Detail
Over the past year TEACHERS INSURANCE AND ANNUITY ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA received 10 US patent grants, concentrated in business methods / CRM / fintech and artificial intelligence / machine learning; the recent pace (2 in 90 days) is slowing versus its trailing baseline.
What this signalsA new patent often shows where a company is putting its R&D budget.
Top technology areas
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Company
linkedin_urlValue in the APIindustriesValue in the APIemployee_count_lowValue in the APIemployee_count_highValue in the APIrevenueValue in the APIdescriptionValue in the APISignal
signal_nameValue in the APIassociationValue in the APIGET /v1/signals/a41e13e5-f161-5640-9614-a684ee965f74 returns this record as JSON. POST /v1/companies/enrich returns every signal for tiaa.org.
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"signal_id": "a41e13e5-f161-5640-9614-a684ee965f74",
"signal_type": "patents-company",
"signal_subtype": "portfolioVelocity",
"detected_at": "2026-09-30T17:49:20+00:00",
"company": {
"name": "TIAA",
"domain": "tiaa.org"
},
"data": {
"detail": "Over the past year TEACHERS INSURANCE AND ANNUITY ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA received 10 US patent grants, concentrated in business methods / CRM / fintech and artificial intelligence / machine learning; the recent pace (2 in 90 days) is slowing versus its trailing baseline.",
"summary": "TEACHERS INSURANCE AND ANNUITY ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA's patent output is slowing: 10 grants in the past year, 0 in the past 30 days.",
"event_at": "2026-09-29",
"event_kind": "velocity_snapshot",
"grants_30d": 0,
"grants_60d": 1,
"grants_90d": 2,
"source_url": "https://patents.google.com/?assignee=TEACHERS%20INSURANCE%20AND%20ANNUITY%20ASSOCIATION%20OF%20AMERICA&country=US&sort=new",
"grants_180d": 6,
"grants_365d": 10,
"top_tech_areas": [
"business methods / CRM / fintech",
"artificial intelligence / machine learning",
"software / computing"
],
"uspto_assignee": "TEACHERS INSURANCE AND ANNUITY ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA",
"challenges_made": {
"90d": 0,
"365d": 0
},
"cpc_section_mix": {
"G": 9,
"H": 1
},
"grant_direction": "decelerating",
"precision_class": "structural",
"unique_inventors": {
"90d": 8,
"365d": 24
},
"window_asof_date": "2026-09-29",
"challenges_received": {
"90d": 0,
"365d": 0
},
"grant_velocity_ratio": 0,
"primary_cpc_subclass": "G06F",
"technologies_mentioned": [
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}
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-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
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