Pacific Life has a total of 19 patents globally, out of which 16 have been granted. Of these 19 patents, more than 68% patents are active. United States of America is where Pacific Life 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 Pacific Life.
Pacific Life was founded in the year 1868. The company offers insurance services. The Company provides life insurance, annuities, pension, mutual funds, and real estate investment services.
Do read about some of the most popular patents of Pacific Life which have been covered by us in this article and also you can find Pacific Life patents information, the worldwide patent filing activity and its patent filing trend over the years, and many other stats over Pacific Life patent portfolio.
How many patents does Pacific Life have?
Pacific Life has a total of 19 patents globally. These patents belong to 14 unique patent families. Out of 19 patents, 13 patents are active.
How Many Patents did Pacific Life 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 | Pacific Life Applications Filed | Pacific Life Patents Granted |
2017 | 1 | – |
2014 | 1 | 1 |
2012 | – | 1 |
2011 | – | 3 |
2010 | – | 6 |
2009 | 1 | 2 |
2008 | 1 | 2 |
2007 | – | 1 |
How many Pacific Life patents are Alive/Dead?
Worldwide Patents

How Many Patents did Pacific Life File in Different Countries?
All the Patents were filed by Pacific Life in the United States of America.
Where are Research Centres of Pacific Life Patents Located?
The Research Centre for all the Pacific Life patents is the United States of America.
10 Best Pacific Life Patents
US7320003B2 is the most popular patent in the Pacific Life portfolio. It has received 51 citations so far from companies like IBM and Qualcomm.
Below is the list of 10 most cited patents of Pacific Life:
Publication Number | Citation Count |
US7320003B2 | 51 |
US7567914B2 | 48 |
US7818186B2 | 47 |
US7383239B2 | 42 |
US7813945B2 | 32 |
US7197427B2 | 32 |
US8793146B2 | 30 |
US7630910B2 | 24 |
US7899688B2 | 23 |
US7844477B2 | 19 |
What Percentage of Pacific Life US Patent Applications were Granted?
Pacific Life (Excluding its subsidiaries) has filed 25 patent applications at USPTO so far (Excluding Design and PCT applications). Out of these 20 have been granted leading to a grant rate of 80.0%.
Below are the key stats of Pacific Life patent prosecution at the USPTO.

Which Law Firms are managing US Patents for Pacific Life?
Law Firm | Total Applications | Success Rate |
Merchant & Gould PC | 17 | 94.12% |
Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear Llp | 4 | 0.00% |
Kowert Hood Munyon Rankin & Goetzel PC | 4 | 100.00% |
List of Pacific Life Patents
Pacific Life Patents | Title |
US20180260906A1 | System For Rule-Based Insurance Underwriting Suitable For Use By An Automated System |
US20150019269A1 | System For Rule-Based Insurance Underwriting Suitable For Use By An Automated System |
US8793146B2 | System For Rule-Based Insurance Underwriting Suitable For Use By An Automated System |
US8214314B2 | System And Process For A Fusion Classification For Insurance Underwriting Suitable For Use By An Automated System |
US8005693B2 | Process For Determining A Confidence Factor For Insurance Underwriting Suitable For Use By An Automated System |
US7899688B2 | Process For Optimization Of Insurance Underwriting Suitable For Use By An Automated System |
US7895062B2 | System For Optimization Of Insurance Underwriting Suitable For Use By An Automated System |
US7844477B2 | Process For Rule-Based Insurance Underwriting Suitable For Use By An Automated System |
US7844476B2 | Process For Case-Based Insurance Underwriting Suitable For Use By An Automated System |
US7818186B2 | System For Determining A Confidence Factor For Insurance Underwriting Suitable For Use By An Automated System |
US7813945B2 | System And Process For Multivariate Adaptive Regression Splines Classification For Insurance Underwriting Suitable For Use By An Automated System |
US7801748B2 | System And Process For Detecting Outliers For Insurance Underwriting Suitable For Use By An Automated System |
US7698159B2 | Systems And Methods For Performing Data Collection |
US7630910B2 | System For Case-Based Insurance Underwriting Suitable For Use By An Automated System |
US7567914B2 | System And Process For Dominance Classification For Insurance Underwriting Suitable For Use By An Automated System |
US20090287512A1 | System And Process For Dominance Classification For Insurance Underwriting Suitable For Use By An Automated System |
US7383239B2 | System And Process For A Fusion Classification For Insurance Underwriting Suitable For Use By An Automated System |
US7320003B2 | Method And System For Storing And Retrieving Document Data Using A Markup Language String And A Serialized String |
US7197427B2 | Method For Risk Based Testing |
What are Pacific Life key innovation segments?
What Technologies are Covered by Pacific Life?

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

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

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