Patents
US patents through Dec 31, 2025 · PatentsView, from the USPTO’s Open Data Portal · read Oct 27, 2026
4 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 Willis Towers Watson Public Limited Company’s names, not what it holds today.
Patents granted
4
4 utility, 1976 to Dec 31, 2025
Granted in 2025
none
Against none in 2024 and 1 in 2023
Applications published
9
since 2001, to Dec 31, 2025
Names they are printed under
8
a subsidiary
By yearGrantedApplications published
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
The main technology area of each patent, in the World Intellectual Property Organization’s 35 fields.
Under which name8 counted
Willis Group Limited a subsidiary
GB, as the owner printed on each patent
4 publishedTowers Watson Software Limited a subsidiary
GB, as the owner printed on each patent
0 publishedTowers Watson Software Limited a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in GB
2 publishedExtend Health, Inc. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
0 publishedTowers Perrin Capital Corp. a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
1 publishedWILLIS HRH a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
1 publishedWillis HRH a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
1 publishedWillis North America Inc. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
0 publishedNames not counted (3)
WIA I/S
Most of its patents print KR; this name counts in DK. 2 granted and 10 published under it are not counted.
Willconsulting Srl
No country is printed for it. 0 granted and 2 published under it are not counted.
WIA I/S
Most of its patents print KR; this name counts in DK. 0 granted and 1 published under it are not counted.
Newest grantseach row opens the USPTO’s own copy
| Granted | Patent | Title | Field | Owner as printed |
|---|
| Dec 26, 2023 | 11,853,906 | Methods for development of a machine learning system through layered gradient boosting | Computer technology | Towers Watson Software Limited |
| Aug 30, 2016 | 9,428,052 | Automated distraction measurement of machine operator | Transport | Towers Watson Software Limited |
| Dec 20, 2011 | 8,082,159 | Method and systems for routing items to resources | IT methods for management | Extend Health, Inc. |
| Apr 5, 2005 | 6,876,992 | Method and system for risk control optimization | IT methods for management | Willis North America Inc. |
Newest applications publishedan application is a clue, never a plan
| Published | Application | Title | Field | Owner as printed |
|---|
| Apr 11, 2024 | 2024/0119315 | METHODS FOR DEVELOPMENT OF A MACHINE LEARNING SYSTEM THROUGH LAYERED GRADIENT BOOSTING | Computer technology | Towers Watson Software Limited |
| Jan 4, 2024 | 2024/0005198 | MACHINE LEARNING MODEL FOR COMPUTING FEATURE VECTORS ENCODING MARGINAL DISTRIBUTIONS | Computer technology | Willis Group Limited |
| Jan 4, 2024 | 2024/0005058 | STRATIFYING CONDITIONAL CUMULATIVE DISTRIBUTION MODELS | Computer technology | Willis Group Limited |
| Jan 4, 2024 | 2024/0005056 | RESAMPLING SIMULATION RESULTS FOR CORRELATED EVENTS | Computer technology | Willis Group Limited |
| Dec 28, 2023 | 2023/0419128 | METHODS FOR DEVELOPMENT OF A MACHINE LEARNING SYSTEM THROUGH LAYERED GRADIENT BOOSTING | Computer technology | Towers Watson Software Limited · patent 11,853,906 granted from it |
| Aug 6, 2015 | 2015/0220487 | Method and Apparatus for Analysing Data Representing Attributes of Physical Entities | Computer technology | Towers Perrin Capital Corp. |
| Sep 25, 2014 | 2014/0288979 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SELECTING AN INSURANCE CARRIER | IT methods for management | Willis HRH |
| May 8, 2014 | 2014/0129472 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ADMINISTRATING VOLUNTARY BENEFITS | IT methods for management | WILLIS HRH |
| Apr 3, 2014 | 2014/0095367 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROTECTING AGAINST CORPORATE CRISES | IT methods for management | Willis Group Limited |
What it applied for, 2024 to 2025: Computer technology 4.
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.