Where does E*TRADE Financial Holdings, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), E*TRADE Financial Holdings, LLC ranks #21,110 of 49,997 assignees by granted-patent volume, the same sort as the companies listing and top-holders ranking. See /methodology/#corpus-placement.

How many patents does E*TRADE Financial Holdings, LLC hold?

E*TRADE Financial Holdings, LLC holds 13 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2021, spanning 4 technology areas.

What is E*TRADE Financial Holdings, LLC's Innovation Score?

E*TRADE Financial Holdings, LLC has an Innovation Score of 26.2 out of 100 (19th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does E*TRADE Financial Holdings, LLC focus on?

E*TRADE Financial Holdings, LLC's top technology area is H04W (Wireless Communication Networks) with 5 patents, ranking #2,256 of 5,904 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 4 CPC subclasses total.

Is E*TRADE Financial Holdings, LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

E*TRADE Financial Holdings, LLC's recent grant velocity is -37% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). Grant activity has slowed relative to earlier years.

What does claim depth mean for E*TRADE Financial Holdings, LLC's patents?

E*TRADE Financial Holdings, LLC's patents average 16.6 claims each. This is an aggregate descriptive count from the grant record; it does not establish claim scope, legal strength, enforceability, or design-around risk.

How is the E*TRADE Financial Holdings, LLC patent data sourced?

All patent data comes from USPTO PatentsView, a public research dataset maintained by the United States Patent and Trademark Office covering US granted utility patents from 2015 to 2025.

USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView US Corporation

E*TRADE Financial Holdings, LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 13 granted patents across 4 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2021. Grant-trend analysis is cross-referenced to USPTO Patent Public Search; it does not measure application filings, current R&D, or legal strength. Primary class: H04W (Wireless Communication Networks).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, E*trade ranks #21,110 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 13 patents across 4 technology areas.

#21,110
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 19th percentile
by Innovation Score (26.2/100): 16.6
avg claims per patent: -37%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R21110 · US Corporation #21,110 · 13 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 13 grants
MID-PACK #21,110/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Dr Pepper/Seven Up
CPC-NARROW H04W · 4 areas
INNOV-THIN 26.2/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.6 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DOWN -37% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Dr Pepper/Seven Up, Inc. (±0 grants)

Instrument codes from this assignee’s USPTO PatentsView grant sheet: volume band, corpus rank, photo-finish peer, lead CPC, Innovation Score, claim depth, assignee type, velocity, and book completeness. Not a USPTO rating of patent strength.

How E*trade’s 26.2 Innovation Score adds up

The same four weighted components behind every Innovation Score on PlainPatent: portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth.

Volume 9.1 pts (35%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 7.1 pts (27%) Claim depth 10.0 pts (38%)

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What this shows E*trade's Innovation Score is 26.2/100 (19th percentile of the PatentsView-derived corpus). The chart places that score against the nearest Innovation Score peers plus corpus poles, not a reprint of the volume ranking.

Does more volume mean deeper claims for E*trade?

Each dot is one of E*trade’s 8 nearest volume peers (same corpus rank neighbourhood as the chart above), placed by total granted patents (horizontal) against average claims per patent (vertical). E*trade’s own 16.6 claims/patent is ABOVE the 9.6 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

E*trade vs its 8 nearest volume peers: granted patents vs average claims per patent. Source: USPTO PatentsView.

Where E*trade's grants concentrate

E*TRADE Financial Holdings, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 4 CPC subclasses with 38.5% of grants classified under H04W (Wireless Communication Networks). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2021. By volume, E*trade sits between Dr Pepper/Seven Up, Inc. and Easy Solutions Enterprises, Corp..

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What this shows E*TRADE holds 13 patents at rank #21,035, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near E*TRADE

By rank, the assignees closest to #21,035 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04W (Wireless Communication Networks)

Other assignees with the most granted patents in E*TRADE's primary technology class.

E*trade's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

Composite of portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth (0–100)

26 19th percentile higher than 19% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2017–2021

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2017–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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E*TRADE Financial Holdings, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	2	15.4%
2018	2	15.4%
2019	4	30.8%
2020	4	30.8%
2021	1	7.7%

Which technologies does E*TRADE Financial Holdings, LLC patent most?

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 5

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 3

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 3

G06Q - Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory Purposes, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 2

Top 4 of 4 technology areas

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

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What to do with this data

E*TRADE Financial Holdings, LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

E*TRADE Financial Holdings, LLC's lead technology class is H04W (Wireless Communication Networks), 38.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04W
Ranked #21,110 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare E*TRADE Financial Holdings, LLC against Dr Pepper/Seven Up, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 26.2/100 blends volume, velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth. How it's calculated

Figures reflect USPTO PatentsView grant data through May 2026; pending applications not yet granted are not counted.

Data sourced from USPTO PatentsView - official U.S. government patent data. See our methodology for computation details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainPatent

Disclaimer: This information is provided for informational purposes only and does not constitute professional advice. Data is sourced from the USPTO PatentsView database. Consult a qualified professional before making decisions based on this data.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sources used on this page

USPTO PatentsView - the disambiguated bulk patent-grant, assignee, and CPC data this page's figures are derived from. patentsview.org
Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) - the joint USPTO/EPO classification scheme used to group patents by technology area. cooperativepatentclassification.org
USPTO Patent Public Search - the official interface to verify the status of any individual patent. ppubs.uspto.gov

Compiled by PlainPatent, US Patent Intelligence Editorial Process · May 15, 2026

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