With 8,596 patents published between 2002 and 2022, Visa Inc holds the most number of patents in the global Financial Services sector, of which 70.5% was contributed by its subsidiary Visa International Service Association.
The second largest number of patents were published by Mastercard Inc with 8,160 related patents, of which 89.6% was contributed by its subsidiary MasterCard International Incorporated. The third largest number of patents were published by SoftBank Group Corp with 7,159 related patents, of which 87.1% was contributed by its subsidiary Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. The fourth largest number of patents were published by International Business Machines Corp with 4,630 related patents. The fifth largest number of patents were published by Toshiba Corp with 4,580 related patents, of which 64.8% was contributed by its subsidiary Toshiba TEC Corp.
The top five patent holders, i.e., Visa Inc, Mastercard Inc, SoftBank Group Corp, International Business Machines Corp, and Toshiba Corp, together held 33,125 patents during the period.
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