USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView US Corporation

Bytedance Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 1,130 granted patents across 21 technology areas, active 2020–2025. Filing-trend and competitive-moat analysis cross-referenced to USPTO Patent Public Search. Primary class: H04N (PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION).

Compiled byPlainPatent Editorial, US Patent Intelligence Editorial Team · May 15, 2026

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1,130

Total patents granted

CPC technology areas

19.1

Avg claims per patent

5-year filing velocity

The verdict

Bytedance holds 1,130 US patents across 21 technology areas, rank #396 of 50,000 tracked assignees.

#396
of 50,000 US assignees by volume: Top 0.1%
by Innovation Score (72.0/100): 19.1
avg claims per patent

Portfolio overview

Bytedance Inc. has been granted 1,130 US utility patents between 2020 and 2025, placing Bytedance Inc. at rank #396 across all assignees tracked by PlainPatent. This portfolio spans 21 distinct Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) subclasses, averaging 19.1 claims per patent with primary concentration in H04N (PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION). As a US Corporation, Bytedance Inc. is one of the more focused assignees in the PatentsView dataset. By volume, Bytedance sits between Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd. (1,135 patents, rank #392) and Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (1,117 patents, rank #400) - the closest US assignees by grant volume. The composite Innovation Score of 72.0/100 blends portfolio volume, filing velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth into a single comparable measure drawn directly from USPTO PatentsView records.

Filing cadence tells the strategic story. Historical data spans 2020 through 2025, with 1,130 total grants over that period. Velocity comparisons require five years of historical filings to calibrate. The US Corporation classification further shapes interpretation, since corporate, government, and individual filers pursue patents for materially different reasons.

Claim depth and technology breadth together indicate competitive posture. Bytedance Inc.'s 19.1 average claims per patent sits within the typical range for solid legal coverage without excessive prosecution cost, while a multi-domain presence across 21 subclasses balances depth with breadth. Combined with portfolio volume, these signals let analysts, investors, and licensing professionals benchmark Bytedance Inc. against peers pursuing similar technology classes.

Taiyo Yuden

1,135
Orange

1,134
Molex

1,132
Toshiba Medical S…

1,132
Bytedance ◀

1,130
Cree

1,127
Cornell University

1,126
BSH Hausgeräte

1,122
Regeneron Pharmac…

1,117

What this shows Bytedance holds 1,130 patents at rank #396, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Bytedance

By rank, the assignees closest to #396 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04N (Pictorial Communication)

Other assignees with the most granted patents in Bytedance's primary technology class.

Bytedance's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

Composite of portfolio volume, filing velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth (0–100)

72 Top 1% higher than 99% of 50,000 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2020–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2020–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Bytedance Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2020	4	0.4%
2021	87	7.7%
2022	207	18.3%
2023	292	25.8%
2024	334	29.6%
2025	206	18.2%

Which technologies does Bytedance Inc. patent most?

H04N - PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION 792

G06Q - INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR 66

G06F - ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING 61

H04L - TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION 32

G06T - IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL 28

G06N - COMPUTING ARRANGEMENTS BASED ON SPECIFIC COMPUTATIONAL MODELS 16

H04W - WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS 11

G06V - IMAGE OR VIDEO RECOGNITION OR UNDERSTANDING 8

H03M - CODING; DECODING; CODE CONVERSION IN GENERAL 6

G11B - INFORMATION STORAGE BASED ON RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN RECORD CARRIER AND TRANSDUCER 5

G10H - ELECTROPHONIC MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; INSTRUMENTS IN WHICH THE TONES ARE GENERATED BY ELECTROMECHANICAL MEANS OR ELECTRONIC GENERATORS, OR IN WHICH THE TONES ARE SYNTHESISED FROM A DATA STORE 4

C09K - MATERIALS FOR MISCELLANEOUS APPLICATIONS, NOT PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE 2

C23F - NON-MECHANICAL REMOVAL OF METALLIC MATERIAL FROM SURFACE ; INHIBITING CORROSION OF METALLIC MATERIAL OR INCRUSTATION IN GENERAL; MULTI-STEP PROCESSES FOR SURFACE TREATMENT OF METALLIC MATERIAL INVOLVING AT LEAST ONE PROCESS PROVIDED FOR IN CLASS C23 AND AT LEAST ONE PROCESS COVERED BY SUBCLASS C21D 2

H01L - SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES NOT COVERED BY CLASS H10 2

G10L - SPEECH ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES OR SPEECH SYNTHESIS; SPEECH RECOGNITION; SPEECH OR VOICE PROCESSING TECHNIQUES; SPEECH OR AUDIO CODING OR DECODING 2

Top 15 of 21 technology areas

Patent Moat Analysis

Portfolio Volume Strong

Tech Breadth Multi-domain

Claim Depth Standard

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#396

Across all tracked assignees

Innovation Score

72.0 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

Frequently Asked Questions

How many patents does Bytedance Inc. hold?

Bytedance Inc. holds 1,130 US granted patents filed between 2020 and 2025, spanning 21 technology areas.

What is Bytedance Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Bytedance Inc. has an Innovation Score of 72.0 out of 100. This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), filing velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Bytedance Inc. focus on?

Bytedance Inc.'s top technology area is H04N (PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION) with 792 patents. The company has filed patents in 21 CPC subclasses total.

Is Bytedance Inc.'s patent filing rate increasing or decreasing?

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for Bytedance Inc..

What does claim depth mean for Bytedance Inc.'s patents?

Bytedance Inc.'s patents average 19.1 claims each. This falls within the standard range, providing solid legal coverage.

How is the Bytedance Inc. patent data sourced?

All patent data comes from USPTO PatentsView, a public research dataset maintained by the United States Patent and Trademark Office covering US granted utility patents from 2015 to 2025.

How to use this portfolio

Bytedance's 1,130 grants land it in the top 0.1% by Innovation Score, but volume alone doesn't tell you where the strength sits.

Read that count against the largest US assignees before treating it as dominance - Bytedance ranks #396 of 50,000. Top 50 holders
Most of this portfolio concentrates in H04N - see who else leads that technology area. H04N leaders
Check what the four-part Innovation Score actually rewards before comparing it to another company. How the score works

Patent counts and the Innovation Score measure patenting activity, not commercial success or the legal strength of any patent. Many patents are filed defensively. Verify the status of an individual patent against official USPTO records.

Data sourced from USPTO PatentsView - official U.S. government patent data. See our methodology for computation details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainPatent Editorial

Disclaimer: This information is provided for informational purposes only and does not constitute professional advice. Data is sourced from the USPTO PatentsView database. Consult a qualified professional before making decisions based on this data.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sources used on this page

USPTO PatentsView - the disambiguated bulk patent-grant, assignee, and CPC data this page's figures are derived from. patentsview.org
Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) - the joint USPTO/EPO classification scheme used to group patents by technology area. cooperativepatentclassification.org
USPTO Patent Public Search - the official interface to verify the status of any individual patent. ppubs.uspto.gov

Compiled byPlainPatent Editorial, US Patent Intelligence Editorial Team · May 15, 2026

Every figure on PlainPatent is rendered directly from USPTO source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on USPTO source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2026.