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CME Group Inc. (CME)

Nasdaq: CME · Security & Commodity Brokers, Dealers, Exchanges & Services · Chicago, IL · filing with the SEC since 2001
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US patents through Dec 31, 2025 · PatentsView, from the USPTO’s Open Data Portal · read Oct 27, 2026

785 patents granted to the 12 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 CME Group Inc.’s names, not what it holds today.

Patents granted
785
781 utility, 3 design, 1 reissue, 1976 to Dec 31, 2025
Granted in 2025
64
Against 75 in 2024 and 75 in 2023
Applications published
1,020
66 of them in 2025
Names they are printed under
12
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 management203
Computer technology72
Digital communication66
Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy4
The main technology area of each patent, in the World Intellectual Property Organization’s 35 fields.
Under which name12 counted
Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
689 granted
754 published
Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
0 granted
185 published
EBS Group Limited a subsidiary
GB, as the owner printed on each patent. 1 more under the same name are not counted (printed in DE)
50 granted
37 published
New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
16 granted
17 published
NEX Services North America LLC a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
17 granted
15 published
EBS Dealing Resources, Inc. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent. 4 more under the same name are not counted (printed in GB)
9 granted
1 published
Board of Trade of the City of Chicago, Inc. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
4 granted
4 published
EBS Group Limited a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in GB
0 granted
2 published
New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc. a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
0 granted
2 published
CME Group Inc. its own name
US, as the owner printed on each patent
0 granted
1 published
CME Group Inc. its own name
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
0 granted
1 published
NEX Services North America LLC a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
0 granted
1 published
Names not counted (1)
EBS Service Company Limited
Most of its patents print US; this name counts in CH. 0 granted and 2 published under it are not counted.
Newest grantseach row opens the USPTO’s own copy
GrantedPatentTitleFieldOwner as printed
Dec 23, 202512,505,483Minimization of the consumption of data processing resources in an electronic transaction processing system via deferral of physical deliveryIT methods for managementChicago Mercantile Exchange Inc.
Dec 23, 202512,504,910Optimized data structure, and method of generating same, for efficient storage of data in, and retrieval from, a computer memoryComputer technologyChicago Mercantile Exchange Inc.
Dec 16, 202512,499,486Message processing protocol which mitigates optimistic messaging behaviorIT methods for managementChicago Mercantile Exchange Inc.
Dec 2, 202512,489,694Compressed message tracing and parsingDigital communicationChicago Mercantile Exchange Inc.
Dec 2, 202512,487,894Fault tolerant architectureComputer technologyChicago Mercantile Exchange Inc.
Nov 18, 202512,475,510Electronic match engine with external generation of market data using a minimum data setIT methods for managementChicago Mercantile Exchange Inc.
Nov 11, 202512,469,078System for processing withholding paymentsIT methods for managementChicago Mercantile Exchange Inc.
Nov 11, 202512,468,661Data file compressionComputer technologyChicago Mercantile Exchange Inc.
Oct 14, 202512,445,399Message encoding and transmission across multiple platformsDigital communicationChicago Mercantile Exchange Inc.
Oct 14, 202512,443,996Transactionally deterministic high speed financial exchange having improved, efficiency, communication, customization, performance, access, trading opportunities, credit controls, and fault toleranceIT methods for managementChicago Mercantile Exchange Inc.
Newest applications publishedan application is a clue, never a plan
PublishedApplicationTitleFieldOwner as printed
Dec 18, 20252025/0383911TRANSACTION PROCESSING SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE ENABLING REAL-TIME INTER-INSTANCE REPLICATION OF BOTH MESSAGES AND MESSAGING BEHAVIORComputer technologyChicago Mercantile Exchange Inc.
Dec 11, 20252025/0377827OPTIMIZED DATA STRUCTURE, AND METHOD OF GENERATING SAME, FOR EFFICIENT STORAGE OF DATA IN, AND RETRIEVAL FROM, A COMPUTER MEMORYComputer technologyChicago Mercantile Exchange Inc.
Dec 4, 20252025/0371377FACILITATION OF ANALYSIS OF PAST, OR PREDICTION OF FUTURE, OCCURRENCES OF A PARTICULAR STATE CHANGE OF A MULTIDIMENSIONAL SYSTEM VIA CLUSTERING OF MACHINE LEARNT ENCODED HISTORICAL SYSTEM STATE CHANGES BASED ON A PROBABLE RELATIONSHIP WITH A SUBSEQUENT SYSTEM STATE CHANGEComputer technologyChicago Mercantile Exchange Inc.
Nov 27, 20252025/0363556MARKET OPERATION THROUGH REGULATION OF INCOMING ORDER MATCH ALLOCATION AND/OR DYNAMIC RESTING ORDER MATCH ALLOCATION PRIORITIESIT methods for managementChicago Mercantile Exchange Inc.
Nov 20, 20252025/0356426OPTIMIZATION PROCESSOR FOR ELECTRONIC DATA MULTIPLE TRANSACTION REQUEST MESSAGESIT methods for managementChicago Mercantile Exchange Inc.
Nov 20, 20252025/0356422MARKET OPERATION THROUGH REGULATION OF INCOMING ORDER MATCH ALLOCATION AND/OR DYNAMIC RESTING ORDER MATCH ALLOCATION PRIORITIESIT methods for managementChicago Mercantile Exchange Inc.
Nov 13, 20252025/0348867GENERATING A BLENDED FX PORTFOLIOIT methods for managementChicago Mercantile Exchange Inc.
Nov 13, 20252025/0348866BLOCKCHAIN INCLUDING LINKED DIGITAL ASSETSIT methods for managementChicago Mercantile Exchange Inc.
Nov 6, 20252025/0342107VALIDATION OF SYSTEM FUNCTIONALITY SUBSEQUENT TO MODIFICATION USING PARALLEL REGRESSION TESTINGComputer technologyChicago Mercantile Exchange Inc.
Oct 16, 20252025/0321838FAILURE RECOVERY IN A FAULT TOLERANT ARCHITECTUREComputer technologyChicago Mercantile Exchange Inc.
What it applied for, 2024 to 2025: IT methods for management 83 · Computer technology 37 · Digital communication 24 · Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy 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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