Company Analysis

Franklin Resources, Inc. (BEN)

NYSE: BEN · Investment Advice · San Mateo, CA · filing with the SEC since 1994
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Patents

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

3 patents granted to the 3 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 Franklin Resources, Inc.’s names, not what it holds today.

Patents granted
3
3 utility, 1976 to Dec 31, 2025
Granted in 2025
1
in the last year the record reads
Applications published
2
since 2001, to Dec 31, 2025
Names they are printed under
3
a subsidiary, a former name
By yearGrantedApplications published
'80'20'21'24'25
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 management1
Digital communication1
The main technology area of each patent, in the World Intellectual Property Organization’s 35 fields.
Under which name3 counted
Franklin Advisers, Inc. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
1 granted
1 published
Franklin Resources a former name
US, as the owner printed on each patent
1 granted
1 published
Franklin Distributors Corporation a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
1 granted
0 published
Names not counted (4)
Franklin Templeton Investments Corp.
Most of its patents print US; this name counts in AE, CA. 0 granted and 2 published under it are not counted.
Templeton International, Inc.
Most of its patents print CN; this name counts in US. 1 granted and 1 published under it are not counted.
Putnam Investments Limited
Most of its patents print US; this name counts in GB. 0 granted and 1 published under it are not counted.
Putnam Investments Limited
Most of its patents print US; this name counts in GB. 1 granted and 0 published under it are not counted.
Newest grantseach row opens the USPTO’s own copy
GrantedPatentTitleFieldOwner as printed
May 27, 202512,314,938Multilayer system and method for securing a blockchain-based token using random temporal windowingDigital communicationFranklin Resources
Aug 24, 202111,100,587Systems and methods for dynamic fund allocation in goals-based wealth management portfolioIT methods for managementFranklin Advisers, Inc.
Mar 18, 19804,193,218Translucent storage pages for filing film slidesOther consumer goodsFranklin Distributors Corporation
Newest applications publishedan application is a clue, never a plan
PublishedApplicationTitleFieldOwner as printed
Jun 6, 20242024/0185228MULTILAYER SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SECURING A BLOCKCHAIN-BASED TOKEN USING RANDOM TEMPORAL WINDOWINGDigital communicationFranklin Resources · patent 12,314,938 granted from it
Jul 30, 20202020/0242697SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DYNAMIC FUND ALLOCATION IN GOALS-BASED WEALTH MANAGEMENT PORTFOLIOIT methods for managementFranklin Advisers, Inc. · patent 11,100,587 granted from it
What it applied for, 2024 to 2025: Digital communication 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.

SI Assistanton BEN · research, not advice