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eBay Inc. (EBAY)

Nasdaq: EBAY · Services-Business Services, NEC · San Jose, CA · filing with the SEC since 1998
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US patents through Dec 31, 2025 · PatentsView, from the USPTO’s Open Data Portal · read Oct 27, 2026

3,219 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 eBay Inc.’s names, not what it holds today.

Patents granted
3,219
3,200 utility, 19 design, 1976 to Dec 31, 2025
Granted in 2025
132
Against 165 in 2024 and 273 in 2023
Applications published
4,302
133 of them in 2025
Names they are printed under
2
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
Computer technology502
IT methods for management315
Digital communication194
Control19
Audio-visual technology13
Telecommunications6
Measurement4
Basic communication processes3
Furniture, games2
Handling2
Medical technology2
Biotechnology2
The main technology area of each patent, in the World Intellectual Property Organization’s 35 fields.
Under which name2 counted
EBAY INC. its own name
US, as the owner printed on each patent
3,219 granted
2,030 published
eBay Inc. its own name
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
0 granted
2,272 published
Newest grantseach row opens the USPTO’s own copy
GrantedPatentTitleFieldOwner as printed
Dec 30, 202512,511,932Authentication system using object fingerprintingComputer technologyEBAY INC.
Dec 23, 202512,505,479System and method for detecting visually similar itemsComputer technologyEBAY INC.
Dec 23, 202512,504,867Area selection-based document object model element inspectorComputer technologyEBAY INC.
Dec 16, 202512,500,999Detailed videoconference viewpoint generationComputer technologyEBAY INC.
Dec 16, 202512,499,443Secure control of transactions using blockchainDigital communicationEBAY INC.
Dec 16, 202512,499,167Item retrieval using generative model outputComputer technologyEBAY INC.
Dec 9, 202512,493,905Methods and systems for reducing item selection error in an e-commerce environmentIT methods for managementEBAY INC.
Dec 9, 202512,493,662Dissimilar but relevant search engine resultsComputer technologyEBAY INC.
Dec 9, 202512,493,661Similarity sensitive diversityComputer technologyEBAY INC.
Dec 2, 202512,488,466Ranking publications for an object of interestComputer technologyEBAY INC.
Newest applications publishedan application is a clue, never a plan
PublishedApplicationTitleFieldOwner as printed
Dec 25, 20252025/0390923BRAND-FOCUSED MACHINE LEARNING MODEL TRAINING ENGINE IN AN ITEM LISTING SYSTEMIT methods for managementeBay Inc.
Dec 25, 20252025/0390894BRAND-FOCUSED SECURITY ADMINISTRATOR ENGINE IN AN ITEM LISTING SYSTEMIT methods for managementeBay Inc.
Dec 25, 20252025/0390893BRAND-FOCUSED LISTING MANGEMENT ENGINE IN AN ITEM LISTING SYSTEMIT methods for managementeBay Inc.
Dec 25, 20252025/0390868MULTI-POINT RISK DETECTION FOR ELECTRONIC TRANSMISSIONSComputer technologyeBay Inc.
Dec 18, 20252025/0384482PRICING AND LISTING CONFIGURATION RECOMMENDATION ENGINEIT methods for managementeBay Inc.
Dec 18, 20252025/0384473PROGRESSIVE DECISIONING OF BEHAVIORAL RISK BY DYNAMICALLY ANALYZING AND SYNTHESIZING BEHAVIORAL FRAUD PATTERNIT methods for managementeBay Inc.
Dec 18, 20252025/0384062ITEM RETRIEVAL USING FITMENT DATA-BASED PART CLUSTERINGIT methods for managementeBay Inc.
Dec 11, 20252025/0378480Automatic detection and management of purchase of items in high demandDigital communicationEBAY INC.
Dec 4, 20252025/0371543MULTI-TASK CONVOLUTIONAL NEURAL NETWORK FOR BEHAVIOR SEQUENCE EMBEDDING MODELINGIT methods for managementeBay Inc.
Dec 4, 20252025/0370971PRACTICAL FACT CHECKING SYSTEM FOR LLMSComputer technologyeBay Inc.
What it applied for, 2024 to 2025: Computer technology 135 · IT methods for management 72 · Digital communication 36 · Audio-visual technology 3 · Telecommunications 1 · Chemical engineering 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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