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PayPal Holdings, Inc. (PYPL)

Nasdaq: PYPL · Services-Business Services, NEC · San Jose, CA · filing with the SEC since 2015
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US patents through Dec 31, 2025 · PatentsView, from the USPTO’s Open Data Portal · read Oct 27, 2026

2,679 patents granted to the 4 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 PayPal Holdings, Inc.’s names, not what it holds today.

Patents granted
2,679
2,656 utility, 20 design, 3 reissue, 1976 to Dec 31, 2025
Granted in 2025
191
Against 283 in 2024 and 316 in 2023
Applications published
2,882
225 of them in 2025
Names they are printed under
4
a subsidiary
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 technology522
IT methods for management496
Digital communication378
Telecommunications7
Measurement6
Audio-visual technology5
Control4
Optics2
Transport2
Basic communication processes1
The main technology area of each patent, in the World Intellectual Property Organization’s 35 fields.
Under which name4 counted
PAYPAL, INC. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
2,671 granted
156 published
PAYPAL, INC. a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US. 1 more under the same name are not counted (printed in JP)
0 granted
2,717 published
Bill Me Later, Inc. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
8 granted
8 published
Bill Me Later, 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
Dec 30, 202512,513,350Dynamic recommendation system using reinforcement learning for continual learningDigital communicationPAYPAL, INC.
Dec 30, 202512,513,212Managing stale connections in a distributed systemDigital communicationPAYPAL, INC.
Dec 30, 202512,513,196Dynamic content security policies using webpage data loaded in webpage element proxiesDigital communicationPAYPAL, INC.
Dec 30, 202512,511,655Cross-entity refund fraud mitigationIT methods for managementPAYPAL, INC.
Dec 30, 202512,511,650Online decentralized identity verification for a multi-sided networkIT methods for managementPAYPAL, INC.
Dec 23, 202512,506,760Large network graph processingDigital communicationPAYPAL, INC.
Dec 23, 202512,506,739Unified identity verificationDigital communicationPAYPAL, INC.
Dec 23, 202512,505,078Reducing electronic service disruptions during database migrationComputer technologyPAYPAL, INC.
Dec 16, 202512,500,879Provisioning of electronic tokensDigital communicationPAYPAL, INC.
Dec 16, 202512,500,752System configuration based on smart contractsDigital communicationPAYPAL, INC.
Newest applications publishedan application is a clue, never a plan
PublishedApplicationTitleFieldOwner as printed
Dec 25, 20252025/0390866SOFTWARE ARCHITECTURE FOR EFFICIENT BLOCKCHAIN TRANSACTIONSIT methods for managementPAYPAL, INC.
Dec 25, 20252025/0390858CODELESS PAYMENT INTERFACEIT methods for managementPAYPAL, INC.
Dec 25, 20252025/0390748MECHANISMS FOR IMPLEMENTING VIRTUAL LINKING NODES FOR GRAPH NEURAL NETWORKSComputer technologyPAYPAL, INC.
Dec 25, 20252025/0390568Database Asset SelectionDigital communicationPAYPAL, INC.
Dec 25, 20252025/0390474REDUCING ELECTRONIC SERVICE DISRUPTIONS DURING DATABASE MIGRATIONComputer technologyPAYPAL, INC. · patent 12,505,078 granted from it
Dec 25, 20252025/0390417Live Testing of Event Processing FiltersComputer technologyPAYPAL, INC.
Dec 18, 20252025/0384432FACILITATING CRYPTOCURRENCY-BASED TRANSACTIONS WITH TIME CONSTRAINTIT methods for managementPAYPAL, INC.
Dec 18, 20252025/0384421ON-DEVICE ACCESSIBILITY OPTIONS FOR CHECKOUT DATA USING SHORT-RANGE WIRELESS TRANSMISSIONSIT methods for managementPAYPAL, INC.
Dec 18, 20252025/0384420VERSATILE POINT-OF-SALE SYSTEMS AND METHODSIT methods for managementPAYPAL, INC.
Dec 18, 20252025/0384306MECHANISMS FOR GENERATING PREDICTIONS UTILIZING BLOCKCHAINSComputer technologyPAYPAL, INC.
What it applied for, 2024 to 2025: Computer technology 199 · IT methods for management 149 · Digital communication 72 · Measurement 1 · Telecommunications 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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