G06Q 20/08
Payment architectures
G06Q20/08 (Payment architectures) appears on 36,680 US grants and 53,652 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G06Q- Granted patents
- 36,680
- Published applications
- 53,652
- Assignees
- 10,380
- Inventors
- 67,719
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 8 | 0 |
| 1977 | 8 | 0 |
| 1978 | 8 | 0 |
| 1979 | 9 | 0 |
| 1980 | 11 | 0 |
| 1981 | 13 | 0 |
| 1982 | 18 | 0 |
| 1983 | 14 | 0 |
| 1984 | 19 | 0 |
| 1985 | 17 | 0 |
| 1986 | 27 | 0 |
| 1987 | 27 | 0 |
| 1988 | 35 | 0 |
| 1989 | 43 | 0 |
| 1990 | 32 | 0 |
| 1991 | 36 | 0 |
| 1992 | 38 | 0 |
| 1993 | 41 | 0 |
| 1994 | 51 | 0 |
| 1995 | 60 | 0 |
| 1996 | 59 | 0 |
| 1997 | 120 | 0 |
| 1998 | 232 | 0 |
| 1999 | 369 | 0 |
| 2000 | 367 | 0 |
| 2001 | 304 | 378 |
| 2002 | 313 | 1532 |
| 2003 | 349 | 1360 |
| 2004 | 333 | 1405 |
| 2005 | 482 | 1667 |
| 2006 | 703 | 1498 |
| 2007 | 722 | 1629 |
| 2008 | 849 | 2019 |
| 2009 | 1096 | 1934 |
| 2010 | 1662 | 1769 |
| 2011 | 1642 | 1809 |
| 2012 | 1624 | 2008 |
| 2013 | 1674 | 1889 |
| 2014 | 1553 | 2486 |
| 2015 | 1089 | 2348 |
| 2016 | 1070 | 2355 |
| 2017 | 1385 | 2396 |
| 2018 | 1459 | 2324 |
| 2019 | 2023 | 2713 |
| 2020 | 2221 | 3142 |
| 2021 | 2319 | 3346 |
| 2022 | 2408 | 2830 |
| 2023 | 2438 | 2799 |
| 2024 | 2336 | 2667 |
| 2025 | 1872 | 2052 |
| 2026 | 1092 | 1297 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- G06Q 20/10Specially adapted for electronic funds transfer [eft] systems16,567
- G06Q 20/20Point-of-sale [pos] network systems14,139
- G06Q 20/12Specially adapted for electronic shopping systems7,272
- G06Q 20/14Specially adapted for billing systems3,510
- G06Q 20/18Involving self-service terminals [sst], vending machines, kiosks or multimedia terminals3,070
- G06Q 20/085Involving remote charge determination or related payment systems2,487
- G06Q 20/16Payments settled via telecommunication systems569
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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
- Internet service of differently formatted viewable data signals including commands for browser execution2,255US 6,295,530 B12001
- 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
- Method and apparatus for serving files to browsing clients2,153US 6,826,565 B2Ablaise Limited · 2004