PAYPAL, INC.
🏢 View company profile →2,635Patents
2,625Active
2,635Granted
66Portfolio score
Filing activity: Jan 29, 1999 → Jun 4, 2024 · 29 expiring within 5 years
Most-cited patents
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US7089208B1 | System and method for electronically exchanging value among distributed users | Physics | 599 | Expired |
| US9503845B2 | Image customization to enhance transaction experience | Physics | 417 | Active |
| US8050997B1 | Instant availability of electronically transferred funds | Physics | 264 | Active |
| US7533064B1 | E-mail invoked electronic commerce | Physics | 153 | Expired |
| US9936127B2 | Systems and methods for providing attention directing functions in an image capturing device | Electricity | 151 | Active |
| US7430537B2 | System and method for verifying a financial instrument | Physics | 148 | Expired |
| US7191151B1 | Instant availability of electronically transferred funds | Physics | 148 | Expired |
| US9558478B2 | Multi-platform in-application payment system | Physics | 92 | Active |
| US9170917B2 | Flow tracing though diverse logical and physical application and infrastructure layers/dependencies | Physics | 81 | Active |
| US7249094B2 | System and method for depicting on-line transactions | Physics | 74 | Expired |
| US7742985B1 | Multicurrency exchanges between participants of a network-based transaction facility | Physics | 72 | Active |
| US8024260B1 | Method for transmitting a code | Physics | 72 | Active |
| US8296204B2 | System and method for reducing RIKS associated with accepting a financial instrument | Physics | 71 | Active |
| US8301510B2 | Electronic commerce for system registered consumers | Physics | 67 | Active |
| US9218624B2 | Adding card to mobile/cloud wallet using NFC | Electricity | 67 | Active |
| US8296187B2 | System and method for storage and retrieval of information subject to authorization by a data controller | Physics | 66 | Active |
| US9569766B2 | Auto-detection of merchant payment preferences | Physics | 64 | Active |
| US8301556B2 | Method for transmitting a code | Physics | 64 | Active |
| US9858405B2 | Systems and methods for authenticating a user based on a computing device | Physics | 63 | Active |
| USD803258S1 | Display screen or a portion thereof with animated graphical user interface | General | 62 | Active |
| US11144903B2 | Optimized multiple digital wallet presentation | Physics | 59 | Active |
| USD807910S1 | Display screen or a portion thereof with animated graphical user interface | General | 52 | Active |
| US10387205B2 | Optimizing runtime environments | Electricity | 50 | Active |
| USD822690S1 | Display screen or portion thereof with animated graphical user interface | General | 49 | Active |
| US9449208B2 | Compartmentalized smart refrigerator with automated item management | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 48 | Active |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Counts and citation impact are objective bibliographic measures.