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New Disney Patents

Disney's patents cover theme park ride technology, animatronics and characters, streaming and content delivery, animation pipelines, and immersive AR/VR experiences.

Through the USPTO’s September 24, 2026 release, Patentlyze has covered 49 notable Disney patent applications, including 15 published in the last 30 days.

49
total filings tracked
15
published last 30 days
40
published last 90 days

This week's published patents

Week of September 24, 2026 · 4 filings covered · refreshes every week

Disney's four filings cover AI listening for broken ride equipment, a volumetric display that projects 3D images into open air, an AI system that monitors animals and triggers alerts, and theme park characters that detect when guests interrupt them.

What Disney is working on

Based on Disney's activity across the watchlists we track · tracked programs only, not all of Disney's output

Newly emerging

what qualifies: first Disney filing within the last 8 weeks

AI models that work in teams1 filing, Sep 24
The AI photo editing race2 filings since Sep 10
AI assistants that remember you1 filing, Aug 21
AI agents that act for you1 filing, Aug 6

Contested races

what qualifies: 3 or more companies in the same watchlist, Disney among them

The AI photo editing race2 of 194

Disney patent questions, answered

Numbers pull live from the database, so answers never go stale
What is Disney working on right now?

Disney's tracked filings sit inside contested races, including The AI photo editing race. The breakdown above shows each program’s filing count and latest activity.

How many patents did Disney publish this month?

15 Disney patent applications have published in September 2026 so far, after 14 in August. Patentlyze has covered 49 Disney filings since tracking began in June 2026.

Does a Disney patent mean the feature will launch?

No. A published application is not a product announcement. Companies file to protect options, and most patented ideas never ship in the form described. What filings do show is where Disney is spending research effort right now.

Where can I find Disney’s newest patents?

This page updates every week, when the USPTO publishes its new batch of applications. The newest Disney filings appear in the list below.

Top tech areas

  1. AI/ML 29

Top inventors

  1. David Powell Goldberg 4
  2. Alfredo Medina Ayala 4
  3. Prutsdom JIARATHANAKUL 4
  4. Joel Jason Peavy 4
  5. Komath Naveen KUMAR 3

Recent highlights

All Disney filings

Disney Patents an AI That Filters Out Crowd Noise to Catch Broken Ride Equipment
Sep 24, 2026
Disney Patents a Display System That Floats Real 3D Images in Open Air for Crowds
Sep 24, 2026
Disney Files Patent for an AI System That Watches Animals and Sends Alerts
Sep 24, 2026
Disney Patents AI Theme Park Characters That Know When You're Interrupting Them
Sep 24, 2026
Disney Patents a Self-Leveling Platform That Keeps Objects Flat on a Tilting Ride
Sep 18, 2026
Disney Patents a Way to Train AI on Simulated Equipment Failures Before They Happen
Sep 18, 2026
Disney Patents a Way to Teach AI How to Cut Actors Out of Film Footage
Sep 18, 2026
Disney Patents a System That Resyncs Body Language When It Dubs Video Into Another Language
Sep 18, 2026
Disney Patents a Self-Correcting System for Sending Streaming Video Across Networks
Sep 10, 2026
Disney Patents an AI System That Pins Masks to Objects Across Every Video Frame
Sep 10, 2026
Disney Patents Drones That Switch to a Backup Show Script Mid-Flight
Sep 10, 2026
Disney Patents a System That Cuts Its Own Sports and Event Highlights
Sep 10, 2026
Disney Patents a Way to Train Theme Park Robots to Act Without a Human Puppeteer
Sep 4, 2026
Disney Patents a System That Shows Engineers Exactly What a Machine Was Doing When It Broke
Sep 4, 2026
Disney Files Patent for AI That Predicts Water Conditions at Specific Locations
Sep 4, 2026
Disney Patents an AI System That Scores How Closely Two Voice Performances Match
Aug 28, 2026
Disney Patents an AI System That Tags Its Own Movies and Shows Automatically
Aug 28, 2026
Disney Patents an AI System That Spots Failing Park Equipment Before It Breaks Down
Aug 21, 2026
Disney Patents an AI That Matches Bonus Content to Shows and Their Viewers
Aug 21, 2026
Disney Patents a System That Tracks Ride Vehicles Between Sensor Points
Aug 21, 2026
New Disney Patent Warns Guests About Rides They May Hate
Aug 21, 2026
Disney Patents a System That Projects Images Onto Moving, Reflective Surfaces in Real Time
Aug 21, 2026
Disney Patents a System That Automatically Turns Up Dialogue Over Background Noise
Aug 14, 2026
Disney Patents Hidden Tracking Dots That Keep Projected Images Locked to Moving Robot Characters
Aug 6, 2026
Disney Patents a System That Keeps Projected Images Locked to Moving Robots
Aug 6, 2026
Disney Patents Robot Face Skin That Physically Shifts to Match Projected Emotions
Aug 6, 2026
Disney Patents a System That Keeps Projected Images Locked to a Moving Robot's Skin
Aug 6, 2026
Disney Patents an AI That Tracks Live Shows Scene by Scene to Trigger Effects
Aug 6, 2026
Disney Patent Uses Visual AI to Spot Ride Malfunctions Before They Occur
Aug 6, 2026
Disney Patents a Way to Project Images Directly Into Natural Crystals
Jul 30, 2026
Disney Patents a System That Keeps Projected Images Locked to Moving Objects
Jul 30, 2026
Disney Patent Lets Anyone Query Databases Using Plain Language Instead of Complex Commands
Jul 30, 2026
Disney Patent Covers Animated Robots That Continuously Rethink Their Own Movement Goals
Jul 23, 2026
AI Patent Teaches Robots to Learn Smoother, More Natural Movement
Jul 23, 2026
New Disney Patent Teaches 3D Image Software Where to Send Light Rays
Jul 23, 2026
Disney Patent Reveals a Smart Camera Trigger That Waits for the Perfect Shot
Jul 17, 2026