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Brian Acton — 53 Patents

Meta: 45 patents #54 of 6,845Top 1%
YHYahoo Holdings: 8 patents #146 of 2,500Top 6%
Palo Alto, CA: #342 of 9,675 inventorsTop 4%
California: #7,278 of 386,348 inventorsTop 2%
Overall (All Time): #48,528 of 4,157,543Top 2%
53 Patents All Time
Brian Acton has been granted 53 US patents while listed as an inventor at Meta. The first was granted in 2006 and the most recent in February 2025. Brian Acton ranks #48,528 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 1.2%). Patent records list Brian Acton in Palo Alto, CA, US.

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 53 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12219017 System and method for aggregating communication connections Jan Koum, Bryan D. O'Connor 2025-02-04
11882231 Methods and systems for processing an ephemeral content message Randall Sarafa, Eugene Fooksman, Jan Koum, Michael B. Donohue, Ehren Andrew Kret 2024-01-23
11847304 Techniques for media album display and management Jan Koum, Randall Sarafa, Kuan Loong Yong 2023-12-19
11616747 Systems and methods for multi-agent messaging Mubarik F Imam, Daniel Charles Cocuzzo 2023-03-28
11449840 System and method for facilitating payment for a third party's application subscription Vicki Wancheng Lee, Eugene Fooksman, Michael B. Donohue 2022-09-20
11336734 System and method for aggregating communication connections Jan Koum, Bryan D. O'Connor 2022-05-17
11316965 Methods and systems for processing an ephemeral con tent message Randall Sarafa, Eugene Fooksman, Jan Koum, Michael B. Donohue, Ehren Andrew Kret 2022-04-26
11265413 Methods and systems for generating an ephemeral content message Randall Sarafa, Eugene Fooksman, Jan Koum, Michael B. Donohue, Charles Donald Deets, Jr. +2 more 2022-03-01
11159478 Voice communications with real-time status notifications Jan Koum, Michael B. Donohue, Erik James Reed, Dima Stukalov 2021-10-26
11146519 Techniques for multi-agent messaging Mubarik F Imam, Daniel Charles Cocuzzo 2021-10-12
11106341 Techniques for media album display and management Jan Koum, Randall Sarafa, Kuan Loong Yong 2021-08-31
11032678 Synthetic communication network method and system Jan Koum 2021-06-08
10778831 Methods and systems for displaying an ephemeral content message Randall Sarafa, Eugene Fooksman, Jan Koum, Michael B. Donohue, Charles Donald Deets, Jr. +2 more 2020-09-15
10736078 Dynamic muting of communication notifications Jan Koum, Bryan D. O'Connor 2020-08-04
10681202 Methods and systems for processing an ephemeral content message Randall Sarafa, Eugene Fooksman, Jan Koum, Michael B. Donohue, Ehren Andrew Kret 2020-06-09
10608978 Voice communications with real-time status notifications Jan Koum, Michael B. Donohue, Erik James Reed, Dima Stukalov 2020-03-31
10600038 System and method for facilitating payment for a third party's application subscription Vicki Wancheng Lee, Eugene Fooksman, Michael B. Donohue 2020-03-24
10587551 Techniques for multi-agent messaging Mubarik F Imam, Daniel Charles Cocuzzo 2020-03-10
10582036 Methods and systems for generating an ephemeral content message Randall Sarafa, Eugene Fooksman, Jan Koum, Michael B. Donohue, Charles Donald Deets, Jr. +2 more 2020-03-03
10542396 Synthetic communication network method and system Jan Koum 2020-01-21
10412435 Techniques to dynamically engage a reduced-color mode for streaming video encoding Manpreet Singh, Jan Koum 2019-09-10
10375538 Synthetic communication network method and system Jan Koum 2019-08-06
10367892 System and method for aggregating communication connections Jan Koum, Bryan D. O'Connor 2019-07-30
10313503 Techniques to reconfigure messaging clients during contact information changes Jan Koum, Randall Sarafa 2019-06-04
10310719 Techniques for media album display and management Jan Koum, Randall Sarafa, Kuan Loong Yong 2019-06-04