Netflix Patents

One or more patents owned by Netflix, Inc. (or its affiliates) apply to the features and functionality of the Netflix service, as that term is used in the Terms of Use. These US patents are listed below. 

US Patents for the Netflix service

Patent Number

Issue Date

7,617,127 

8,234,715

8,271,338

8,315,977

8,355,433

8,365,235

8,386,621

8,417,476

8,433,814

8,443,056

8,532,290

8,566,442

8,577,896 

8,612,771

8,631,455

8,682,139

8,689,267

8,749,426

8,756,708

8,782,420

8,838,961

8,837,601

8,861,926

8,863,255

8,887,095 

8,891,946

8,903,834

8,935,581

8,949,465

8,954,596

8,954,495

8,966,014

8,963,847

8,997,160

9,009,337

9,015,289

9,014,545

9,021,537

9,027,141

9,026,586

9,060,187

9,077,693

9,094,377

9,128,892

9,129,214

9,191,465

9,197,530

9,225,621

9,232,243

9,258,207

9,294,415

9,300,734

9,319,321

9,319,297

9,319,696

9,319,458

9,338,489

9,338,181

9,398,301

RE46,114

9,418,296

9,430,532

9,430,212

9,430,539

9,438,571

9,454,530

9,479,562

9,477,713

9,485,305

9,510,043

9,521,354

9,565,475

9,571,870

9,577,950

9,582,395

9,584,395

9,613,104

9,614,818

9,621,588

9,646,141

9,648,385

9,674,274

9,680,906

9,686,371

9,699,519

9,712,580

9,712,411

9,727,321

9,727,788

9,736,202

9,734,409

9,762,936

9,769,505

9,766,772

9,767,291

9,781,183

9,794,151

9,792,674

9,800,910

9,817,827

9,824,278

9,825,956

9,853,966

D806,103

9,858,133

9,864,666

9,871,662

9,887,958

D809,555

9,906,612

D812,090

D812,069

9,917,791

9,930,385

9,948,601

9,948,602

9,953,173

9,954,822

9,973,800

9,990,499

9,998,354

10,007,977

10,033,787

10,050,955

10,075,513

10,080,005

10,097,607

10,108,788

D831,682

10,123,059

10,129,596

10,142,405

10,140,520

10,154,309

10,164,941

10,162,819

10,178,074

10,182,090

10,180,968

10,187,674

10,200,436

10,212,246

10,219,036

10,225,170

10,255,947

10,263,912

10,262,145

10,263,890

10,268,590

10,284,480

10,305,947

10,303,777

10,306,270

10,311,386

10,318,399

10,320,874

10,321,174

10,326,662

10,326,810

10,332,116

10,348,589

10,355,950

10,360,508

10,366,476

10,375,054

10,387,077

10,405,016

10,404,986

10,404,566

10,419,828

10,425,500

10,425,683

10,432,689

10,452,919

10,475,050

10,475,172

10,484,694

10,482,477

10,482,519

10,489,150

10,498,628

10,498,543

10,498,661

10,511,623

10,523,732

10,536,498

10,547,856

10,552,745

10,552,470

10,560,506

10,573,039

10,572,767

10,582,633

10,586,110

10,606,510

10,609,132

10,621,223

10,666,992

10,671,947

10,674,180

10,674,222

10,686,969

10,694,258

10,691,814

10,693,933

10,698,944

10,698,909

10,701,035

10,712,771

10,715,772

10,715,814

10,721,477

D890,793

10,742,986

10,742,708

D892,851

D892,852

D892,853

10,743,435

10,749,921

10,750,146

D893,538

10,754,830

10,769,282

10,771,865

10,778,581

10,798,017

10,798,387

10,798,271

10,827,185

10,834,406

10,834,465

10,839,489

10,841,356

10,862,942

10,866,851

10,873,775

10,880,191

10,877,798

10,880,354

10,887,210

10,887,609

10,887,602

10,885,093

10,897,618

10,911,791

10,911,513

10,917,644

10,915,455

10,931,735

10,931,975

10,942,812

10,942,734

10,958,704

10,972,439

10,972,772

D916,883

D916,754

11,010,341

11,019,374

11,017,024

11,025,986

11,025,858

11,025,695

11,048,660

11,070,485

11,068,404

11,082,752

11,087,338

11,086,960

11,094,346

11,106,566

11,107,206

11,113,000

11,115,688

11,122,075

11,119,845

11,126,799

11,138,462

11,144,707

11,153,585

11,166,034

D934,909

11,166,073

D936,667

11,184,621

11,196,790

11,196,791

11,202,103

11,210,476

11,212,368

11,212,208

11,218,439

11,217,280

11,223,884

11,223,675

11,223,599

11,234,034

11,238,888

11,240,156

11,249,626

11,252,211

11,263,305

11,265,623

11,275,824

11,277,326

11,275,677

11,282,165

11,284,140

11,297,138

11,317,158

11,317,150

11,328,053

11,334,752

11,336,947

11,334,554

11,341,316

11,349,699

11,350,169

11,347,651

11,361,416

11,363,275

11,388,472

11,399,019

11,403,263

11,409,637

11,412,056

11,416,208

11,425,432

11,429,525

11,431,942

11,430,485

11,444,999

11,457,086

11,463,746

11,474,948

11,477,533

11,483,325

11,481,541

D968,431

11,503,264

11,503,304

11,507,488

11,522,935

11,522,938

11,527,264

11,533,297

11,532,077

11,539,966

11,551,280

11,551,060

11,557,025

11,563,986

11,567,784

11,573,884

11,589,058

11,586,632

11,593,448

11,593,459

11,606,309

11,604,935

11,616,719

11,636,273

11,636,872

11,636,005

11,640,368

11,659,214

11,665,075

D988,338

D988,339

11,675,740

11,677,797

11,683,234

11,683,339

11,683,545

11,693,708

11,694,604

11,696,002

11,694,726

11,700,383

11,700,415

11,700,404

11,711,357

11,711,445

11,716,520

11,722,707

11,722,720

11,729,396

11,729,256

11,734,054

11,743,200

11,741,930

11,743,190

11,747,983

11,750,821

11,755,303

11,755,199

11,758,148

11,758,146

11,763,852

11,770,565

11,778,240

11,775,515

11,778,010

D101,142

11,782,821

11,789,926

11,810,254

11,811,892

11,818,375

11,829,500

11,830,161

11,837,261

11,863,607

11,860,849

11,863,814

11,871,002

11,871,095

11/10/2009 

7/31/2012

9/18/2012

11/20/2012 

1/15/2013

1/29/2013

2/26/2013

4/9/2013

4/30/2013

5/14/2013

9/10/2013

10/22/2013

11/5/2013 

12/17/2013

1/14/2014

3/25/2014

4/1/2014

6/10/2014

6/17/2014

7/15/2014

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