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New OpenAI Patents

OpenAI is new to the patent game, with a small but growing set of filings around model training, inference, and AI product design.

Through the USPTO’s November 12, 2026 release, Patentlyze has covered 51 notable OpenAI patent applications, including 12 published in the last 30 days.

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OpenAI filings this week

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This week's published patents

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Week of November 12, 2026 · 1 filing covered · refreshes every week

The one OpenAI filing Patentlyze covered this week describes shared project folders that bundle AI conversations, files, and standing instructions so every member of a group works from the same context.

What OpenAI is working on

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

Newly emerging

what qualifies: first OpenAI filing within the last 8 weeks

Contested races

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

OpenAI patent questions, answered

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

What is OpenAI working on right now?

OpenAI's tracked filings sit inside contested races, including The AI chip wars, The AI guardrails race and AI agents that act for you. The breakdown above shows each program’s filing count and latest activity.

How many patents did OpenAI publish this month?

Patentlyze has covered 7 OpenAI patent applications published in November 2026 so far, after 20 in October. We cover the notable filings, not every one, so OpenAI’s own total is higher. Since tracking began in May 2026, Patentlyze has covered 51 OpenAI filings.

Does an OpenAI 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 OpenAI is spending research effort right now.

Where can I find OpenAI’s newest patents?

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

All OpenAI filings

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