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New Microsoft Patents

Microsoft files patents across Copilot and enterprise AI, Azure infrastructure, Windows, gaming, security, and productivity software.

Through the USPTO’s September 24, 2026 release, Patentlyze has covered 450 notable Microsoft patent applications, including 91 published in the last 30 days.

450

total filings tracked

91

published last 30 days

231

published last 90 days

This week's published patents

Week of September 24, 2026 · 19 filings covered · refreshes every week

Microsoft's 19 newest filings sort into three clusters:

Squeezing AI onto hardware. Filings cover running giant models on chips too small to hold them, running AI math efficiently on any processor, and knowing when a model has learned enough to stop training.
AI that reads context and acts. One system reads emails and web pages to find better deals, another predicts what you'd type into work forms, and a third detects when a meeting needs a brainstorm and runs it.
Interfaces and infrastructure. Other filings cover flipping phone screens by tilting the device, sending datacenter data through flashing light patterns, and blocking devices from reaching corporate authentication servers.

What Microsoft is working on

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

Gone quiet

what qualifies: no new Microsoft filing in 6 or more weeks while the race stays active

The foldable phone race

3 filings · quiet since Jul 23 while 4 rivals kept filing

Contested races

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

The AR glasses race	12 of 312 · 10 companies
The AI chip wars	16 of 309 · 12 companies
The self-driving sensing race	2 of 259 · 10 companies
The AI photo editing race	4 of 194 · 14 companies
The AI guardrails race	17 of 158 · 14 companies
AI agents that act for you	13 of 151 · 15 companies

Microsoft patent questions, answered

Numbers pull live from the database, so answers never go stale

What is Microsoft working on right now?

Microsoft's tracked filings sit inside contested races, including The AR glasses race, The AI chip wars and The self-driving sensing race. The breakdown above shows each program’s filing count and latest activity.

How many patents did Microsoft publish this month?

0 Microsoft patent applications have published in October 2026 so far, after 91 in September. Patentlyze has covered 450 Microsoft filings since tracking began in May 2026.

Does a Microsoft 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 Microsoft is spending research effort right now.

Where can I find Microsoft’s newest patents?

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

Top tech areas

Top inventors

Brian Scott KRABACH 6
Tamer SALMAN 6
Neelakantan SUNDARESAN 6
Roei Shlomo MENASHOF 6
Oren ISTRIN 6

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Recent highlights

Microsoft Patents a Way to Run Giant AI Models on Chips Too Small to Hold Them

September 24, 2026

Microsoft Patents a System That Turns Raw AI Data Into Plain-Language Reports

September 24, 2026

Microsoft Patents an AI System That Reads Your Emails and Web Pages to Find You Better Deals

September 24, 2026

All Microsoft filings

Microsoft Patents a Tool That Shows How AI Systems Interpret Your Prompts on Video

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Microsoft Patents a Way to Serve Personalized Ads Without Knowing Exactly Who You Are

Microsoft Patents an AI System That Figures Out What You Actually Meant

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Microsoft Patents an AI Coding Tool That Flags Unsafe Inputs Before Running Your Code

Microsoft Patents Technology to Catch AI Errors Before They Cause Damage

Microsoft Patents a System for Compressing and Unifying Mixed Medical Data

Microsoft Patents a Security Scoring System That Ranks Threats by How Critical Each Computer Is

Microsoft Patents a Way to Hide How Its AI Models Think

Microsoft Patents a Way to Split AI Model Work Between Secure and Low-Cost Chips

Microsoft Patents a System That Tracks Document Activity and Connects Coworkers Who Need Each Other

Microsoft Patents a Security Filing That Only Lets Verified Senders Pass Data Through

Microsoft Patents a Tiny Dot Pattern That Pushes AR Glasses Light Outward

Microsoft Patents a Nanoscale Grating Layer to Sharpen AR Headset Displays

Microsoft Patents a Traffic Director for AI Training Data Inside Data Centers

Microsoft Patents an AI System That Finds Hidden Variables Skewing Your Data Analysis

Microsoft Patents Technology to Keep AR Images the Right Size for Glasses Wearers

Microsoft Patents a System That Picks and Deploys the Right AI Model for Your Cloud Resources

Microsoft Patents a Way to Lock Down Security Settings Shared Between Chips

Microsoft Patents an AI That Cleans Up Photos by Reading What's in Them

Microsoft Patents an AI Tool That Copies Chart Styles From a Reference Image

Microsoft Patents a Three-Model AI System for Writing Story Captions from Photos

Microsoft Patents Video Call Backgrounds That Shift Like Real Rooms

Microsoft Patents a Fix That Rescues Dark Scenes in Standard Video

Microsoft Patents a Way to Hide Your Mouse Clicks from Your Own Computer

Microsoft Patents a Cooling System That Pushes Air Through Stacked Blocks in Three Directions

Microsoft Patents an AI Agent That Presents Your PowerPoint Slides For You

Microsoft Patents Software That Attends Meetings and Reports Key Details Back to You

Microsoft Patents a System That Locks Private Data to Specific Apps, Not Just Users

Microsoft Patent Targets Accurate Stylus Tilt Tracking When Sensor Conditions Change

Microsoft Patent Challenges Whether AI Truly Reasons or Simply Memorizes Answers

Microsoft Patents an AI That Reads Long Documents in Sections to Answer Your Questions

Microsoft Patents an AI Coding Engine That Patches Its Own Mistakes Mid-Write

Microsoft Patents AI That Rewrites Security Patches to Fit Customized Software Copies