Company Analysis

Blackrock, Inc. (BLK)

NYSE: BLK · Security Brokers, Dealers & Flotation Companies · New York, NY · filing with the SEC since 2024
Grade5.4
◀ Past 6.1● Present 5.9▶ Future 4.0
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Patents

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

43 patents granted to the 14 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 Blackrock, Inc.’s names, not what it holds today.

Patents granted
43
43 utility, 1976 to Dec 31, 2025
Granted in 2025
5
Against 7 in 2024 and 3 in 2023
Applications published
36
2 of them in 2025
Names they are printed under
14
its own name, a subsidiary
By yearGrantedApplications published
'09'10'11'12'13'14'15'16'17'19'20'22'23'24'25
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 management9
Computer technology7
Digital communication1
The main technology area of each patent, in the World Intellectual Property Organization’s 35 fields.
Under which name14 counted
BlackRock, Inc. its own name
US, as the owner printed on each patent
18 granted
5 published
BLACKROCK FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT, INC. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
12 granted
0 published
BlackRock, Inc. its own name
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
0 granted
11 published
BLACKROCK INSTITUTIONAL TRUST COMPANY, N.A. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
5 granted
4 published
BlackRock Finance, Inc. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
5 granted
0 published
BlackRock Financial Management, Inc. a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
0 granted
4 published
BlackRock Fund Advisors a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
2 granted
2 published
BlackRock Finance, Inc. a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
0 granted
2 published
BlackRock Fund Advisors a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
0 granted
2 published
BlackRock Index Services, LLC a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
0 granted
2 published
BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, N.A. a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
0 granted
2 published
BlackRock Index Services, LLC a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
0 granted
1 published
BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, National Association a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
1 granted
0 published
Global Infrastructure Management, LLC a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
0 granted
1 published
Newest grantseach row opens the USPTO’s own copy
GrantedPatentTitleFieldOwner as printed
Dec 2, 202512,487,738Platform for constructing custom modelsComputer technologyBlackRock Finance, Inc.
Jun 24, 202512,339,889Machine learning for clustering unstructured dataComputer technologyBlackRock Finance, Inc.
Jun 24, 202512,339,815Custom data integration serviceComputer technologyBlackRock Finance, Inc.
May 13, 202512,299,395Learning embedded representation of a correlation matrix to a network with machine learningComputer technologyBlackRock Finance, Inc.
Jan 28, 202512,211,055Systems and methods for controlling a dynamic system as linearly constrained separable optimizationIT methods for managementBlackRock Finance, Inc.
Oct 15, 202412,118,614Systems and methods for electronic trade order routingIT methods for managementBlackRock, Inc.
Sep 17, 202412,094,005Systems and methods for a user interface and application for simulating construction and optimization of an investment portfolioComputer technologyBlackRock, Inc.
Aug 20, 202412,069,185Systems and methods for a data integration connectorDigital communicationBlackRock, Inc.
Aug 20, 202412,067,619Systems and methods for electronic trade order routingIT methods for managementBlackRock, Inc.
Aug 6, 202412,056,770Computing system for optimizing investment of liquid guaranteed income assetsIT methods for managementBlackRock, Inc.
Newest applications publishedan application is a clue, never a plan
PublishedApplicationTitleFieldOwner as printed
Aug 28, 20252025/0272491LEARNING EMBEDDED REPRESENTATION OF A CORRELATION MATRIX TO A NETWORK WITH MACHINE LEARNINGComputer technologyBlackRock Finance, Inc.
Apr 24, 20252025/0131463SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING A DYNAMIC SYSTEM AS LINEARLY CONSTRAINED SEPARABLE OPTIMIZATIONIT methods for managementBlackRock Finance, Inc.
Nov 28, 20242024/0394797COMPUTING SYSTEM FOR OPTIMIZING INVESTMENT OF LIQUID GUARANTEED INCOME ASSETSIT methods for managementBlackRock, Inc.
Aug 22, 20242024/0281885SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONVEX-OPTIMIZATION BASED DECUMULATION COMPUTATIONIT methods for managementBlackRock, Inc.
Jan 11, 20242024/0012997LEARNING EMBEDDED REPRESENTATION OF A CORRELATION MATRIX TO A NETWORK WITH MACHINE LEARNINGComputer technologyBlackRock, Inc. · patent 12,299,395 granted from it
Sep 28, 20232023/0306520SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR RESOURCE ALLOCATION IN A DYNAMIC SYSTEMIT methods for managementBlackRock, Inc.
Jun 29, 20232023/0206339COMPUTING SYSTEM FOR OPTIMIZING INVESTMENT OF LIQUID GUARANTEED INCOME ASSETSIT methods for managementBlackRock, Inc. · patent 12,056,770 granted from it
Apr 20, 20232023/0124411MACHINE LEARNING ENGINE FOR DETERMINING DATA SIMILARITYComputer technologyBlackRock, Inc.
Apr 20, 20232023/0121968MACHINE LEARNING ENGINE FOR DETERMINING DATA SIMILARITYComputer technologyBlackRock, Inc.
Mar 16, 20232023/0080091PORTFOLIO DECUMULATION AND RISK MANAGEMENTIT methods for managementBlackRock Financial Management, Inc.
What it applied for, 2024 to 2025: IT methods for management 3 · Computer technology 2.

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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