
Latest publicationApr 9, 2026

Filing trend

Year-over-year patent counts for this assignee.

Filing activity over the last five years is stable.

Patents filed per year
YearPatents
2015165
2016223
2017221
2018230
2019303
2020234
2021201
2022181
2023163
2024187
2025172
202661
Browse patents by year
YearPatents
2015165
2016223
2017221
2018230
2019303
2020234
2021201
2022181
2023163
2024187
2025172
202661

Recent patents

Latest publications where this party is an assignee.

Notable patents

Representative or frequently cited publications from precomputed assignee stats.

Top CPC classifications

Most common classification codes in this portfolio.

Top CPC codes by patent count
CPCPatents
H04L67/1095520
H04L67/06428
H04L67/1097418
G06F16/178379
G06F21/6218343

Technology areas

Mapped technology topics for this assignee.

Company technology slices
TechnologyPatents
Physics2,100
Electricity1,455
Cross-Sectional Technologies1

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Frequently asked questions

Answers are generated from the same data shown on this page.

How many patents does Dropbox Inc have in patentsdb?
Dropbox Inc is linked to 2,341 publications as assignee in our database.
What technology areas does Dropbox Inc patent most?
Top mapped technology areas by patent count: Physics (2,100); Electricity (1,455); Cross-Sectional Technologies (1).
Is Dropbox Inc's patent activity growing?
In our data, assignee counts were 187 in 2024 and 172 in 2025 (lower year over year).
What are recent patents assigned to Dropbox Inc?
See the “Recent patents” section above for the latest 5 publications we attribute to this assignee.