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The Western Union Company (WU)

NYSE: WU · Services-Business Services, NEC · Denver, CO · filing with the SEC since 2006
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US patents through Dec 31, 2025 · PatentsView, from the USPTO’s Open Data Portal · read Oct 27, 2026

295 patents granted to the 3 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 The Western Union Company’s names, not what it holds today.

Patents granted
295
295 utility, 1976 to Dec 31, 2025
Granted in 2025
5
Against 8 in 2024 and 9 in 2023
Applications published
268
5 of them in 2025
Names they are printed under
3
its own name, 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
IT methods for management24
Digital communication20
Computer technology3
Other special machines1
The main technology area of each patent, in the World Intellectual Property Organization’s 35 fields.
Under which name3 counted
The Western Union Company its own name
US, as the owner printed on each patent
290 granted
242 published
The Western Union Company its own name
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
0 granted
18 published
WESTERN UNION FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
5 granted
8 published
Newest grantseach row opens the USPTO’s own copy
GrantedPatentTitleFieldOwner as printed
Dec 23, 202512,506,797Integration framework and user interface for embedding transfer services into applicationsDigital communicationThe Western Union Company
Nov 25, 202512,483,514Systems and methods for adaptive multi-system operations with smart routing protocolsDigital communicationThe Western Union Company
Apr 8, 202512,271,571Personalized graphical user interface displaysComputer technologyThe Western Union Company
Mar 4, 202512,244,661Systems and methods for adaptive security and cooperative multi-system operations with dynamic protocolsDigital communicationThe Western Union Company
Jan 7, 202512,192,174Iterative approaches to data authorizationDigital communicationThe Western Union Company
Dec 3, 202412,160,446Detection of a malicious entity within a networkDigital communicationThe Western Union Company
Sep 3, 202412,081,588Detection of malicious activity within a networkDigital communicationThe Western Union Company
Sep 3, 202412,079,786Systems and methods for transferring funds to a pre-paid accountIT methods for managementThe Western Union Company
Jul 23, 202412,047,471Integration framework and user interface for embedding transfer services into applicationsDigital communicationThe Western Union Company
May 7, 202411,979,333Systems and methods for adaptive multi-system operations with smart routing protocolsDigital communicationThe Western Union Company
Newest applications publishedan application is a clue, never a plan
PublishedApplicationTitleFieldOwner as printed
Aug 7, 20252025/0254204SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ADAPTIVE SECURITY AND COOPERATIVE MULTI-SYSTEM OPERATIONS WITH DYNAMIC PROTOCOLSDigital communicationThe Western Union Company
Jun 5, 20252025/0184307ITERATIVE APPROACHES TO DATA AUTHORIZATIONDigital communicationThe Western Union Company
Mar 6, 20252025/0077046PERSONALIZED GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE DISPLAYSComputer technologyThe Western Union Company
Feb 6, 20252025/0047707DETECTION OF MALICIOUS ACTIVITY WITHIN A NETWORKDigital communicationThe Western Union Company
Jan 9, 20252025/0016246INTEGRATION FRAMEWORK AND USER INTERFACE FOR EMBEDDING TRANSFER SERVICES INTO APPLICATIONSDigital communicationThe Western Union Company · patent 12,506,797 granted from it
Oct 24, 20242024/0356861SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ADAPTIVE MULTI-SYSTEM OPERATIONS WITH SMART ROUTING PROTOCOLSDigital communicationThe Western Union Company · patent 12,483,514 granted from it
Jan 11, 20242024/0015200SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ADAPTIVE SECURITY AND COOPERATIVE MULTI-SYSTEM OPERATIONS WITH DYNAMIC PROTOCOLSDigital communicationThe Western Union Company · patent 12,244,661 granted from it
Oct 12, 20232023/0328036NETWORK-BASED AUTHENTICATION RULE CLEANING AND OPTIMIZATIONDigital communicationThe Western Union Company · patent 11,929,985 granted from it
Jun 8, 20232023/0179536SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ADAPTIVE MULTI-SYSTEM OPERATIONS WITH SMART ROUTING PROTOCOLSDigital communicationThe Western Union Company · patent 11,979,333 granted from it
May 18, 20232023/0156036DETECTION OF MALICIOUS ACTIVITY WITHIN A NETWORKDigital communicationThe Western Union Company · patent 12,081,588 granted from it
What it applied for, 2024 to 2025: Digital communication 6 · Computer technology 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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