Abstract:Financial patents are an important means of protection for financial innovation and an important strategic reserve for financial competition. This paper systematically reviews the literature of financial patents at home and abroad, and puts forward a new perspective of intelligence information based on the existing three types of research perspectives, and thus defines the scope of financial patent research. This article also summarizes the main characteristics of financial patents in the United States, Europe, and China during the rapid development of the past 20 years, sorts out the results of international comparative studies on financial patents, clarifies the characteristics and causes of financial patent legal risks, and summarizes financial patent strategies China may adopt. At the end of the article, important issues to be solved in the field of financial patent research are refined, and a basic research framework for financial patents is constructed. At the same time, it also points out that empirical research on the mechanism of financial patents and financial risk management research should be strengthened.