With 8,765 Digital Payments related patents published between 2002 and 2022, Visa Inc holds the most number of Digital Payments patents across the world, of which 70.2% was contributed by its subsidiary Visa International Service Association.
The second largest number of Digital Payments related patents were published by Mastercard Inc with 8,306 patents, of which 89.8% was contributed by its subsidiary MasterCard International Incorporated. The third largest numberDigital Payments related patents were published by SoftBank Group Corp with 6,214 patents, of which 86.6% was contributed by its subsidiary Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. The fourth largest number of patents were held by Toshiba Corp with 4,388 patents, of which 67.8% was contributed by its subsidiary Toshiba TEC Corp. The fifth largest number Digital Payments related patents were published by International Business Machines Corp with 3,480 patents.
The top five patent holders, i.e., Visa Inc, Mastercard Inc, SoftBank Group Corp, Toshiba Corp, and International Business Machines Corp, together held 31,153 Digital Payments patents during the period.
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