Covenant: check that the 27 matched families are theirs before writing
Covenant holds 27 patent families: 16 granted and 11 published and pending. Filing began in 2005, with the most recent published filing dated 2023-05-02. The families appear in 7 patent offices: Australia, Canada, China, Europe and Japan.Patent figures from Google Patents Public Data, reviewed 2026-09-15. Funding: $250M Series A, Andreessen Horowitz, 8VC and Lightspeed Venture Partners, 2026-09-09. Assignee matching for this company is ambiguous and the figures need manual confirmation.
Covenant is a global defense technology company that builds long-range precision strike weapons.
The funding headline
Covenant raised $250M in a Series A, with Andreessen Horowitz and 8VC among its investors, announced 2026-09-09.
Behind that announcement is a patent position worth examining on its own terms.
What the record contains
27 patent families appear under the company name: 16 granted and 11 published and pending.
Granted claims can be examined today. Pending applications describe what is being pursued, and their scope can still change.
When the filings were made
Filing runs from 2005 to 2023.
Filings from roughly the last eighteen months are not yet published, so the most recent years understate current activity.
Where the claims sit
The claims cluster in digital communication and diagnosis and surgery.
How closely those areas track the product is what turns a count into something usable.
Where protection is being sought
The families appear in 7 patent offices: Australia, Canada, China, Europe and Japan.
Geographic coverage indicates which markets the company expects to matter.
What happens next
The current position is a baseline. What changes around it carries more information than the count does.
What happens next
Which new filings appear as the current applications publish?
Do the granted claims track the product the company is selling?
Which organizations begin filing or citing in the same areas?
Does the assignment record still name the operating entity?
Following those together can distinguish a passing resemblance from a subject deserving deeper investigation.
Common questions
How many patents does Covenant have?
Covenant holds 27 patent families as reviewed in 2026-09: 16 granted and 11 published and pending.
How many of Covenant's patents are granted?
16 of the 27 families are granted, or 59 percent. The remaining 11 are published and still under examination.
What technology do Covenant's patents cover?
Covenant's claims cluster in digital communication (H04L), diagnosis and surgery (A61B) and video / image transmission (H04N). Recent filing titles include "applications, systems and methods to monitor, filter and/or alter output of a computing device" and "tunneled monitoring service and methods".
Where has Covenant filed patents?
Covenant's families appear in 7 patent offices: Australia, Canada, China, Europe, Japan and United States.
Who invented Covenant's patents?
48 inventors are named across the portfolio. The most frequently named is Cecil Mckinney. Inventor names do not establish ownership, which is determined by assignment records.
How much has Covenant raised?
Covenant raised $250M in a Series A announced 2026-09-09, with Andreessen Horowitz, 8VC, Lightspeed Venture Partners and Founders Fund among its investors.
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