EQUIFAX INC.
🏢 View company profile →152Patents
139Active
152Granted
58Portfolio score
Filing activity: May 20, 1999 → Apr 10, 2024 · 9 expiring within 5 years
Most-cited patents
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US6263447A | System and method for authentication of network users | Physics | 516 | Expired |
| US6321339A | System and method for authentication of network users and issuing a digital certificate | Physics | 389 | Expired |
| US7028052B2 | Systems and methods for notifying a consumer of changes made to a credit report | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 384 | Expired |
| US6496936B1 | System and method for authentication of network users | Physics | 384 | Expired |
| US6857073B2 | System and method for authentication of network users | Physics | 349 | Expired |
| US6282658A | System and method for authentication of network users with preprocessing | Physics | 299 | Expired |
| US7234156B2 | System and method for authentication of network users | Physics | 285 | Expired |
| US7542993B2 | Systems and methods for notifying a consumer of changes made to a credit report | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 266 | Active |
| US7370044B2 | System and method for managing and updating information relating to economic entities | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 245 | Expired |
| US7747559B2 | Systems and processes for automated criteria and attribute generation, searching, auditing and reporting of data | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 215 | Active |
| US7970698B2 | Application processing and decision systems and processes | Physics | 158 | Expired |
| US7536346B2 | System and method for facilitating reciprocative small business financial information exchanges | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 158 | Expired |
| US8225395B2 | Systems and methods for detecting child identity theft | Physics | 147 | Active |
| US7720750B2 | Systems and methods for providing consumers anonymous pre-approved offers from a consumer-selected group of merchants | Physics | 133 | Expired |
| US10581825B2 | Integrating sensitive data from a data provider into instances of third-party applications executed on user devices | Electricity | 108 | Active |
| US7653593B2 | Macroeconomic-adjusted credit risk score systems and methods | Physics | 105 | Active |
| US8239677B2 | Verification and authentication systems and methods | Electricity | 102 | Active |
| USD847840S1 | Display screen or portion thereof with a credit score simulation interface | General | 100 | Active |
| US8108301B2 | Application processing and decision systems and processes | Physics | 94 | Active |
| USD851127S1 | Display screen or portion thereof with lock and alert locked graphical user interface | General | 83 | Active |
| USD851126S1 | Display screen or portion thereof with lock and alert unlocked graphical user interface | General | 81 | Active |
| US8086525B2 | Methods and systems for providing risk ratings for use in person-to-person transactions | Physics | 79 | Active |
| US8024263B2 | Macroeconomic-adjusted credit risk score systems and methods | Physics | 76 | Active |
| US8793777B2 | Verification and authentication systems and methods | Electricity | 71 | Active |
| USD851128S1 | Display screen or portion thereof with lock and alert frozen graphical user interface | General | 68 | Active |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Counts and citation impact are objective bibliographic measures.