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USPTO Data Jan 1 1976 - Sep 9 2025

53 Utility Patents

#282 in Palo Alto, CA

#5,785 in California

#17,996 in US

#33,587 in the World

Palo Alto, CA, United States of America

Brian Lange Acton

Forward Citations = 197

Company Filing History:

Brian Acton, an American computer programmer and Internet entrepreneur, co-founded WhatsApp with Jan Koum in 2009. The mobile messaging application was later acquired by Facebook in February 2014 for an astounding US$19 billion. Acton left WhatsApp in September 2017 to start the Signal Foundation, which he co-founded with Moxie Marlinspike in 2018. As of January 10, 2022, he serves as the executive chairman of the Signal Technology Foundation and also holds the position of interim CEO at Signal Messenger LLC.

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