Fair Isaac has a total of 583 patents globally, out of which 277 have been granted. Of these 583 patents, more than 46% patents are active. The United States of America is where Fair Isaac has filed the maximum number of patents, followed by Europe and Australia. Parallelly, the United States of America seems to be the main focused R&D centre and also is the origin country of Fair Isaac.
Fair Isaac was founded in the year 1956. Software, solutions, and services for analytics are offered by Fair Isaac. The business provides solutions for managing risk, thwarting fraud, fostering more lucrative customer connections, streamlining processes, and complying with stringent legal requirements. Fair Isaac provides services to a variety of global businesses, including banking, debt collection, energy, government, insurance, and transportation. As of February 2023, the market cap of Fair Isaac is $ 17.56 Billion.
Do read about some of the most popular patents of Fair Isaac which have been covered by us in this article and also you can find Fair Isaac patents information, the worldwide patent filing activity and its patent filing trend over the years, and many other stats over Fair Isaac patent portfolio.
How many patents does the founder and the CEO of Fair Isaac have?
The founders Earl Judson Isaac, William Fair have 0 patents and CEO Will Lansing have 0 patents.
How many patents does Fair Isaac have?
Fair Isaac has a total of 583 patents globally. These patents belong to 277 unique patent families. Out of 583 patents, 270 patents are active.
How Many Patents did Fair Isaac 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 | Fair Isaac Applications Filed | Fair Isaac Patents Granted |
| 2023 | – | 4 |
| 2022 | 4 | 17 |
| 2021 | 14 | 25 |
| 2020 | 17 | 16 |
| 2019 | 20 | 11 |
| 2018 | 30 | 8 |
| 2017 | 22 | 16 |
| 2016 | 19 | 8 |
| 2015 | 31 | 4 |
| 2014 | 17 | 21 |
| 2013 | 11 | 10 |
| 2012 | 22 | 22 |
| 2011 | 10 | 23 |
How many Fair Isaac patents are Alive/Dead?
How Many Patents did Fair Isaac File in Different Countries?
Countries in which Fair Isaac Filed Patents
| Country | Patent |
| United States Of America | 355 |
| Europe | 64 |
| Australia | 31 |
| Canada | 16 |
| Hong Kong (S.A.R.) | 9 |
| United Kingdom | 9 |
| Japan | 8 |
| Korea (South) | 5 |
| Germany | 4 |
| India | 4 |
| China | 2 |
| New Zealand | 1 |
| Taiwan | 1 |
| Poland | 1 |
| Singapore | 1 |
Where are Research Centres of Fair Isaac Patents Located?
10 Best Fair Isaac Patents
US7251624B1 is the most popular patent in the Fair Isaac portfolio. It has received 478 citations so far from companies like Ebay, IBM and Visa.
Below is the list of 10 most cited patents of Fair Isaac:
| Publication Number | Citation Count |
| US7251624B1 | 478 |
| US6513018B1 | 464 |
| US20050096950A1 | 398 |
| US20030212654A1 | 373 |
| US7263506B2 | 353 |
| US7251637B1 | 333 |
| US20040199456A1 | 301 |
| US20090307049A1 | 288 |
| US7191150B1 | 268 |
| US7672833B2 | 265 |
How many inventions of other companies were rejected due to Fair Isaac patents?
The statistics below share strategic R&D insights. It tells the companies that were trying to protect inventions similar to Fair Isaac invention. They couldn’t because Fair Isaac had protected those before them.
Examiners at the USPTO referred 193 Fair Isaac patents in 1746 rejections (35 USC § 102 or 35 USC § 103 types).
The top citing companies in the Fair Isaac patent portfolio are IBM, Microsoft and MasterCard.
List of the Companies whose Patents were rejected citing Fair Isaac –
| Company | Number of Patent Applications that faced Rejection Citing Fair Isaac Patents | Number of Rejections (102 & 103) |
| IBM | 80 | 181 |
| Microsoft | 34 | 85 |
| MasterCard | 30 | 71 |
| Bank Of America | 24 | 50 |
| Sap Se | 17 | 34 |
| 16 | 29 | |
| Visa | 15 | 38 |
| Oracle | 12 | 29 |
| Walmart | 12 | 30 |
| American Express | 11 | 24 |
Count of 102 and 103 Type Rejections based on Fair Isaac Patents
Top Fair Isaac Patents used in Rejecting Most Patent Applications
| Patent Number | Count of Rejected Applications |
| US7263506B2 | 49 |
| US20050096950A1 | 29 |
| US20100049538A1 | 26 |
| US7801843B2 | 21 |
| US7813944B1 | 20 |
| US7363308B2 | 20 |
| US8078524B2 | 17 |
| US8065233B2 | 16 |
| US8312389B2 | 14 |
| US7251637B1 | 14 |
| US6839714B2 | 13 |
| US20140222506A1 | 13 |
| US7428519B2 | 12 |
| US7672865B2 | 12 |
| US20040078105A1 | 12 |
What Percentage of Fair Isaac US Patent Applications were Granted?
Fair Isaac (Excluding its subsidiaries) has filed 304 patent applications at USPTO so far (Excluding Design and PCT applications). Out of these 207 have been granted leading to a grant rate of 79.31%.
Below are the key stats of Fair Isaac patent prosecution at the USPTO.
Which Law Firms Filed Most US Patents for Fair Isaac?
| Law Firm | Total Applications | Success Rate |
| Mintz Levin | 260 | 77.13% |
| Fish & Richardson | 17 | 30.77% |
| Glenn Patent Group | 7 | 100.00% |
| James Cleary | 4 | 100.00% |
| Foley & Lardner | 3 | 100.00% |
| Infoglide Software | 4 | 100.00% |
| Norton Rose Fulbright | 3 | 50.00% |
| Bookoff Mcandrews | 1 | 0% |
| Brundidge & Stanger | 1 | 100.00% |
| Glen Patent Group | 1 | 100.00% |
| Hodgson Russ | 1 | 0% |
| Merchant & Gould | 1 | 0.00% |
| Microsoft Corporation | 1 | 100.00% |