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Principal Financial Group Inc (PFG)

Nasdaq: PFG · Accident & Health Insurance · Des Moines, IA · filing with the SEC since 2000
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US patents through Dec 31, 2025 · PatentsView, from the USPTO’s Open Data Portal · read Oct 27, 2026

2 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 Principal Financial Group Inc’s names, not what it holds today.

Patents granted
2
2 utility, 1976 to Dec 31, 2025
Granted in 2025
none
in the last year the record reads
Applications published
12
1 of them in 2025
Names they are printed under
3
a subsidiary, its own name
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
Digital communication1
The main technology area of each patent, in the World Intellectual Property Organization’s 35 fields.
Under which name3 counted
PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
2 granted
8 published
THE PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP its own name
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
0 granted
3 published
PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC. 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
Jun 22, 202111,042,843Benefits enrollment server system and methodDigital communicationPRINCIPAL FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC.
Jun 21, 20056,910,066System, method, and apparatus for applet cachingDigital communicationPRINCIPAL FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC.
Newest applications publishedan application is a clue, never a plan
PublishedApplicationTitleFieldOwner as printed
Jul 17, 20252025/0232322System for machine generated insightsComputer technologyPRINCIPAL FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC.
Aug 17, 20232023/0260039Strike Price Monitoring ServiceIT methods for managementPRINCIPAL FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC.
Jun 8, 20232023/0177542MACHINE-IMPLEMENTED ANALYTICAL MODEL FOR GROUP BENEFITS GROWTH SCOREIT methods for managementPRINCIPAL FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC.
Jan 12, 20172017/0011462GUARANTEED INCOME SYSTEM AND METHODIT methods for managementPRINCIPAL FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC.
Oct 20, 20162016/0307161BENEFITS ENROLLMENT SERVER SYSTEM AND METHODDigital communicationTHE PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP · patent 11,042,843 granted from it
Aug 11, 20162016/0232614TARGET DATE ANALYZER SERVER SYSTEM AND METHODIT methods for managementTHE PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP
Jun 30, 20162016/0189106PLAN ANALYSIS SERVER SYSTEM AND METHODIT methods for managementTHE PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP
Mar 6, 20082008/0059271AUTOMATED WORKFLOW MEANS AND METHOD FOR PENSION PRODUCTSIT methods for managementPRINCIPAL FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC.
Jun 8, 20062006/0122924Retirement income calculatorIT methods for managementPRINCIPAL FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC.
Feb 3, 20052005/0027627System and methods for enrolling participants in voluntary benefit plansIT methods for managementPRINCIPAL FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC.
What it applied for, 2024 to 2025: Computer technology 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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