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Access Advance LLC is an independent licensing administrator company formed to lead the development, administration, and management of patent pools for licensing essential patents of the most important standards-based video codec technologies. Access Advance provides a transparent and efficient licensing mechanism for both patent owners and patent implementers by providing industry-leading transparency, FRAND rates, and a modern approach to patent pool licensing. Currently, Access Advance licensees enjoy coverage to many thousands of essential, high-quality patents necessary to implement the HEVC/H.265 standard through the HEVC Advance Patent Portfolio License. Current Licensors include GE, Dolby, Philips, Mitsubishi Electric, HFI Innovation, Samsung Electronics, LG Electronics Inc., Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., Toshiba Corporation, and many others. The HEVC Advance Patent Portfolio currently offers more than 10,00 essential HEVC/H.265 patents for license, and the number continues to grow. For more information, please visit www.accessadvance.com.
Overview
Location
United States, Massachusetts, Boston
Employees
11-50
Founded date
2015
Mentions in press and media 12
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| Dec 8, 2025 | Видеокодек AV2 готов. Почему нам важны открытые стандарты | Новые видеокодеки моментально улучшают жизнь миллионов людей. Тем не нужно прикладывать практически никаких усилий, разве что обновить железо или софт. После этого видеофайлы магически уменьшаются в размере, качество картинки становится луч... |
| Nov 24, 2025 | Access Advance Announces Major Growth in Its HEVC and VVC Patent Pools | Access Advance LLC today announced significant expansions of both its HEVC Advance and VVC Advance Patent Pools during the second and third quarters of 2025, underscoring continued industry confidence in the company’s balanced and transpare... |
| Feb 13, 2023 | Sharp, Motorola Mobility, and Kyocera Join Access Advance’s HEVC Advance Patent Pool as Licensees | Access Advance announced that: “We are very pleased that Sharp, Motorola Mobility, and Kyocera have become Licensees of the HEVC Advance Patent Pool. All three companies are leaders in the consumer electronics marketplace, and their partici... |
| Jan 11, 2022 | Access Advance Announces the Initial Group of VVC/H.266 Video Patent Pool Licensors | BOSTON, Jan. 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Access Advance today announced that twenty-eight (28) companies, which together are estimated to account for a substantial percentage of the expected VVC standard essential patent ("SEP") land... |
| Jan 10, 2022 | HEVC Advance Patent Pool Momentum Grows | Program success further expands with newest Licensees and Licensors HEVC Essential Patent count now exceeds 17,000 BOSTON, Jan. 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Access Advance, an independent licensing administrator, today announced the newest 2021... |
| Dec 24, 2021 | Access Advance Welcomes Microsoft as a Licensor and Licensee of the HEVC Advance Patent Pool | BOSTON, Dec. 24, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Access Advance, an independent licensing administrator, today announced that Microsoft, a global technology leader, has become a Licensor and Licensee of the HEVC Advance Patent Pool. As a Licensor, all... |
| Dec 9, 2021 | Access Advance Welcomes Vivo to the HEVC Advance Patent Pool | BOSTON, Dec. 9, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Access Advance, an independent licensing administrator, today announced that Vivo Mobile Communication Co., Ltd., a global leading smartphone manufacturer, has joined the HEVC Advance Patent Pool. Throug... |
| Nov 17, 2021 | Access Advance Welcomes ZTE as a Licensor and Licensee of the HEVC Advance Patent Pool | BOSTON and SHENZHEN, China, Nov. 17, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Access Advance, an independent licensing administrator, today announced that ZTE Corporation, a global leader in telecommunications and information technology, has become a Licensor ... |
| Jul 1, 2021 | Access Advance Launches VVC/H.266 Video Patent Pool | Includes innovative Multi-Codec Bridging Agreement that Provides Substantial Royalty Savings to Licensees in both the VVC and HEVC Advance Pools BOSTON, July 1, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Building on the success of its HEVC Advance Patent Pool, A... |
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FAQ about Access Advance LLC
When was Access Advance LLC founded?
Access Advance LLC was founded in 2015.
What has the press written about Access Advance LLC?
Parsers VC has collected 12 articles mentioning Access Advance LLC, among them “Видеокодек AV2 готов. Почему нам важны открытые стандарты” (Dec 8, 2025) and “Access Advance Announces Major Growth in Its HEVC and VVC Patent Pools” (Nov 24, 2025).
Is Access Advance LLC still active?
Yes, Access Advance LLC is active; its latest activity on Parsers VC dates from Mar 5, 2026.