Square Inc patents

Square Inc holds 1,115 patents in our database, with recent filings and technology areas summarized below.

Company patent statistics
MetricValue
Total patents1,115
Recent patents2
First publicationJan 13, 2015
Latest publicationJun 3, 2025

Filing trend

Year-over-year patent counts for this assignee.

Filing activity over the last five years is rapidly declining.

Patents filed per year
YearPatents
201589
2016106
2017140
2018183
2019185
2020183
2021159
202268
20241
20251
Browse patents by year
YearPatents
201589
2016106
2017140
2018183
2019185
2020183
2021159
202268
20241
20251

Recent patents

Latest publications where this party is an assignee.

Notable patents

Representative or frequently cited publications from precomputed assignee stats.

Top CPC classifications

Most common classification codes in this portfolio.

Top CPC codes by patent count
CPCPatents
G06Q20/202288
G06Q20/204271
G06Q20/20257
G06Q20/322187
G06Q20/3278146

Technology areas

Mapped technology topics for this assignee.

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Frequently asked questions

Answers are generated from the same data shown on this page.

How many patents does Square Inc have in patentsdb?
Square Inc is linked to 1,115 publications as assignee in our database.
What technology areas does Square Inc patent most?
Top mapped technology areas by patent count: Physics (1,073); Electricity (305); Cross-Sectional Technologies (22).
Is Square Inc's patent activity growing?
In our data, assignee counts were 1 in 2024 and 1 in 2025 (similar year over year).
What are recent patents assigned to Square Inc?
See the “Recent patents” section above for the latest 5 publications we attribute to this assignee.