Patent assignee · US · COMPANY

FACEBOOK, INC.

5,362Patents
5,334Active
5,362Granted
66Portfolio score

Filing activity: May 16, 2001 → May 11, 2021 · 181 expiring within 5 years

Most-cited patents

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
USD789384S1 Display screen with animated graphical user interface General 942 Active
US7827208B2 Generating a feed of stories personalized for members of a social network Electricity 907 Active
USD819072S1 Display panel of a programmed computer system with a graphical user interface General 891 Active
US7945653B2 Tagging digital media Electricity 884 Active
USD813899S1 Display screen with animated graphical user interface General 856 Active
USD820867S1 Display screen with animated graphical user interface General 838 Active
USD870742S1 Display screen or portion thereof with animated user interface General 746 Active
US8244848B1 Integrated social network environment Physics 401 Active
US9119027B2 Sharing of location-based content item in social networking service Electricity 378 Active
US9450907B2 Bundled event memories Physics 354 Active
US8180804B1 Dynamically generating recommendations based on social graph information Physics 344 Active
US7669123B2 Dynamically providing a news feed about a user of a social network Electricity 324 Active
US9264463B2 Method and system of managing ephemeral post in a social networking system Electricity 317 Active
US7725492B2 Managing information about relationships in a social network via a social timeline Electricity 309 Active
US8185558B1 Automatically generating nodes and edges in an integrated social graph Electricity 306 Active
US8997213B2 Protecting personal information upon sharing a personal computing device Physics 305 Active
US8572129B1 Automatically generating nodes and edges in an integrated social graph Physics 304 Active
US9258604B1 Commercial detection based on audio fingerprinting Electricity 303 Active
US9483659B2 Instant personalization security Electricity 297 Active
US9129311B2 Social networking system data exchange Electricity 287 Active
US7788260B2 Ranking search results based on the frequency of clicks on the search results by members of a social network who are within a predetermined degree of separation Physics 228 Expired
US8949250B1 Generating recommended search queries on online social networks Electricity 213 Active
US8239364B2 Search and retrieval of objects in a social networking system Physics 205 Active
USD725666S1 Display screen with graphical user interface General 202 Active
US8010458B2 System and method for managing information flow between members of an online social network Electricity 195 Active

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Counts and citation impact are objective bibliographic measures.