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G06Q 20/347

Passive cards

Official title: {Passive cards}

G06Q20/347 (Passive cards) appears on 541 US grants and 563 published applications in this corpus.

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Granted patents: 541
Published applications: 563
Assignees: 245
Inventors: 866
Latest grant: 15 Sep 2026

Filings by year

G06Q 20/347: granted patents and published applications per publication year
Year	Granted patents	Published applications
1976	3	0
1977	10	0
1978	4	0
1979	2	0
1980	4	0
1981	0	0
1982	2	0
1983	0	0
1984	5	0
1985	4	0
1986	2	0
1987	11	0
1988	3	0
1989	10	0
1990	5	0
1991	4	0
1992	2	0
1993	4	0
1994	5	0
1995	8	0
1996	6	0
1997	5	0
1998	9	0
1999	5	0
2000	8	0
2001	5	2
2002	10	20
2003	4	17
2004	9	14
2005	6	28
2006	9	24
2007	15	28
2008	12	37
2009	13	31
2010	15	25
2011	24	27
2012	20	57
2013	36	37
2014	28	28
2015	33	33
2016	34	22
2017	24	12
2018	25	16
2019	11	24
2020	21	13
2021	16	21
2022	9	12
2023	12	12
2024	13	10
2025	12	7
2026	4	6

By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.

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