Access Advance LLC
Legal ServicesMassachusetts, United States11-50 Employees
Access Advance LLC is an independent licensing administrator in the legal services sector, based in Boston, Massachusetts, and founded in 2015. It operates patent pools that license essential technologies for major standards-based video codecs, with terms set to balance the interests of patent owners and implementers. The company employs a mid-sized team and manages three patent pools: HEVC Advance, VVC Advance, and the Video Distribution Patent Pool. HEVC Advance covers more than 27,000 essential patents needed to implement HEVC/H.265, while VVC Advance covers over 3,600 essential patents for VVC/H.266 and the VSEI standards. In January 2025, Access Advance launched the Video Distribution Patent Pool, which provides a single royalty covering HEVC, VVC, VP9, and AV1 for video distribution. The firm also offers a Multi-Codec Bridging Agreement that reduces royalties for licensees that hold licenses in both HEVC Advance and VVC Advance when products implement both codecs.