G06Q 20/04
Payment circuits
G06Q20/04 (Payment circuits) appears on 9,901 US grants and 14,757 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G06Q- Granted patents
- 9,901
- Published applications
- 14,757
- Assignees
- 3,742
- Inventors
- 20,013
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 2 | 0 |
| 1977 | 4 | 0 |
| 1978 | 2 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 1 | 0 |
| 1981 | 3 | 0 |
| 1982 | 3 | 0 |
| 1983 | 2 | 0 |
| 1984 | 1 | 0 |
| 1985 | 4 | 0 |
| 1986 | 5 | 0 |
| 1987 | 5 | 0 |
| 1988 | 8 | 0 |
| 1989 | 10 | 0 |
| 1990 | 14 | 0 |
| 1991 | 12 | 0 |
| 1992 | 14 | 0 |
| 1993 | 25 | 0 |
| 1994 | 27 | 0 |
| 1995 | 37 | 0 |
| 1996 | 30 | 0 |
| 1997 | 55 | 0 |
| 1998 | 98 | 0 |
| 1999 | 155 | 0 |
| 2000 | 149 | 0 |
| 2001 | 145 | 133 |
| 2002 | 127 | 588 |
| 2003 | 116 | 538 |
| 2004 | 116 | 481 |
| 2005 | 154 | 479 |
| 2006 | 245 | 365 |
| 2007 | 225 | 439 |
| 2008 | 246 | 455 |
| 2009 | 293 | 428 |
| 2010 | 416 | 380 |
| 2011 | 422 | 330 |
| 2012 | 349 | 385 |
| 2013 | 413 | 355 |
| 2014 | 326 | 439 |
| 2015 | 205 | 393 |
| 2016 | 182 | 365 |
| 2017 | 223 | 430 |
| 2018 | 213 | 513 |
| 2019 | 339 | 817 |
| 2020 | 495 | 1118 |
| 2021 | 610 | 1073 |
| 2022 | 777 | 1013 |
| 2023 | 728 | 992 |
| 2024 | 783 | 985 |
| 2025 | 671 | 756 |
| 2026 | 416 | 507 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- System, method, and application for exchanging content in a social network environment6 Oct 2026US 12,755,256 B2Adeia Media Holdings LLC
- Mobile check deposit6 Oct 2026US 12,755,258 B2U.S. Bank National Association
- Decentralized network with near instantaneous terminal transfers6 Oct 2026US 12,755,260 B2NCR Atleos Corporation
- Universal payment channel6 Oct 2026US 12,755,261 B2Visa International Service Association
- Systems and methods for validating interactions6 Oct 2026US 12,755,267 B2Capital One Services, LLC
- Multi-capture for remote deposit via scanner8 Oct 2026US 2026/0311147 A1Wells Fargo Bank, N. A.
- Unified digital platform for lifecycle management of non-fungible tokens8 Oct 2026US 2026/0311148 A1Paypal, Inc.
- Partially-mined gold deposit tokenization and token transformation management8 Oct 2026US 2026/0311149 A1NatGold Digital Ltd.
- Asset-backed digital tokens8 Oct 2026US 2026/0311150 A1Precidian Investments, LLC
- Information processing system, information processing method, and node device8 Oct 2026US 2026/0311177 A1Yenpoint Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Systems and methods for secure transaction management and electronic rights protection3,563US 5,892,900 AIntertrust Technologies Corporation · 1999
- Method and system for placing a purchase order via a communications network2,464US 5,960,411 AAmazon. com, Inc. · 1999
- Method and apparatus for a cryptographically assisted commercial network system designed to facilitate buyer-driven conditional purchase offers2,225US 5,794,207 AWalker Asset Management Limited Partnership · 1998
- Interactive market management system2,081US 4,799,156 AStrategic Processing Corporation · 1989
- Method and system for remote delivery of retail banking services1,959US 5,220,501 AOnline Resources, Ltd. · 1993