Patent Theme
Automated Transaction Systems
Systems designed to streamline and automate various commercial transactions, including mobile-enhanced processes, secure online checkouts, customer service interactions, and privilege issuance, often leveraging digital authentication.
16,216 US filings from 2,439 companies since 2023 · 2023: 4,796 · 2024: 5,450 · 2025: 4,276 · 2026 YTD: 1,694
Business Methods & Fintech
Top companies
Ranked by filings in this theme since 2023. 2026 is partial.
| # | Company | Since 2023 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 YTD | YoY |
|---|
| 1 | Capital One Services, LLC | 1,527 | 451 | 590 | 361 | 125 | -38.8% |
| 2 | Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. | 934 | 225 | 364 | 249 | 96 | -31.6% |
| 3 | Visa International Service Association | 575 | 202 | 187 | 142 | 44 | -24.1% |
| 4 | Mastercard International Incorporated | 571 | 182 | 161 | 150 | 78 | -6.8% |
| 5 | PAYPAL, INC. | 451 | 141 | 155 | 114 | 41 | -26.5% |
| 6 | Bank of America Corporation | 449 | 140 | 160 | 108 | 41 | -32.5% |
| 7 | Block, Inc. | 387 | 120 | 113 | 111 | 43 | -1.8% |
| 8 | WORLDPAY, LLC | 330 | 123 | 92 | 84 | 31 | -8.7% |
| 9 | TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA | 243 | 75 | 83 | 60 | 25 | -27.7% |
| 10 | JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. | 231 | 61 | 83 | 63 | 24 | -24.1% |
| 11 | TRUIST BANK | 211 | 17 | 106 | 59 | 29 | -44.3% |
| 12 | The Toronto-Dominion Bank | 199 | 65 | 51 | 59 | 24 | +15.7% |
| 13 | American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc. | 188 | 47 | 60 | 49 | 32 | -18.3% |
| 14 | Stripe, Inc. | 174 | 44 | 57 | 63 | 10 | +10.5% |
| 15 | United Services Automobile Association (USAA) | 162 | 38 | 63 | 44 | 17 | -30.2% |
| 16 | Walmart Apollo, LLC | 157 | 48 | 63 | 36 | 10 | -42.9% |
| 17 | Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. | 130 | 41 | 36 | 35 | 18 | -2.8% |
| 18 | Apple Inc. | 129 | 33 | 46 | 37 | 13 | -19.6% |
| 19 | NCR VOYIX CORPORATION | 120 | 1 | 46 | 43 | 30 | -6.5% |
| 20 | NCR Corporation | 118 | 87 | 27 | 4 | · | -85.2% |
| 21 | International Business Machines Corporation | 99 | 43 | 28 | 18 | 10 | -35.7% |
| 22 | NEC CORPORATION | 99 | 31 | 38 | 21 | 9 | -44.7% |
| 23 | eBay Inc. | 96 | 37 | 37 | 15 | 7 | -59.5% |
| 24 | THE PNC FINANCIAL SERVICES GROUP, INC. | 89 | 3 | 23 | 47 | 16 | +104.3% |
| 25 | Trading Technologies International, Inc. | 79 | 32 | 25 | 21 | 1 | -16.0% |