Company Analysis

Shopify Inc. (SHOP)

Nasdaq: SHOP · Services-Prepackaged Software · Ottawa, ON · filing with the SEC since 2014
Grade6.1
◀ Past 5.1● Present 7.0▶ Future 5.9
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Patents

US patents through Dec 31, 2025 · PatentsView, from the USPTO’s Open Data Portal · read Oct 27, 2026

305 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 Shopify Inc.’s names, not what it holds today.

Patents granted
305
280 utility, 25 design, 1976 to Dec 31, 2025
Granted in 2025
79
Against 72 in 2024 and 67 in 2023
Applications published
494
83 of them in 2025
Names they are printed under
2
its own name
By yearGrantedApplications published
'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 technology125
IT methods for management94
Digital communication48
Telecommunications3
Audio-visual technology2
Mechanical elements1
Measurement1
Control1
The main technology area of each patent, in the World Intellectual Property Organization’s 35 fields.
Under which name2 counted
Shopify Inc. its own name
CA, as the owner printed on each patent
305 granted
158 published
Shopify Inc. its own name
named as the applicant on its applications, in CA
0 granted
336 published
Newest grantseach row opens the USPTO’s own copy
GrantedPatentTitleFieldOwner as printed
Dec 30, 202512,513,188Method and system for protecting a checkout transaction from malicious code injectionDigital communicationShopify Inc.
Dec 30, 202512,511,679User interface for chat-guided searchesComputer technologyShopify Inc.
Dec 23, 202512,505,585Systems and methods for overlay of virtual object on proxy objectComputer technologyShopify Inc.
Dec 23, 202512,505,394Systems and methods for modifying online storesIT methods for managementShopify Inc.
Dec 16, 202512,500,959Methods and systems for automatic installation of software applications for online storesDigital communicationShopify Inc.
Dec 9, 2025D1,105,087Computer tablet standShopify Inc.
Dec 2, 202512,488,384Build and update a virtual store based on a physical storeComputer technologyShopify Inc.
Dec 2, 202512,488,382Live view of a website such as an e-commerce storeIT methods for managementShopify Inc.
Dec 2, 202512,488,344Systems and methods for blockchain network congestion-adaptive digital asset event handlingDigital communicationShopify Inc.
Dec 2, 202512,488,332E-commerce platform with tokenization systemDigital communicationShopify Inc.
Newest applications publishedan application is a clue, never a plan
PublishedApplicationTitleFieldOwner as printed
Dec 25, 20252025/0391063SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OVERLAY OF VIRTUAL OBJECT ON PROXY OBJECT AND CONCEALMENT OF PROXY OBJECTComputer technologyShopify Inc.
Dec 18, 20252025/0384620System and Method for Generating 2D Images of Virtual 3D Models According to Imaging Parameters Determined From 2D Images of Other ObjectsComputer technologyShopify Inc.
Dec 11, 20252025/0378660METHODS FOR CALIBRATING AUGMENTED REALITY SCENESComputer technologyShopify Inc.
Dec 4, 20252025/0371832SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EDITING CONTENT ITEMS IN AUGMENTED REALITYComputer technologyShopify Inc.
Nov 27, 20252025/0363345EVALUATING CONFIDENCE IN A CLASSIFICATION PERFORMED BY A GENERATIVE LANGUAGE MACHINE LEARNING MODELComputer technologyShopify Inc.
Nov 27, 20252025/0363158QUERY CLARIFICATION BASED ON CONFIDENCE IN A CLASSIFICATION PERFORMED BY A GENERATIVE LANGUAGE MACHINE LEARNING MODELComputer technologyShopify Inc.
Nov 27, 20252025/0363134ADDITIONAL SEARCHING BASED ON CONFIDENCE IN A CLASSIFICATION PERFORMED BY A GENERATIVE LANGUAGE MACHINE LEARNING MODELComputer technologyShopify Inc.
Nov 20, 20252025/0356638SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATED CONSTRUCTION OF DATA SETS FOR RETRAINING A MACHINE LEARNING MODELComputer technologyShopify Inc.
Nov 20, 20252025/0356111METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PROMPTING LARGE LANGUAGE MODEL TO PROCESS INPUTS FROM MULTIPLE USER ELEMENTSComputer technologyShopify Inc.
Nov 20, 20252025/0355914OPTIMIZED EMBEDDING SEARCHComputer technologyShopify Inc.
What it applied for, 2024 to 2025: Computer technology 119 · IT methods for management 33 · Digital communication 19 · Audio-visual technology 2 · Control 2 · Telecommunications 2.

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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