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Global: Top Online Payments Patents Holders in the Retail & Wholesale Sector (2002 - 2022)

  • With 3,351 Online Payments related patents published between 2002 and 2022, Visa Inc holds the most number of Online Payments patents in the global Retail & Wholesale sector, of which 56.3% was contributed by its subsidiary Visa International Service Association.

  • The second largest number of Online Payments related patents were published by Mastercard Inc with 2,073 patents, of which 85.4% was contributed by its subsidiary MasterCard International Incorporated. The third largest number of Online Payments related patents were published by PayPal Holdings Inc with 1,402 patents, of which 91.2% was contributed by its subsidiary PayPal, Inc.. The fourth largest number of Online Payments related patents were published by Sony Group Corp with 1,342 patents. The fifth largest number of Online Payments related patents were published by SoftBank Group Corp with 1,039 patents, of which 82.6% was contributed by its subsidiary Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.

  • The top five patent holders, i.e., Visa Inc, Mastercard Inc, PayPal Holdings Inc, Sony Group Corp, and SoftBank Group Corp, together held 9,207 Online Payments patents during the period.

Global: Top Online Payments Patents Holders in the Retail & Wholesale Sector (2002 - 2022)

Note: The number of patents includes patents published by the holding company and its subsidiaries (data till October 2022)
Published: November 2022
Source: GlobalData

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