JPMorgan Chase & Co. is a global financial services firm headquartered in New York City. Incorporated in Delaware in 1968, the current company was formed by the merger of J.P. Morgan & Co. and The Chase Manhattan Corporation in 2000. It is the largest bank in the United States and trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol JPM. The company reported revenue of $182.4 billion in 2025 and employs over 300,000 people globally.
As a universal bank, JPMorgan Chase provides a vast range of financial services. Through its four main segments—Consumer & Community Banking (CCB), Corporate & Investment Bank (CIB), Commercial Banking (CB), and Asset & Wealth Management (AWM)—the company offers services to individuals, small businesses, and large corporations. These services include deposit and lending products, credit cards, mortgages, investment banking, financial transaction processing, asset management, and wealth management. The retail and credit card operations are primarily conducted under the Chase brand.
The company's patent litigation history shows it as an operating company defending its operations. The provided data indicates JPMorgan Chase & Co. has been a defendant in one tracked case and has not been a plaintiff. This defensive posture is typical for a large operating company focused on providing products and services rather than patent assertion.
The single tracked case is Disintermedation Services Inc. v. JPMorgan Chase & Co., filed in the Delaware District Court in 2022. The plaintiff, Disintermediation Services Inc., has been identified in litigation reports as a non-practicing entity (NPE) that has filed suits against numerous other companies. These reports note that Disintermediation Services asserts patents related to two-way real-time communication systems.