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Block, Inc. (XYZ)

NYSE: XYZ · Services-Prepackaged Software · Oakland, CA · filing with the SEC since 2011
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US patents through Dec 31, 2025 · PatentsView, from the USPTO’s Open Data Portal · read Oct 27, 2026

509 patents granted to the 9 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 Block, Inc.’s names, not what it holds today.

Patents granted
509
446 utility, 63 design, 1976 to Dec 31, 2025
Granted in 2025
111
Against 124 in 2024 and 122 in 2023
Applications published
752
73 of them in 2025
Names they are printed under
9
its own name, a former name, a subsidiary, its holding company
By yearGrantedApplications published
'10'12'13'14'15'16'17'18'19'20'21'22'23'24'25
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 management339
Computer technology59
Digital communication16
Control7
Telecommunications4
Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy2
Optics2
Measurement1
Mechanical elements1
The main technology area of each patent, in the World Intellectual Property Organization’s 35 fields.
Under which name9 counted
Block, Inc. its own name
US, as the owner printed on each patent
504 granted
48 published
Square, Inc. a former name
named as the applicant on its applications, in US. 1 more under the same name are not counted (printed in KR)
0 granted
416 published
Block, Inc. its own name
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
0 granted
282 published
Afterpay Pty Ltd a subsidiary
AU, as the owner printed on each patent
3 granted
1 published
Afterpay Limited a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in AU
0 granted
3 published
AFTERPAY AUSTRALIA PTY LTD a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in AU
0 granted
1 published
Afterpay Limited a subsidiary
AU, as the owner printed on each patent
1 granted
0 published
Block Patents, Inc. its holding company
US, as the owner printed on each patent; a holding company under the name Block, Inc.
1 granted
0 published
Square, Inc., A Delaware Corporation a former name
US, as the owner printed on each patent
0 granted
1 published
Names not counted (3)
Square, Inc.
Most of its patents print CH; this name counts in US. 2 granted and 0 published under it are not counted.
Square, Inc.
Most of its patents print CH; this name counts in US. 1 granted and 0 published under it are not counted.
Square, Inc.
Most of its patents print AU; this name counts in US. 1 granted and 0 published under it are not counted.
Newest grantseach row opens the USPTO’s own copy
GrantedPatentTitleFieldOwner as printed
Dec 30, 202512,511,661Detection and explanation of lifts in merchant dataIT methods for managementBlock, Inc.
Dec 23, 202512,505,159Enterprise platform with integrated user-curated playlistIT methods for managementBlock, Inc.
Dec 16, 202512,499,304Centralized brand asset managementComputer technologyBlock, Inc.
Dec 16, 202512,499,153Decentralized hash tableDigital communicationBlock, Inc.
Dec 2, 202512,488,388Intelligently determining terms of a conditional finance offerIT methods for managementBlock, Inc.
Dec 2, 202512,488,348Determining user types from behaviorIT methods for managementBlock, Inc.
Dec 2, 202512,488,330Transaction processing by multiple devicesIT methods for managementBlock, Inc.
Dec 2, 202512,488,322Interactive gratuity platformIT methods for managementBlock, Inc.
Nov 25, 2025D1,103,272Data cardBlock, Inc.
Nov 25, 202512,481,994Integration for performing actions without additional authorization requestsIT methods for managementBlock, Inc.
Newest applications publishedan application is a clue, never a plan
PublishedApplicationTitleFieldOwner as printed
Dec 25, 20252025/0390857Resource Allocation Based on Media Content EngagementIT methods for managementBlock, Inc.
Dec 4, 20252025/0371571ELECTRONIC REWARD OFFER MANAGEMENTIT methods for managementBlock, Inc.
Dec 4, 20252025/0371519SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COMMUNICATING WITH NFC READERSTelecommunicationsBlock, Inc.
Nov 27, 20252025/0363480Peer-to-Peer Data Object Transfer and State ManagementIT methods for managementBlock, Inc.
Nov 20, 20252025/0356332SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF GENERATING ANONYMIZED ANALYTICS DATAIT methods for managementBlock, Inc.
Nov 13, 20252025/0348949AUTOMATIC TRIGGERING OF RECEIPT DELIVERYIT methods for managementBlock, Inc.
Nov 13, 20252025/0348885PREDICTING CAPITAL NEEDSIT methods for managementBlock, Inc.
Nov 13, 20252025/0348865CRYPTOCURRENCY ACCESS MANAGEMENTIT methods for managementBlock, Inc.
Oct 23, 20252025/0328937FACILITATING PAYMENTS FOR USERSIT methods for managementBlock, Inc.
Oct 16, 20252025/0322378GROUP FUNCTIONALITY ENABLEMENTIT methods for managementBlock, Inc.
What it applied for, 2024 to 2025: IT methods for management 117 · Computer technology 24 · Digital communication 9 · Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy 2 · Telecommunications 2 · Optics 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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