G06Q 40/04
Trading
Official title: Trading; Exchange, e.g. stocks, commodities, derivatives or currency exchange
G06Q40/04 (Trading) appears on 11,409 US grants and 17,737 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G06Q- Granted patents
- 11,409
- Published applications
- 17,737
- Assignees
- 4,113
- Inventors
- 21,838
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1983 | 1 | 0 |
| 1984 | 2 | 0 |
| 1985 | 2 | 0 |
| 1986 | 1 | 0 |
| 1987 | 3 | 0 |
| 1988 | 4 | 0 |
| 1989 | 2 | 0 |
| 1990 | 7 | 0 |
| 1991 | 4 | 0 |
| 1992 | 4 | 0 |
| 1993 | 10 | 0 |
| 1994 | 8 | 0 |
| 1995 | 2 | 0 |
| 1996 | 12 | 0 |
| 1997 | 15 | 0 |
| 1998 | 51 | 0 |
| 1999 | 75 | 0 |
| 2000 | 84 | 0 |
| 2001 | 85 | 172 |
| 2002 | 77 | 897 |
| 2003 | 94 | 689 |
| 2004 | 71 | 577 |
| 2005 | 124 | 710 |
| 2006 | 292 | 735 |
| 2007 | 272 | 835 |
| 2008 | 461 | 937 |
| 2009 | 611 | 790 |
| 2010 | 1102 | 816 |
| 2011 | 962 | 795 |
| 2012 | 884 | 863 |
| 2013 | 879 | 737 |
| 2014 | 632 | 928 |
| 2015 | 149 | 546 |
| 2016 | 125 | 458 |
| 2017 | 247 | 430 |
| 2018 | 294 | 438 |
| 2019 | 418 | 563 |
| 2020 | 419 | 724 |
| 2021 | 426 | 691 |
| 2022 | 502 | 665 |
| 2023 | 581 | 845 |
| 2024 | 576 | 806 |
| 2025 | 495 | 668 |
| 2026 | 344 | 422 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- G06Q 40/045Accepting or processing orders in an exchange33
- G06Q 40/043Tools or interfaces specially adapted for trading or brokering25
- G06Q 40/042Using financial market analysis19
- G06Q 40/046Trading across multiple trading exchanges or platforms12
- G06Q 40/052Trading or analysing derivatives12
- G06Q 40/048Trading margin, collateral, or credit worthiness of trading partners11
- G06Q 40/055Trading non-fungible tokens [nft]11
- G06Q 40/044Using tick sizes or order constraints8
All 14 subgroupsShow fewer
- G06Q 40/054Trading investment funds7
- G06Q 40/05Trading or analysing debt instruments3
- G06Q 40/047Including trading crash mitigation or circuit breakers2
- G06Q 40/049Trading or exchanging carbon credits or renewable energy certificates2
- G06Q 40/053Trading fiat currency1
- G06Q 40/051Trading or analysing equity instruments0
Recent patents
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- Systems and methods for analyzing user chance predictions to determine a user classification6 Oct 2026US 12,755,316 B2Yahoo Assets LLC
- Dynamic, efficient, and continuous generation and dissemination of implied dispersion index values6 Oct 2026US 12,755,317 B1Cboe Exchange, Inc.
- Systems and methods of matching customizable data transaction requests6 Oct 2026US 12,755,318 B2Nasdaq, Inc.
- System and method for passive viewer engagement and verifiable content interaction8 Oct 2026US 2026/0311165 A1The Feature, Inc.
- Method for carrying out a transaction relating to at least one non-fungible token uniquely associated with a physical product8 Oct 2026US 2026/0311195 A1Aura Blockchain Consortium
- Non-biased, centrally-cleared financial instrument and method of clearing and settling8 Oct 2026US 2026/0311249 A1Eris Innovations, LLC
- Methods, systems, and devices for managing and processing trading activity and trading information8 Oct 2026US 2026/0311250 A1Sphere Innovations Limited
- Unmined gold deposit valuation management8 Oct 2026US 2026/0311251 A1NatGold Digital Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Method and apparatus for a cryptographically assisted commercial network system designed to facilitate buyer-driven conditional purchase offers2,225US 5,794,207 AWalker Asset Management Limited Partnership · 1998
- System for performing collaborative tasks1,678US 7,698,160 B2VirtualAgility Inc. · 2010
- System for performing collaborative tasks1,668US 8,095,594 B2VirtualAgility Inc. · 2012
- Anonymous matching system1,412US 5,136,501 AReuters Limited · 1992
- Automated securities trading system1,399US 4,674,044 AMerrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith · 1987