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Dolby Patent Portfolio – Exemplary Landscape Overview
Dolby is a leading technology company focused on innovation and creating and monetizing its Intellectual Property across jurisdictions. This exemplary study/report presents a high-level brief analysis of the Patent Portfolio of the Corporate, and various attributes/parameters on which the said entities Patent Portfolio is being represented.
Dolby along with its key subsidiaries has a total of around 22037 patents/applications globally as of the date of the instant publication, out of which 12564 patents have been issued. Of these 22037 patents/applications, more than 73.13% patents/applications are active. United States is where Dolby has filed the maximum number of patents, followed by China.
Most of the patents of the Dolby are in the classification of H04N and G10L, which indicates the core areas of technology focus of the company.


To continue further, Dolby has a total of 22037 patents/applications filed globally. These patents/applications belong to 2789 unique patent families. Out of 22037, 16116 patents/applications are active/pending and 5921 patent/applications are inactive.
The below graphical representation indicates yearly filing trends of the Dolby, which shows that the number of applications peaked in 2014 with 2023-2024 filings potentially still being recorded, indicating that the trend could rise further.
How many Dolby Portfolio patents are Alive/Dead?
Countries in which Dolby Filed Patents
10 Best Dolby Portfolio Patents
The patent US6728317 is the most cited in the portfolio, with 799 citations to date.
Dolby Portfolio Top 10 Inventors
Us is the top inventor with 4607 filings.
Patent Family with Most Filings
The patent family 88104838 has the highest number of filings worldwide, with 242 unique family members.





10 Best Dolby Portfolio Patents
Dolby Portfolio Top 10 Inventors