Patents
US patents through Dec 31, 2025 · PatentsView, from the USPTO’s Open Data Portal · read Oct 27, 2026
2,975 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 Pitney Bowes Inc.’s names, not what it holds today.
Patents granted
2,975
2,898 utility, 67 design, 10 reissue, 1976 to Dec 31, 2025
Granted in 2025
1
Against none in 2024 and 1 in 2023
Applications published
972
1 of them in 2025
Names they are printed under
3
its own name, a subsidiary
By yearGrantedApplications published
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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
The main technology area of each patent, in the World Intellectual Property Organization’s 35 fields.
Under which name3 counted
Pitney Bowes Inc. its own name
US, as the owner printed on each patent. 32 more under the same name are not counted (printed in GB)
966 publishedPitney Bowes Deutschland GmbH a subsidiary
DE, as the owner printed on each patent. 2 more under the same name are not counted (printed in US)
2 publishedPitney Bowes Inc. its own name
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
4 publishedNames not counted (2)
PITNEY BOWES INC /DE/
Most of its patents print GB; this name counts in US. 11 granted and 0 published under it are not counted.
PITNEY BOWES INC /DE/
Most of its patents print FR; this name counts in US. 3 granted and 0 published under it are not counted.
Newest grantseach row opens the USPTO’s own copy
| Granted | Patent | Title | Field | Owner as printed |
|---|
| Oct 14, 2025 | D1,098,257 | Postage and shipping label printing device with integrated scale | | Pitney Bowes Inc. |
| Jul 4, 2023 | 11,693,715 | Method and apparatus for real-time dynamic application programming interface (API) traffic shaping and infrastructure resource protection in a multiclient network environment | Digital communication | Pitney Bowes Inc. |
| Mar 24, 2020 | 10,600,030 | Systems and methods for providing secure document delivery and management including scheduling | IT methods for management | Pitney Bowes Inc. |
| Jan 28, 2020 | 10,547,671 | Remote postage printing using efficient load balancing of postage requests | Digital communication | Pitney Bowes Inc. |
| Nov 6, 2018 | 10,119,825 | System and method for geocoding positional accuracy | Computer technology | Pitney Bowes Inc. |
| Jun 19, 2018 | 10,003,946 | Enhanced spatial index for point in polygon operations | Computer technology | Pitney Bowes Inc. |
| Mar 13, 2018 | 9,914,600 | Method for automated filling of a mail tray from a vertical stacker | Handling | Pitney Bowes Inc. |
| Feb 20, 2018 | 9,898,874 | Method to control the use of custom images | Control | Pitney Bowes Inc. |
| Jan 23, 2018 | 9,877,031 | System and method for multi-resolution raster data processing | Digital communication | Pitney Bowes Inc. |
| Jul 25, 2017 | 9,714,102 | Method and system for dynamically adjusting the relative position of internal content material in a mailpiece fabrication system | Handling | Pitney Bowes Inc. |
Newest applications publishedan application is a clue, never a plan
| Published | Application | Title | Field | Owner as printed |
|---|
| Dec 18, 2025 | 2025/0384360 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DIMENSION PREDICATION, PACKAGING OPTIMIZATION AND RATE SHIPPING TO ENHANCE E-COMMERCE LOGISTICS | IT methods for management | Pitney Bowes Inc. |
| Nov 30, 2023 | 2023/0385753 | Parcel Locker System Having Real-Time Notification of Additional Parcels Pending for Recipient Retrieval | IT methods for management | Pitney Bowes Inc. |
| Feb 16, 2023 | 2023/0045994 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REAL-TIME DYNAMIC APPLICATION PROGRAMMING INTERFACE (API) TRAFFIC SHAPING AND INFRASTRUCTURE RESOURCE PROTECTION IN A MULTICLIENT NETWORK ENVIRONMENT | Digital communication | Pitney Bowes Inc. · patent 11,693,715 granted from it |
| Jun 16, 2022 | 2022/0188834 | System and Method for Generating Postage | Control | Pitney Bowes Inc. |
| Jan 28, 2021 | 2021/0026893 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMPROVING GEOCODING PERFORMANCE | Computer technology | Pitney Bowes Inc. |
| Apr 18, 2019 | 2019/0114845 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MOBILE DEVICES TO COMMUNICATE WITH SHIPPING PERIPHERAL DEVICES USING DISTRIBUTED INSTANCES OF CUSTOM HARDWARE | Control | Pitney Bowes Inc. |
| Apr 19, 2018 | 2018/0104979 | MOISTURE APPLICATOR BRUSH FOR AN ENVELOPE SEALING SYSTEM | Surface technology, coating | Pitney Bowes Inc. |
| Apr 19, 2018 | 2018/0104978 | INSERTER SEALER SYSTEM | Surface technology, coating | Pitney Bowes Inc. · patent 10,195,895 granted from it |
| Apr 12, 2018 | 2018/0103259 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MULTI-RESOLUTION RASTER DATA PROCESSING | Digital communication | Pitney Bowes Inc. |
| Mar 29, 2018 | 2018/0089610 | GENERATING AND DISPENSING EVIDENCE OF PAYMENT FOR DELIVERY OF A MAIL PIECE USING A MOBILE DEVICE AND NFC TAG | Telecommunications | Pitney Bowes Inc. |
What it applied for, 2024 to 2025: IT methods for management 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.