First Data Corporation
Milwaukee, WI, US· latest recorded location
First Data Corporation is named on 570 US grants and 914 published applications in this corpus. Its most frequent classification is G06Q (Information and communication technology [ict] specially adapted for administrative, commercial, financial, managerial).
- Granted patents
- 570
- Published applications
- 914
- Inventors
- 835
- Granted in 2026 so far
- 0
- Most recent grant
- 11 Feb 2025
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 1 | 0 |
| 1995 | 0 | 0 |
| 1996 | 0 | 0 |
| 1997 | 0 | 0 |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 |
| 1999 | 0 | 0 |
| 2000 | 8 | 0 |
| 2001 | 7 | 1 |
| 2002 | 7 | 26 |
| 2003 | 8 | 108 |
| 2004 | 21 | 75 |
| 2005 | 22 | 94 |
| 2006 | 56 | 90 |
| 2007 | 37 | 117 |
| 2008 | 51 | 89 |
| 2009 | 57 | 71 |
| 2010 | 49 | 43 |
| 2011 | 39 | 12 |
| 2012 | 16 | 28 |
| 2013 | 31 | 20 |
| 2014 | 30 | 36 |
| 2015 | 15 | 16 |
| 2016 | 20 | 14 |
| 2017 | 15 | 9 |
| 2018 | 16 | 19 |
| 2019 | 19 | 20 |
| 2020 | 15 | 14 |
| 2021 | 10 | 5 |
| 2022 | 6 | 5 |
| 2023 | 5 | 1 |
| 2024 | 6 | 1 |
| 2025 | 2 | 0 |
By publication year.
Technology areas
Share of 1,484 documents
- G06QInformation and communication technology [ict] specially adapted for administrative, commercial, financial, managerial1,260
- G07FCoin-freed or like apparatus347
- H04LDigital communication233
- G06FComputing and data processing126
- H04WWireless communication networks80
- G07GRegistering the receipt of cash, valuables, or tokens67
- G06KGraphical data reading65
- B65HHandling thin or filamentary material55
- B43MBureau accessories not otherwise provided for47
- H04MTelephonic communication45
Recent patents
- Instant digital issuance11 Feb 2025US 12,223,476 B2
- Instant digital issuance11 Feb 2025US 12,223,502 B2
- Marketing messages in mobile commerce17 Sep 2024US 12,093,911 B2
- Systems and methods for a federated directory service23 Jul 2024US 12,045,228 B2
- Token management and handling system23 Jul 2024US 12,045,793 B2
- Instant digital issuance18 Apr 2024US 2024/0127204 A1
- Source independent consistent tokenization2 Nov 2023US 2023/0351372 A1
- Systems and methods for facilitating purchases at a gas station13 Oct 2022US 2022/0327507 A1
- Enhanced security for transaction requests utilizing automatic source identification28 Jul 2022US 2022/0237622 A1
- Systems and methods for a federated directory service3 Mar 2022US 2022/0067036 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Onetime passwords for smart chip cards622US 8,095,113 B22012
- System and method for a targeted payment system discount program417US 6,332,126 B12001
- System and method for providing a card transaction authorization fraud warning318US 6,254,000 B12001
- Methods and systems for online transaction processing314US 7,580,857 B22009
- Systems, methods and apparatus for facilitating transactions using a mobile device288US 8,606,638 B22013