American Express has been focused on protecting inventions in European Patent Office(EPO) with one publication in Q4 2023

The European Patent Office(EPO) Patent Office dominates the patent filings and grants with nearly 50% filings and 0% grants. The European Patent Office(EPO), and United States(US) patent Office are among the top ten patent offices where American Express is filings its patents.

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Payment services related patents lead American Express portfolio followed by communications, and payments

American Express has highest number of patents in payment services followed by communications, payments, databases, and security services. For payment services, nearly 10% of patents were filed and 4% of patents were granted in Q4 2023.

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