Snap Inc patents

Snap Inc holds 6,894 patents in our database, with recent filings and technology areas summarized below.

Company patent statistics
MetricValue
Total patents6,894
Recent patents3,912
First publicationDec 27, 2016
Latest publicationApr 9, 2026

Filing trend

Year-over-year patent counts for this assignee.

Filing activity over the last five years is growing.

Patents filed per year
YearPatents
20161
201747
2018104
2019192
2020403
2021767
2022951
20231,314
20241,378
20251,382
2026355
Browse patents by year
YearPatents
20161
201747
2018104
2019192
2020403
2021767
2022951
20231,314
20241,378
20251,382
2026355

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
G06T19/0061,444
H04L51/101,311
G06F3/0111,032
H04L51/521,024
G06F3/0482912

Technology areas

Mapped technology topics for this assignee.

Frequently asked questions

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

How many patents does Snap Inc have in patentsdb?
Snap Inc is linked to 6,894 publications as assignee in our database.
What technology areas does Snap Inc patent most?
Top mapped technology areas by patent count: Physics (6,177); Electricity (4,135); Human Necessities (364).
Is Snap Inc's patent activity growing?
In our data, assignee counts were 1,378 in 2024 and 1,382 in 2025 (higher year over year).
What are recent patents assigned to Snap Inc?
See the “Recent patents” section above for the latest 5 publications we attribute to this assignee.