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VISA Inc. (V)

NYSE: V · Services-Business Services, NEC · San Francisco, CA · filing with the SEC since 2007
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US patents through Dec 31, 2025 · PatentsView, from the USPTO’s Open Data Portal · read Oct 27, 2026

3,037 patents granted to the 8 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 VISA Inc.’s names, not what it holds today.

Patents granted
3,037
2,931 utility, 102 design, 4 reissue, 1976 to Dec 31, 2025
Granted in 2025
226
Against 336 in 2024 and 357 in 2023
Applications published
2,580
222 of them in 2025
Names they are printed under
8
a subsidiary, 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
IT methods for management696
Digital communication475
Computer technology307
Control7
Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy3
Measurement2
Furniture, games2
Telecommunications2
Macromolecular chemistry, polymers1
The main technology area of each patent, in the World Intellectual Property Organization’s 35 fields.
Under which name8 counted
Visa International Service Association a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
2,516 granted
655 published
Visa International Service Association a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
0 granted
1,636 published
Visa U.S.A. Inc. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
475 granted
174 published
VISA EUROPE LIMITED a subsidiary
GB, as the owner printed on each patent
46 granted
23 published
Visa U.S.A. Inc. a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
0 granted
48 published
Visa Europe Limited a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in GB
0 granted
38 published
Visa International Service Association, A Delaware Corporation a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
0 granted
5 published
Visa Inc. its own name
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, 2025D1,107,791Payment card with a boxVisa International Service Association
Dec 30, 202512,511,871Scalable neural tensor network with multi-aspect feature interactionsComputer technologyVisa International Service Association
Dec 30, 202512,511,645Method, system, and computer program product for processing transactions using electronic walletsIT methods for managementVisa International Service Association
Dec 30, 202512,511,625Rapid transaction settlement using virtual accountIT methods for managementVisa International Service Association
Dec 23, 202512,505,463Method, system, and computer program product for identifying propensities using machine-learning modelsIT methods for managementVisa International Service Association
Dec 23, 202512,505,421Key-pad centric paymentsIT methods for managementVisa International Service Association
Dec 16, 202512,500,874Secure and accurate provisioning system and methodDigital communicationVisa International Service Association
Dec 16, 202512,500,766Tokenizing transactions using supplemental dataIT methods for managementVisa International Service Association
Dec 16, 202512,500,746Key management for multi-party computationDigital communicationVisa International Service Association
Dec 16, 202512,499,442Online systems using currency at access deviceIT methods for managementVisa International Service Association
Newest applications publishedan application is a clue, never a plan
PublishedApplicationTitleFieldOwner as printed
Dec 25, 20252025/0390887Payment Device and Method for Verification Using a MagnetometerIT methods for managementVisa International Service Association
Dec 25, 20252025/0390875Method, System, and Computer Program Product for Auto-Profiling AnomaliesIT methods for managementVisa International Service Association
Dec 18, 20252025/0384439System, Method, and Computer Program Product for Secure Key ManagementComputer technologyVisa International Service Association
Dec 18, 20252025/0384343System, Method, and Computer Program Product for Multi-Head Posterior Based Pre-Trained Model EvaluationComputer technologyVisa International Service Association
Dec 18, 20252025/0384044QUERY RECORD ESTIMATORComputer technologyVisa International Service Association
Dec 11, 20252025/0378448TOKENIZED ACCOUNT ATTRIBUTESIT methods for managementVisa International Service Association
Dec 11, 20252025/0378442INSTANT TOKEN ISSUANCEDigital communicationVisa International Service Association
Dec 11, 20252025/0378124System, Method, and Computer Program Product for Generating a Customized User Interface Based on User InteractionsComputer technologyVisa International Service Association
Dec 4, 20252025/0373435AUTHENTICATION PROXY FOR PASSWORD ROTATIONDigital communicationVisa International Service Association
Dec 4, 20252025/0371415Distributed Execution of a Machine-Learning Model on a Server ClusterComputer technologyVisa International Service Association
What it applied for, 2024 to 2025: IT methods for management 179 · Computer technology 140 · Digital communication 113 · Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy 2 · Furniture, games 1 · Transport 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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