Guardian Life Insurance has a total of 18 patents globally, out of which 10 have been granted. Of these 18 patents, more than 61% patents are active. United States of America is where Guardian Life Insurance 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 Guardian Life Insurance.
Guardian Life Insurance was founded in the year 1860. The company operates as an insurance company. The Company offers health, life, disability, annuities, investments, dental, and pension products. The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America serves customers in the United States.
Do read about some of the most popular patents of Guardian Life Insurance which have been covered by us in this article and also you can find Guardian Life Insurance patents information, the worldwide patent filing activity and its patent filing trend over the years, and many other stats over Guardian Life Insurance patent portfolio.
How many patents does Guardian Life Insurance have?
Guardian Life Insurance has a total of 18 patents globally. These patents belong to 8 unique patent families. Out of 18 patents, 11 patents are active.
How Many Patents did Guardian Life Insurance File Every Year?

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 Grant | Guardian Life Insurance Applications Filed | Guardian Life Insurance Patents Granted |
2023 | 3 | – |
2022 | 2 | – |
2017 | 2 | – |
2016 | – | 1 |
2015 | – | 2 |
2014 | – | 1 |
2012 | 2 | 1 |
2011 | – | 2 |
2010 | 2 | 2 |
2009 | 1 | – |
2008 | 1 | – |
How many Guardian Life Insurance patents are Alive/Dead?
Worldwide Patents

How Many Patents did Guardian Life Insurance File in Different Countries?
All the Patents were filed by Guardian Life Insurance in the United States of America.
Where are Research Centres of Guardian Life Insurance Patents Located?
The Research Centre for all the Guardian Life Insurance patents is the United States of America.
10 Best Guardian Life Insurance Patents
US8185463B1 is the most popular patent in the Guardian Life Insurance portfolio. It has received 112 citations so far from companies like Genworth Holdings, Xerox Business Services and Symantec Corporation .
Below is the list of 10 most cited patents of Guardian Life Insurance:
Publication Number | Citation Count |
US8185463B1 | 112 |
US7016871B1 | 109 |
US8930253B1 | 76 |
US8892467B1 | 70 |
US20100004957A1 | 61 |
US8073714B1 | 48 |
US8930228B1 | 28 |
US7664700B1 | 16 |
US20180330428A1 | 14 |
USD768157S1 | 4 |
What Percentage of Guardian Life Insurance US Patent Applications were Granted?
Guardian Life Insurance (Excluding its subsidiaries) has filed 16 patent applications at USPTO so far (Excluding Design and PCT applications). Out of these 6 have been granted leading to a grant rate of 50.0%.
Below are the key stats of Guardian Life Insurance patent prosecution at the USPTO.

Which Law Firms are managing US Patents for Guardian Life Insurance?
Law Firm | Total Applications | Success Rate |
Patent Docket Department | 9 | 55.56% |
Carter Ledyard & Milburn Llp | 5 | 0.00% |
Armstrong Teasdale Llp | 2 | 50.00% |
List of Guardian Life Insurance Patents
Guardian Life Insurance Patents | Title |
US20250103721A1 | System And Method For Defense In Depth Of One Or More Software Delivery Pipelines |
US20250045411A1 | System And Method For Continuous Automated Threat Modeling |
US20240143775A1 | Automated Generation Of Adaptive-Security And Compliance-Aware Distributed Software Delivery Pipelines |
US20240144136A1 | System And Method For Continuous Improvement Of A Cyber Security Rating Of A Firm |
US20230298105A1 | System And Method For Providing A Disability Benefit To An Individual |
US20180330428A1 | Enterprise Data Marketplace System And Method |
US20180025413A1 | Enterprise Data Marketplace System And Method |
USD768157S1 | Computer Screen With A Graphical User Interface For A Financial System |
US8930228B1 | Interactive Systems And Methods For Insurance-Related Activities |
US8930253B1 | Interactive Systems And Methods For Estate Planning Related Activities |
US8892467B1 | Interactive Systems And Methods For Supporting Financial Planning Related Activities |
US8185463B1 | Interactive Systems And Methods For Insurance-Related Activities |
US8073714B1 | Interactive Systems And Methods For Insurance-Related Activities |
US8010433B1 | System For And Method Of Individual Annuity Payout Administration |
US7853497B2 | System For And Method Of Variable Annuity Contract Administration |
US7664700B1 | System For And Method Of Individual Annuity Payout Administration |
US20100004957A1 | Interactive System And Methods For Insurance-Related Activities |
US7016871B1 | System For And Method Of Variable Annuity Contract Administration |
What are Guardian Life Insurance key innovation segments?
What Technologies are Covered by Guardian Life Insurance?

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

R&D Focus: How has Guardian Life Insurance search focus changed over the years?

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