Detail
Over the past year BEIJING BYTEDANCE NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. received 312 US patent grants, concentrated in games / interactive entertainment and video / streaming; the recent pace (72 in 90 days) is slowing versus its trailing baseline.
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"signal_type": "patents-company",
"signal_subtype": "portfolioVelocity",
"detected_at": "2026-09-30T17:49:20+00:00",
"company": {
"name": "ByteDance",
"domain": "bytedance.com"
},
"data": {
"detail": "Over the past year BEIJING BYTEDANCE NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. received 312 US patent grants, concentrated in games / interactive entertainment and video / streaming; the recent pace (72 in 90 days) is slowing versus its trailing baseline.",
"summary": "BEIJING BYTEDANCE NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.'s patent output is slowing: 312 grants in the past year, 19 in the past 30 days.",
"event_at": "2026-09-29",
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"grants_180d": 152,
"grants_365d": 312,
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],
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"challenges_made": {
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},
"cpc_section_mix": {
"A": 4,
"G": 111,
"H": 196
},
"grant_direction": "decelerating",
"precision_class": "structural",
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},
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-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
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