Company Analysis

American Express Company (AXP)

NYSE: AXP · Finance Services · New York, NY · filing with the SEC since 1994
Grade7.3
◀ Past 8.2● Present 7.7▶ Future 5.4

Patents

US patents through Dec 31, 2025 · PatentsView, from the USPTO’s Open Data Portal · read Oct 27, 2026

1,471 patents granted to the 16 names below, as the owner printed on each patent when it was granted. A later sale, a lapse or an expiry is not read, so this is what was granted to American Express Company’s names, not what it holds today.

Patents granted
1,471
1,409 utility, 60 design, 2 reissue, 1976 to Dec 31, 2025
Granted in 2025
85
Against 79 in 2024 and 72 in 2023
Applications published
1,967
129 of them in 2025
Names they are printed under
16
a subsidiary, its own name
By yearGrantedApplications published
'11'12'13'14'15'16'17'18'19'20'21'22'23'24'25
Each pair is one calendar year. Applications are published about eighteen months after filing, so the newest years read low.
What they are aboutgrants since 2021
IT methods for management150
Computer technology121
Digital communication70
Audio-visual technology1
Measurement1
Furniture, games1
The main technology area of each patent, in the World Intellectual Property Organization’s 35 fields.
Under which name16 counted
American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
1,453 granted
1,591 published
American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc. a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
0 granted
314 published
American Express Travel Related Services Co., Inc. a New York corporation a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
0 granted
23 published
American Express Company its own name
US, as the owner printed on each patent
6 granted
4 published
AMERICAN EXPRESS KABBAGE INC. a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
0 granted
9 published
American Express Marketing & Development Corp. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
0 granted
9 published
AMERICAN EXPRESS KABBAGE INC. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
7 granted
1 published
Center ID Corp. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
1 granted
3 published
American Express Marketing & Development Corp., a New York Corporation a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
0 granted
3 published
American Express Services Europe Limited a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in GB
0 granted
3 published
AMERICAN EXPRESS (INDIA) PRIVATE LIMITED a subsidiary
IN, as the owner printed on each patent
2 granted
0 published
American Express (India) Private Limited a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in IN
0 granted
2 published
LoungeBuddy, Inc. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
2 granted
0 published
LoungeBuddy, Inc. a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
0 granted
2 published
Loyalty Partner GmbH a subsidiary
DE, as the owner printed on each patent
0 granted
2 published
AMERICAN EXPRESS AUSTRALIA LIMITED a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in AU
0 granted
1 published
Names not counted (3)
American Express Marketing & Development Corp.
No country is printed for it. 0 granted and 3 published under it are not counted.
American Express International, Inc.
Most of its patents print JP; this name counts in US. 1 granted and 0 published under it are not counted.
Touchstone ID Corp.
Most of its patents print US; this name counts in CA. 0 granted and 1 published under it are not counted.
Newest grantseach row opens the USPTO’s own copy
GrantedPatentTitleFieldOwner as printed
Dec 16, 202512,499,087Automated conversion of big data queries and scriptsComputer technologyAmerican Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc.
Dec 2, 202512,488,006Democratized data profiling and validationComputer technologyAmerican Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc.
Nov 25, 202512,481,979Hyper-personalized identity-based financial systemIT methods for managementAmerican Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc.
Nov 18, 202512,477,024Holistic user engagement across multiple communication channelsIT methods for managementAmerican Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc.
Nov 18, 202512,475,485Linking a context environment to a context serviceIT methods for managementAmerican Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc.
Nov 11, 202512,468,853Sensitive data leakage protectionComputer technologyAmerican Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc.
Oct 28, 202512,457,265Blockchain-enabled sharing of private dataDigital communicationAmerican Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc.
Oct 21, 202512,452,287Blockchain enabled large language model red teamingDigital communicationAmerican Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc.
Oct 21, 202512,450,600Systems and methods for blockchain based proof of paymentIT methods for managementAmerican Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc.
Oct 21, 202512,450,424Online purchase autofill plug-inComputer technologyAmerican Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc.
Newest applications publishedan application is a clue, never a plan
PublishedApplicationTitleFieldOwner as printed
Dec 25, 20252025/0390696ILLUMINATING TRANSACTION CARDComputer technologyAmerican Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc.
Dec 4, 20252025/0373611MULTI-DOMAIN, ROLE-BASED ACCESS CONTROL USING LARGE LANGUAGE MODELSDigital communicationAmerican Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc.
Dec 4, 20252025/0373455HYBRID AUTHENTICATION USING QUANTUM KEY DISTRIBUTIONDigital communicationAmerican Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc.
Dec 4, 20252025/0373428HOMOMORPHIC ENCRYPTION FOR EMBEDDINGSComputer technologyAmerican Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc.
Dec 4, 20252025/0373414ENCRYPTED CONTEXT-BASED PROMPT SYSTEMDigital communicationAmerican Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc.
Dec 4, 20252025/0371906QUANTUM WATERMARKING OF BIOMETRIC IDENTIFIERSComputer technologyAmerican Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc.
Dec 4, 20252025/0371606AUTOMATED GIFTING USING MACHINE LEARNINGIT methods for managementAmerican Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc.
Dec 4, 20252025/0371521TOKENIZING PAYMENT CARDS IN A MOBILE APPLICATION EXPERIENCEIT methods for managementAmerican Express Services Europe Limited
Dec 4, 20252025/0370778USING MULTIMODAL USER INPUT TO UPDATE A DIGITAL QUEUE DATA STRUCTUREComputer technologyAMERICAN EXPRESS AUSTRALIA LIMITED
Nov 27, 20252025/0365347GENERATING VERIFIED GROUP PROFILESDigital communicationAmerican Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc.
What it applied for, 2024 to 2025: IT methods for management 104 · Computer technology 86 · Digital communication 35 · Furniture, games 1.

A patent is counted where the owner printed on it when it was granted carries the company’s own name, a former name, the name of a subsidiary its annual report lists, or its own name with a patent-holding phrase (Technology Licensing, Intellectual Property and the like), once the legal form, case and punctuation are set aside, and prints a country that name counts in. PatentsView’s data are published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence. Source: PatentsView's granted patents and pre-grant publications, disambiguated, from the USPTO's Open Data Portal, through Dec 31, 2025, read Oct 27, 2026.

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