G06Q 20/40
Authorisation
Official title: Authorisation, e.g. identification of payer or payee, verification of customer or shop credentials; Review and approval of payers, e.g. check credit lines or negative lists
G06Q20/40 (Authorisation) appears on 25,063 US grants and 36,518 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G06Q- Granted patents
- 25,063
- Published applications
- 36,518
- Assignees
- 6,410
- Inventors
- 45,228
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 16 | 0 |
| 1977 | 11 | 0 |
| 1978 | 4 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 10 | 0 |
| 1981 | 13 | 0 |
| 1982 | 11 | 0 |
| 1983 | 7 | 0 |
| 1984 | 13 | 0 |
| 1985 | 15 | 0 |
| 1986 | 15 | 0 |
| 1987 | 16 | 0 |
| 1988 | 35 | 0 |
| 1989 | 42 | 0 |
| 1990 | 31 | 0 |
| 1991 | 29 | 0 |
| 1992 | 33 | 0 |
| 1993 | 45 | 0 |
| 1994 | 45 | 0 |
| 1995 | 54 | 0 |
| 1996 | 72 | 0 |
| 1997 | 68 | 0 |
| 1998 | 135 | 0 |
| 1999 | 145 | 0 |
| 2000 | 194 | 0 |
| 2001 | 140 | 131 |
| 2002 | 144 | 520 |
| 2003 | 147 | 542 |
| 2004 | 181 | 523 |
| 2005 | 212 | 602 |
| 2006 | 346 | 538 |
| 2007 | 286 | 678 |
| 2008 | 359 | 836 |
| 2009 | 452 | 905 |
| 2010 | 655 | 889 |
| 2011 | 686 | 848 |
| 2012 | 729 | 974 |
| 2013 | 835 | 1113 |
| 2014 | 862 | 1385 |
| 2015 | 612 | 1534 |
| 2016 | 637 | 1686 |
| 2017 | 842 | 1749 |
| 2018 | 958 | 1666 |
| 2019 | 1335 | 2098 |
| 2020 | 1655 | 2725 |
| 2021 | 2003 | 3024 |
| 2022 | 2184 | 2631 |
| 2023 | 2288 | 2648 |
| 2024 | 2302 | 2605 |
| 2025 | 1896 | 2108 |
| 2026 | 1258 | 1560 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Systems and methods for region-specific sub-tokenization in cryptographic transaction processing6 Oct 2026US 12,754,690 B2Vannadium, Inc.
- Mobile check deposit6 Oct 2026US 12,755,258 B2U.S. Bank National Association
- 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
- System and method for providing temporary virtual payment card6 Oct 2026US 12,755,271 B2Capital One Services, LLC
- Apparatus, Systems, and Methods for Self-Executing Enhanced Interaction with a Node-based Logistics Receptacle8 Oct 2026US 2026/0311111 A1Federal Express Corporation
- Enhanced Apparatus, Systems, and Methods for Receiving and Temporarily Maintaining a Delivery Item and Responsively Initiating a Dispatched Logistics Operation for a Storage Receptacle8 Oct 2026US 2026/0311112 A1Federal Express Corporation
- Single-Tap Vending System with Integrated Payment and Dispensing Operations8 Oct 2026US 2026/0311154 A1
- System and Method for Identity-Linked Social Communication Initiation Using Activation Assets8 Oct 2026US 2026/0311161 A1Taptext LLC
- System, method, and computer-accessible medium for blocking malicious emv transactions8 Oct 2026US 2026/0311162 A1Capital One Services, LLC
Most cited
By later US patents
- 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
- Network sales system1,695US 5,715,314 AOpen Market, Inc. · 1998
- System for controlling the distribution and use of digital works having attached usage rights where the usage rights are defined by a usage rights grammar1,464US 5,715,403 AXerox Corporation · 1998
- Electronic online commerce card with transactionproxy number for online transactions1,437US 5,883,810 AMicrosoft Corporation · 1999