Microsoft Technology Licensing Llc patents

Microsoft Technology Licensing Llc holds 48,645 patents in our database, with recent filings and technology areas summarized below.

Company patent statistics
MetricValue
Total patents48,645
Recent patents10,767
First publicationJan 20, 2015
Latest publicationApr 2, 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
20152,530
20164,523
20175,056
20185,558
20195,724
20205,231
20214,167
20223,646
20233,929
20243,826
20253,606
2026849
Browse patents by year
YearPatents
20152,530
20164,523
20175,056
20185,558
20195,724
20205,231
20214,167
20223,646
20233,929
20243,826
20253,606
2026849

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
G06N20/003,429
G06F3/04822,312
G06N3/081,714
G06N3/0451,706
G06N3/091,665

Technology areas

Mapped technology topics for this assignee.

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Frequently asked questions

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

How many patents does Microsoft Technology Licensing Llc have in patentsdb?
Microsoft Technology Licensing Llc is linked to 48,645 publications as assignee in our database.
What technology areas does Microsoft Technology Licensing Llc patent most?
Top mapped technology areas by patent count: Physics (41,814); Electricity (22,984); Cross-Sectional Technologies (1,689).
Is Microsoft Technology Licensing Llc's patent activity growing?
In our data, assignee counts were 3,826 in 2024 and 3,606 in 2025 (lower year over year).
What are recent patents assigned to Microsoft Technology Licensing Llc?
See the “Recent patents” section above for the latest 5 publications we attribute to this assignee.