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Wells Fargo & Co. (WFC)

NYSE: WFC · National Commercial Banks · San Francisco, CA · filing with the SEC since 1994
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US patents through Dec 31, 2025 · PatentsView, from the USPTO’s Open Data Portal · read Oct 27, 2026

2,956 patents granted to the 6 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 Wells Fargo & Co.’s names, not what it holds today.

Patents granted
2,956
2,916 utility, 40 design, 1976 to Dec 31, 2025
Granted in 2025
421
Against 532 in 2024 and 537 in 2023
Applications published
1,564
546 of them in 2025
Names they are printed under
6
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 management921
Computer technology609
Digital communication589
Control73
Telecommunications35
Medical technology7
Handling4
Other consumer goods3
Optics3
Audio-visual technology3
Measurement2
Furniture, games2
The main technology area of each patent, in the World Intellectual Property Organization’s 35 fields.
Under which name6 counted
Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent. 1 more under the same name are not counted (printed in CA)
2,949 granted
602 published
Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
0 granted
952 published
Wells Fargo, N.A. its own name
US, as the owner printed on each patent
3 granted
5 published
WELLS FARGO & COMPANY its own name
US, as the owner printed on each patent
3 granted
2 published
WELLS FARGO & COMPANY its own name
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
0 granted
2 published
Wells Fargo Bank, National Association a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
1 granted
1 published
Names not counted (1)
NORWEST CORP
Most of its patents print NO; this name counts in US. 0 granted and 1 published under it are not counted.
Newest grantseach row opens the USPTO’s own copy
GrantedPatentTitleFieldOwner as printed
Dec 30, 202512,513,164Data devaluation through smart contractsDigital communicationWells Fargo Bank, N.A.
Dec 30, 202512,513,141Systems and methods for generating a blended user biosignature using multimodal AIDigital communicationWells Fargo Bank, N.A.
Dec 30, 202512,512,989Tokenization for big dataDigital communicationWells Fargo Bank, N.A.
Dec 30, 202512,512,975Systems and methods for establishing cryptographic keys shared among three or more devicesDigital communicationWells Fargo Bank, N.A.
Dec 30, 202512,511,689ATM customer messaging systemsIT methods for managementWells Fargo Bank, N.A.
Dec 30, 202512,511,649Payment vehicle with on and off functionIT methods for managementWells Fargo Bank, N.A.
Dec 30, 202512,511,626Systems and methods for online math based currency (MBC) card-based exchangesIT methods for managementWells Fargo Bank, N.A.
Dec 30, 202512,511,440Secure disclosure of data attestationsComputer technologyWells Fargo Bank, N.A.
Dec 30, 202512,511,403Risk-adjustment techniques for generating software code dataComputer technologyWells Fargo Bank, N.A.
Dec 23, 202512,505,481Systems and methods for payee identification via cameraIT methods for managementWells Fargo Bank, N.A.
Newest applications publishedan application is a clue, never a plan
PublishedApplicationTitleFieldOwner as printed
Dec 25, 20252025/0392596VIRTUAL MEETING SPACEDigital communicationWells Fargo Bank, N.A.
Dec 25, 20252025/0390958SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATED TELLER DRAWER COUNTING AND BALANCINGIT methods for managementWells Fargo Bank, N.A.
Dec 25, 20252025/0390947SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EXCHANGE PROTECTION USING CONTROLLING FRAMEWORKIT methods for managementWells Fargo Bank, N.A.
Dec 25, 20252025/0390944CREDIT LINE ADJUSTMENTIT methods for managementWells Fargo Bank, N.A.
Dec 25, 20252025/0390941SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING FLEXIBLE LIMIT SHARE ACCOUNTSIT methods for managementWells Fargo Bank, N.A.
Dec 25, 20252025/0390906SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REDEEMING REWARDS FOR CASH AT AN ATMIT methods for managementWells Fargo Bank, N.A.
Dec 25, 20252025/0390862DIGITAL ASSET VAULTIT methods for managementWells Fargo Bank, N.A.
Dec 25, 20252025/0390707SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DYNAMICALLY IDENTIFYING BIAS IN A DATASETComputer technologyWells Fargo Bank, N.A.
Dec 25, 20252025/0390601MULTI-DIMENSIONAL IMAGES FOR SECURE DATA VISUALIZATIONComputer technologyWells Fargo Bank, N.A.
Dec 25, 20252025/0390506UNIVERSAL ADAPTER FOR VENDOR DATAComputer technologyWells Fargo Bank, N.A.
What it applied for, 2024 to 2025: IT methods for management 447 · Computer technology 302 · Digital communication 216 · Control 21 · Telecommunications 9 · Medical technology 3.

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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