G06Q 20/102
Bill distribution or payments
Official title: {Bill distribution or payments}
G06Q20/102 (Bill distribution or payments) appears on 6,004 US grants and 8,868 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G06Q- Granted patents
- 6,004
- Published applications
- 8,868
- Assignees
- 2,257
- Inventors
- 13,851
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1978 | 1 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 1 | 0 |
| 1986 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | 1 | 0 |
| 1988 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | 2 | 0 |
| 1990 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 | 1 | 0 |
| 1992 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993 | 3 | 0 |
| 1994 | 3 | 0 |
| 1995 | 2 | 0 |
| 1996 | 3 | 0 |
| 1997 | 17 | 0 |
| 1998 | 28 | 0 |
| 1999 | 61 | 0 |
| 2000 | 73 | 0 |
| 2001 | 54 | 83 |
| 2002 | 55 | 346 |
| 2003 | 45 | 295 |
| 2004 | 44 | 312 |
| 2005 | 77 | 387 |
| 2006 | 134 | 333 |
| 2007 | 137 | 336 |
| 2008 | 176 | 429 |
| 2009 | 279 | 434 |
| 2010 | 484 | 459 |
| 2011 | 452 | 319 |
| 2012 | 429 | 375 |
| 2013 | 434 | 349 |
| 2014 | 314 | 381 |
| 2015 | 139 | 246 |
| 2016 | 127 | 271 |
| 2017 | 172 | 385 |
| 2018 | 171 | 311 |
| 2019 | 240 | 361 |
| 2020 | 276 | 406 |
| 2021 | 322 | 493 |
| 2022 | 318 | 365 |
| 2023 | 338 | 370 |
| 2024 | 270 | 369 |
| 2025 | 213 | 268 |
| 2026 | 108 | 185 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Secure electronic billing with real-time funds availability6 Oct 2026US 12,755,303 B2Early Warning Services, LLC
- Pharmaceutical returns processing system and related methods29 Sep 2026US 12,749,054 B1Inmar Rx Solutions, Inc.
- Centralized restaurant management29 Sep 2026US 12,749,055 B2Block, Inc.
- Payment card reconciliation by authorization code29 Sep 2026US 12,749,056 B2VPay, Inc.
- Payment terminal operation method and system therefor29 Sep 2026US 12,749,061 B2Poynt Co.
- Exchange model utilizing data elements8 Oct 2026US 2026/0311151 A1Wells Fargo Bank, N. A.
- Control tower for prospective transactions8 Oct 2026US 2026/0311153 A1Wells Fargo Bank, N. A.
- System and method for interprocess data transfer1 Oct 2026US 2026/0300946 A1Truist Bank
- System and method for interprocess data transfer1 Oct 2026US 2026/0300947 A1Truist Bank
- Method and apparatus for performing transactions over a network using cross-origin communication1 Oct 2026US 2026/0300963 A1Stripe, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- 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
- Network sales system1,695US 5,715,314 AOpen Market, Inc. · 1998
- Data transmission system and data transmitting method1,435US 8,140,417 B2Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha · 2012
- System and method for bill delivery and payment over a communications network1,425US 5,699,528 AMastercard International Incorporated · 1997