G06Q 20/34
Using cards
Official title: using cards, e.g. integrated circuit [IC] cards or magnetic cards
G06Q20/34 (Using cards) appears on 11,150 US grants and 13,006 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G06Q- Granted patents
- 11,150
- Published applications
- 13,006
- Assignees
- 2,993
- Inventors
- 17,476
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 11 | 0 |
| 1977 | 19 | 0 |
| 1978 | 16 | 0 |
| 1979 | 9 | 0 |
| 1980 | 14 | 0 |
| 1981 | 20 | 0 |
| 1982 | 22 | 0 |
| 1983 | 10 | 0 |
| 1984 | 17 | 0 |
| 1985 | 23 | 0 |
| 1986 | 31 | 0 |
| 1987 | 49 | 0 |
| 1988 | 57 | 0 |
| 1989 | 100 | 0 |
| 1990 | 60 | 0 |
| 1991 | 58 | 0 |
| 1992 | 50 | 0 |
| 1993 | 67 | 0 |
| 1994 | 85 | 0 |
| 1995 | 103 | 0 |
| 1996 | 121 | 0 |
| 1997 | 108 | 0 |
| 1998 | 173 | 0 |
| 1999 | 193 | 0 |
| 2000 | 207 | 0 |
| 2001 | 178 | 124 |
| 2002 | 171 | 433 |
| 2003 | 207 | 428 |
| 2004 | 209 | 487 |
| 2005 | 192 | 464 |
| 2006 | 276 | 373 |
| 2007 | 266 | 409 |
| 2008 | 258 | 427 |
| 2009 | 278 | 489 |
| 2010 | 327 | 366 |
| 2011 | 337 | 376 |
| 2012 | 366 | 428 |
| 2013 | 429 | 487 |
| 2014 | 387 | 571 |
| 2015 | 338 | 605 |
| 2016 | 341 | 610 |
| 2017 | 355 | 578 |
| 2018 | 366 | 561 |
| 2019 | 513 | 603 |
| 2020 | 569 | 693 |
| 2021 | 621 | 784 |
| 2022 | 608 | 671 |
| 2023 | 597 | 625 |
| 2024 | 589 | 611 |
| 2025 | 463 | 495 |
| 2026 | 286 | 308 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- G06Q 20/341Active cards, i.e. cards including their own processing means4,700
- G06Q 20/352Contactless payments by cards1,624
- G06Q 20/357Cards having a plurality of specified features1,519
- G06Q 20/355Personalisation of cards for use1,400
- G06Q 20/342Cards defining paid or billed services or quantities1,033
- G06Q 20/343Cards including a counter783
- G06Q 20/354Card activation or deactivation663
- G06Q 20/356Aspects of software for card payments662
Recent patents
- Integrating mobile payment application with other mobile applications while preventing security exposures6 Oct 2026US 12,755,264 B2Edison Vault, LLC
- Method for managing a transaction with a smart card6 Oct 2026US 12,755,270 B2Thales Dis France SAS
- System and method for providing temporary virtual payment card6 Oct 2026US 12,755,271 B2Capital One Services, LLC
- System and method for secure transactions6 Oct 2026US 12,755,275 B2Data Mesh Group Pty Ltd
- Autofilling data based on account authentication using a contactless card6 Oct 2026US 12,755,281 B2Capital One Services, LLC
- Spi keyboard module for a parking meter and a parking meter having an spi keyboard module8 Oct 2026US 2026/0310308 A1J. J. Mackay Canada Limited
- Systems and methods for distributed data queries using obscured personal data8 Oct 2026US 2026/0310824 A1Capital One Services, LLC
- System, method, and computer-accessible medium for blocking malicious emv transactions8 Oct 2026US 2026/0311162 A1Capital One Services, LLC
- Systems and methods for issuing processor aggregation8 Oct 2026US 2026/0311163 A1Simnang IP, LLC
- Tokenizing a primary account number prior to transmission to a terminal8 Oct 2026US 2026/0311167 A1Capital One Services, LLC
Most cited
By later US patents
- Shopping assistance with handheld computing device1,800US 6,587,835 B12003
- Electronic online commerce card with transactionproxy number for online transactions1,437US 5,883,810 AMicrosoft Corporation · 1999
- Universal electronic transaction card including receipt storage and system and methods of conducting electronic transactions1,428US 5,590,038 A1996
- Modular transaction terminal1,375US 6,065,679 AIVI Checkmate Corp. · 2000
- Children's credit or debit card system1,251US 5,953,710 A1999