How many patents does
The Western Union Company have?
patents
505
families
160
granted
218
applications
287
US
401
WO
26
EP
25
CN
12
KR
1
RoW
40
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The Western Union Company
Top ten assignees appearing on patents
The Western Union Company
The top ten patent families are
|
Title of patent family (most common patent title) |
Family members |
Filing year |
|---|---|---|
| method and system for performing money transfer transactions | 28 | 1999 |
| wide area network person-to-person payment | 16 | 2000 |
| in-lane money transfer systems and methods | 10 | 2005 |
| money transfer transactions via pre-paid wireless communication devices | 9 | 2006 |
| consumer due diligence for money transfer systems and methods | 9 | 2009 |
| biometric based authorization systems for electronic fund transfers | 9 | 2006 |
| methods and systems for actively optimizing a credit score and managing/reducing debt | 8 | 1999 |
| systems and methods for verifying identities | 8 | 2007 |
| staged transaction system for mobile commerce | 8 | 2001 |
| methods and systems for establishing an identity confidence database | 8 | 2009 |