Given the buzz around the FinTech space, we have done a study of the sector from an IP perspective. The FinTech patents are categorized in a couple of different ways; based on the financial products or services they address (Financial categories) as well as the enabling technologies employed (Technology categories). The report provides a patent landscape of the Fintech domain. In addition patent assignments are analyzed to determine transaction trends, thus identifying key companies buying and selling patents. Here is the full report https://www.relecura.com/reports/FinTech_an_IP_perspective.pdf

1. F i n a n c i a l C a t e g o r i e s
Payment Banking
Capital
Market
Insurance Lending
Hitachi (475)
Sony (391)
18,447
Hitachi (360)
Oki (353)
8,736
Shinhan Bank (85)
Hitachi (68)
4,154
Daiwa Securities
Group (91)
MUFG (48)
3,278
The Hartford (163)
Hitachi (46)
2,679
Shinhan Bank (91)
Bizmodeline (77)
2,353
Hitachi (390)
Visa (322)
21,994
Hitachi (200)
Shinhan Bank (176)
6,738
Trading Tech (43)
JPMorgan Chase (40)
2,708
Hitachi (67)
Trading Tech (57)
2,856
The Hartford (37)
Accenture (15)
1,443
Shinhan Bank (37)
Bizmodeline (32)
1,957
Visa (654)
MasterCard (257)
16,426
Visa (126)
Shinhan Bank (93)
3,229
Bizmodeline (24)
Woori Bank (20)
827
Mitake Co Ltd (19)
Orbis Patents Lts (10)
567
The Hartford (32)
State Farm (21)
609
Bizmodeline (30)
Shinhan Bank (19)
763
Visa (245)
Hitachi (144)
8,540
Hitachi (111)
Oki (82)
2,602
ITG Software (29)
Goldman Sachs
(28)
1,330
Hitachi (35)
Goldman Sachs
(33)
1,424
The Hartford (19)
ITG Software (18)
639
Shinhan Bank (35)
Freddie Mac (18)
790
Visa (107)
Diebold (89)
4,585
American Express
(44)
Capital One (25)
1,365
GE (32)
American Express
(15)
984
Accenture (12)
Blackbird
Holdings (12)
612
The Hartford (39)
State Farm (21)
556 516
597
Bank of America
(13)
MasterCard (12)
Paypal (4)
Sony (4)
113 58
IBM (3)
Socolof Alex (3)
Data and
Analytics
IOT
Mobile Platform
Security
Cloud
Computing
Cryptocurrency
Wealth
Management
FinTech Sector - Overview
Patent Trends
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
Filed Published Priority
US
45,410
JP
16,978
KR
9,902
CN
8,178
EP
7,630
CA
4,596
AU
4,491
DE
1,516
GB
1,087
TW
887
IN
589
MX
526
RU
470
FR
463
NZ
318
Patents Per Year Patents Per Country
Patent Holders
Telecom
NTT – 415
Nokia – 221
KT – 218
Information
Technology
SAP – 373
Accenture – 302
Oracle – 213
Electronics
Manufacturing
OKI – 734
NEC – 419
NCR – 344
Multi Industry
Companies
IBM – 747
Sony – 594
Toshiba – 586
IP
Commercializa-
tion Firm
III Holdings 1, LLC – 303
CFPH LLC – 148
Inventor Holdings, LLC - 81
e-Commerce
Ebay – 758
Amazon – 162
Alibaba – 143
Hardware &
Software
Fujitsu – 596
Microsoft – 476
Google - 289
Gaming
IGT – 114
Sankyo – 75
Universal Entertainment - 47
Retailer
Target – 70
Walmart - 41
Financial Categories
Technology Categories
Payment
(50,446)
Banking
(21,571)
Wealth
Management
(12,011)
Capital
Market
(9,489)
Insurance
(6,652)
Lending
(6,592)
Data and
Analytics
(29,955)
IOT
(29,946)
Mobile
Platform
(19,412)
Security
(11,674)
Cloud
Computing
(7,230)
Crypto-
Currency
(714)
Assignee by Forward Citations
Assignees No. of Forward
Citations
4,574
3,590
3,115
2,867
2,160
2,105
1,951
1,787
1,697
1,682
High Quality Patent Holders
Assignees No. of
Applications
352
186
183
180
167
138
124
III Holdings 1,LLC 118
107
98
Buyers Sellers No. of
Applications
III Holdings 1, LLC 378
154
128
113
Inventor Holdings,
LLC
79
72
Xatra Fund, MX 69
Lead Core Fund 56
55
50
Key Transactions
* “High quality” patent – Patents with a Relecura “patent quality” rating of 3 or above (out of 5).
Source:
• Relecura IP Intelligence Report – FinTech An IP Perspective
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Total Patents Other Sector CompaniesTop Patent Holders
1,342
1,052
1,048
907
Bizmodeline 867
808
758
747
734
603
596
594
586
566
532
Unicorns Near Unicorns
143
58
17
3
16
5
16
2
12
4
16
American Express (4)
Content
Technologies (3)
57
Zynga Inc (4)
Digonex
Technologies (2)
15
Phone1 Inc (2)
28
American Express (23)
Rawllin International
(12)
TechnologyCategories
FinTech Patents