New Meta Patents
Meta is betting its patent portfolio on smart glasses, neural interfaces, VR, and AI assistants, plus the ad and social systems that pay for it all.
Through the USPTO’s September 24, 2026 release, Patentlyze has covered 152 notable Meta patent applications, including 12 published in the last 30 days.
This week's published patents
Meta's 6 newest filings sort into two clusters:
- AR glasses and input. Four filings cover the physical and interaction design of AR glasses: a frame where the lens is part of the frame itself, typing on any flat surface, full-hand motion tracking in place of a thumb-stick, and automatic hand illumination when headset cameras lose tracking.
- Spatial computing extras. The remaining two filings add capabilities to AR and VR environments: one organizes audio into zones inside virtual spaces, and another turns AR glasses into a point-and-click smart home remote.
What Meta is working on
Long-running programs
what qualifies: 8 or more filings, active in the last 6 weeks
| Meta's smart glasses | 64 filings · latest Sep 24 |
Newly emerging
what qualifies: first Meta filing within the last 8 weeks
| AI assistants that remember you | 1 filing, Aug 21 |
| The on-device AI privacy push | 2 filings since Aug 21 |
Gone quiet
what qualifies: no new Meta filing in 6 or more weeks while the race stays active
| Wearables that read your body | 12 filings · quiet since Aug 14 while 6 rivals kept filing |
Contested races
what qualifies: 3 or more companies in the same watchlist, Meta among them
| The AR glasses race | 68 of 312 · 10 companies |
| The AI photo editing race | 2 of 194 · 14 companies |
| AI agents that act for you | 2 of 151 · 15 companies |
| The on-device AI privacy push | 2 of 141 · 11 companies |
| Wearables that read your body | 12 of 67 · 7 companies |
Meta patent questions, answered
What is Meta working on right now?
Meta's current patent filings concentrate on Meta's smart glasses, with newer activity in AI assistants that remember you and The on-device AI privacy push. The breakdown above shows each program’s filing count and latest activity.
How many patents did Meta publish this month?
12 Meta patent applications have published in September 2026 so far, after 31 in August. Patentlyze has covered 152 Meta filings since tracking began in May 2026.
Does a Meta 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 Meta is spending research effort right now.
Where can I find Meta’s newest patents?
This page updates every week, when the USPTO publishes its new batch of applications. The newest Meta filings appear in the list below.
Top tech areas
Top inventors
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Willy Huang 8
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Benjamin Neal Bethurum 8
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Shengzhi Wu 5
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LIDU HUANG 5
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Andrew John Ouderkirk 5
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