Acorns Patents – Insights & Stats (Updated 2024)

Acorns has a total of 26 patents globally, out of which 22 have been granted. Of these 26 patents, more than 88% patents are active. United States of America is where Acorns has filed the maximum number of patents. Parallelly, United States of America seems to be the main focused R&D centre and also is the origin country of Acorns.

Acorns was founded in the year 2012. A financial app that automates micro-investments by rounding up spare change from everyday purchases into a managed portfolio of index funds. It also offers debit cards, checking, investment, and retirement accounts for easy daily investing.

Do read about some of the most popular patents of Acorns which have been covered by us in this article and also you can find Acorns patents information, the worldwide patent filing activity and its patent filing trend over the years, and many other stats over Acorns patent portfolio.

How many patents does Acorns have?

Acorns has a total of 26 patents globally. These patents belong to 8 unique patent families. Out of 26 patents, 23 patents are active.

How Many Patents did Acorns File Every Year?

Acorns Patent Filing Trend

Are you wondering why there is a drop in patent filing for the last two years? It is because a patent application can take up to 18 months to get published. Certainly, it doesn’t suggest a decrease in the patent filing.

Year of Patents Filing or GrantAcorns Applications FiledAcorns Patents Granted
20241
20231
202213
202128
20201
201971
201853
201733
20161
20152
201411
20131

How many Acorns patents are Alive/Dead?

How Many Patents did Acorns File in Different Countries?

All the Patents were filed by Acorns in the United States of America.

Where are Research Centres of Acorns Patents Located?

The Research Centre for all the Acorns patents is the United States of America.

10 Best Acorns Patents

US7502758B2 is the most popular patent in the Acorns portfolio. It has received 97 citations so far from companies like Jpmorgan Chase Bank, Bank One Corporation and The Pnc Financial Services Group.

Below is the list of 10 most cited patents of Acorns:

Publication NumberCitation Count
US7502758B297
USD928190S186
USD785640S163
USD834595S131
USD927521S130
US9734536B230
USD927509S129
USD792890S129
US8781906B225
USD969818S121

List of Acorns Patents

Acorns PatentsTitle
US12026779B2Systems and methods for creating excess funds from retail transactions and apportioning those funds into investments
US11567655B2Secure signature creation on a secondary device
US11348179B2Point of sale computer-implemented investment management technology
USD969818S1Mobile device screen with graphical user interface
USD972577S1Mobile device screen with a graphical user interface
US10937097B1Systems and methods for creating excess funds from retail transactions and apportioning those funds into investments
USD917504S1Display screen or portion thereof with a financial data graphical user interface
USD927521S1Mobile device screen or portion thereof with a graphical user interface
USD927508S1Mobile device screen or portion thereof with graphical user interface
USD927509S1Mobile device screen or portion thereof with graphical user interface
USD928190S1Mobile device screen or portion thereof with an animated graphical user interface
USD928799S1Mobile device screen or portion thereof with graphical user interface
US11176614B1Systems and methods for creating excess funds from retail transactions and apportioning those funds into investments
US10521862B2Systems and methods for managing consumer transaction-based investments
USD815121S1Display screen or portion thereof with a financial data graphical user interface
USD832863S1Mobile device screen or portion thereof with a graphical user interface
USD834595S1Display screen or portion thereof with a financial data graphical user interface
USD785640S1Mobile device screen or portion thereof with a graphical user interface
US9734536B2Systems and methods for managing consumer transaction-based investments
USD792890S1Display screen or portion therof with a financial data graphical user interface
US8781906B2Systems and methods for managing consumer transaction-based investments
US20230048957A1Point of sale computer-implemented investment management technology
US20220188933A1Systems and methods for creating excess funds from retail transactions and apportioning those funds into investments
US7502758B2Creation and distribution of excess funds, deposits, and payments
US20190180364A1Method and system for efficient switching of direct deposit payment destination account
WO2019118249A1Method and system for efficient switching of direct deposit payment destination account

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What are Acorns key innovation segments?

What Technologies are Covered by Acorns?

The chart below distributes patents filed by Acorns in different countries on the basis of the technology protected in patents. It also represents the markets where Acorns thinks it’s important to protect particular technology inventions.

R&D Focus: How has Acorns search focus changed over the years?

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