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USPTO Data Jan 1 1976 - Oct 27 2026
6 Patents
#2,469 in Tokyo
#5,990 in Japan
Smartnews, Inc.
Forward Citations = 17
6 inventors:
Smartnews, Inc.
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Trademarks = 2
Forward Citations = 17
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6 inventors (with patents filed for the assignee):
Jihee Kim (4 out of 4 patents)
Koichi Yamamoto (4 out of 21 patents)
Yuhei Nishioka (2 out of 2 patents)
4. Kazufumi Alfred Iwasaki (2 out of 2 patents)
5. Devon Larson Bancroft (2 out of 2 patents)
6. Ken Suzuki (2 out of 22 patents)
6 patents:
Company Overview
SmartNews is a news aggregation app that curates top headlines from various sources and delivers them in an easy-to-read format. The company, founded in Japan in 2012, has expanded globally and now has offices in Tokyo, San Francisco, and New York. With over 20 million users worldwide, SmartNews has revolutionized the way people consume news by providing a personalized and efficient news-reading experience.
Profile summary synthesized from public USPTO records and patent filings.
IDiyas Innovation Intelligence. (2026). Company Patent Portfolio: Smartnews, Inc.. Retrieved from https://idiyas.com/company/smartnews
Data source: USPTO (United States Patent and Trademark Office) public patent records. Weekly synchronization. How IDiyas builds this profile
Data Sources: USPTO Patent Grant XML, Patent Center, EPO & CIPO • Normalized by IDiyas Innovation Graph. Methodology & provenance architecturePlease report any incorrect information to [email protected]
Data Sources: USPTO Patent Grant XML, Patent Center, EPO & CIPO • Normalized by IDiyas Innovation Graph. Methodology & provenance architecturePlease report any incorrect information to [email protected]
Data Sources: USPTO Patent Grant XML, Patent Center, EPO & CIPO • Normalized by IDiyas Innovation Graph. Methodology & provenance architecturePlease report any incorrect information to [email protected]