Wells Fargo was granted a patent for protecting QR-code data.

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  "company": {
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    "domain": "wellsfargo.com"
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    "detail": "In September 2026 Wells Fargo patented secure QR-code data delivery for payment, account-access, and other mobile scanning experiences.",
    "summary": "Wells Fargo was granted a patent for protecting QR-code data.",
    "event_at": "2026-09-29",
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    "patent_title": "QR code cryptographic protection",
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    "uspto_assignee": "Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.",
    "patent_abstract": "The present disclosure is directed to systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media including storing, by a server, cryptographically protected information related to a bar code, the information configured to be accessible via at least one link to the cryptographically protected information. The server determines that the at least one link is accessed by the bar code being read. The server sends to a receiver device the cryptographically protected information.",
    "precision_class": "structural",
    "invention_explanation": "A system that stores encrypted information behind a QR-code link and sends it to an authorized device when the code is scanned.",
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  -H "X-API-KEY: $AUTOBOUND_API_KEY"

curl -X POST https://signals.autobound.ai/v1/companies/enrich \
  -H "X-API-KEY: $AUTOBOUND_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"domain":"wellsfargo.com","limit":20}'