Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A. (BBVA)
NYSE: BBVA · Commercial Banks, NEC · Madrid, ES · filing with the SEC since 2002
Patents
US patents through Dec 31, 2025 · PatentsView, from the USPTO’s Open Data Portal · read Oct 27, 202616 patents granted to the 2 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 Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A.’s names, not what it holds today.
Patents granted
16
8 utility, 8 design, 1976 to Dec 31, 2025
Granted in 2025
none
Against none in 2024 and 1 in 2023
Applications published
14
since 2001, to Dec 31, 2025
Names they are printed under
2
its own name
By yearGrantedApplications published
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
Digital communication5
Computer technology1
IT methods for management1
The main technology area of each patent, in the World Intellectual Property Organization’s 35 fields.
Under which name2 counted
Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A. its own name
ES, as the owner printed on each patent
5 published
Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A. its own name
named as the applicant on its applications, in ES
9 published
Newest grantseach row opens the USPTO’s own copy
| Granted | Patent | Title | Field | Owner as printed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 17, 2023 | 11,558,201 | Self-authenticating digital identity | Digital communication | Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A. |
| Nov 29, 2022 | 11,514,170 | Secure boot of kernel modules | Digital communication | Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A. |
| Jun 21, 2022 | 11,367,094 | Method for validating a voucher | IT methods for management | Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A. |
| Feb 22, 2022 | 11,257,079 | Systems, methods, and interfaces for smart contract based exchanges via a blockchain | Computer technology | Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A. |
| Dec 28, 2021 | 11,212,094 | Joint blind key escrow | Digital communication | Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A. |
| Nov 2, 2021 | 11,165,573 | Digital identity escrow methods and systems | Digital communication | Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A. |
| Jun 1, 2021 | 11,025,436 | Self-authenticating digital identity | Digital communication | Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A. |
| Jan 6, 2015 | 8,930,694 | Method for the generation of a code, and method and system for the authorization of an operation | Digital communication | Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A. |
| Sep 9, 2014 | D713,115 | Automatic teller machine | Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A. | |
| Sep 2, 2014 | D712,614 | Automatic teller machines | Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A. |
Newest applications publishedan application is a clue, never a plan
| Published | Application | Title | Field | Owner as printed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 20, 2023 | 2023/0229947 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MONITORING ALERTS | Computer technology | Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A. |
| Aug 11, 2022 | 2022/0253932 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR OBTAINING INFORMATION ABOUT AN OBJECT BASED ON A PHOTOGRAPH THEREOF | Computer technology | Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A. |
| May 5, 2022 | 2022/0138732 | Systems, Methods, and Interfaces for Smart Contract Based Exchanges Via a Blockchain | Computer technology | Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A. |
| Feb 17, 2022 | 2022/0052846 | JOINT BLIND KEY ESCROW | Digital communication | Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A. |
| Jan 13, 2022 | 2022/0014371 | Digital Identity Escrow Methods and Systems | Digital communication | Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A. |
| Aug 19, 2021 | 2021/0258170 | SELF-AUTHENTICATING DIGITAL IDENTITY | Digital communication | Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A. · patent 11,558,201 granted from it |
| Mar 25, 2021 | 2021/0090108 | METHOD FOR VALIDATING A VOUCHER | IT methods for management | Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A. · patent 11,367,094 granted from it |
| Feb 11, 2021 | 2021/0042727 | METHOD FOR OPERATING WITH AN AUTOMATED TELLER MACHINE | IT methods for management | Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A. |
| Feb 4, 2021 | 2021/0036868 | METHOD FOR VALIDATING A NODE | Digital communication | Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A. |
| Nov 5, 2020 | 2020/0349561 | Systems, Methods, and Interfaces for Smart Contract Based Exchanges Via a Blockchain | Computer technology | Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A. · patent 11,257,079 granted from it |
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.