G06Q 20/42
Confirmation
Official title: Confirmation, e.g. check or permission by the legal debtor of payment
G06Q20/42 (Confirmation) appears on 1,973 US grants and 3,326 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G06Q- Granted patents
- 1,973
- Published applications
- 3,326
- Assignees
- 922
- Inventors
- 5,222
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 2 | 0 |
| 1995 | 4 | 0 |
| 1996 | 2 | 0 |
| 1997 | 2 | 0 |
| 1998 | 6 | 0 |
| 1999 | 12 | 0 |
| 2000 | 12 | 0 |
| 2001 | 8 | 12 |
| 2002 | 10 | 39 |
| 2003 | 5 | 44 |
| 2004 | 7 | 52 |
| 2005 | 12 | 44 |
| 2006 | 22 | 45 |
| 2007 | 19 | 55 |
| 2008 | 23 | 47 |
| 2009 | 19 | 70 |
| 2010 | 31 | 83 |
| 2011 | 32 | 74 |
| 2012 | 51 | 131 |
| 2013 | 65 | 109 |
| 2014 | 65 | 183 |
| 2015 | 59 | 165 |
| 2016 | 73 | 170 |
| 2017 | 80 | 127 |
| 2018 | 90 | 131 |
| 2019 | 103 | 166 |
| 2020 | 131 | 212 |
| 2021 | 170 | 288 |
| 2022 | 161 | 225 |
| 2023 | 197 | 233 |
| 2024 | 192 | 235 |
| 2025 | 188 | 225 |
| 2026 | 120 | 161 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Mobile check deposit6 Oct 2026US 12,755,258 B2U.S. Bank National Association
- Performing a custom action during call screening based on a purpose of a voice call6 Oct 2026US 12,756,779 B2Capital One Services, LLC
- Mobile check deposit29 Sep 2026US 12,749,053 B2U.S. Bank National Association
- System and process for electronic payments29 Sep 2026US 12,749,059 B2Bank of Montreal
- Decentralized self-service checkouts29 Sep 2026US 12,749,062 B2NCR Voyix Corporation
- Nonverbal transaction control8 Oct 2026US 2026/0311187 A1
- Page loading method, computer system, and computer-readable storage medium8 Oct 2026US 2026/0311188 A1Advanced Nova Technologies (Singapore) Holding Pte. Ltd.
- Deriving asset characteristics and executing transactions based on user feedback and market context8 Oct 2026US 2026/0311253 A1TRETE Inc.
- Online Intermediary Transaction Systems and Methods1 Oct 2026US 2026/0300979 A1
- Data retrieval and validation for onboarding assets and deriving asset characteristics1 Oct 2026US 2026/0301067 A1TRETE Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Electronic online commerce card with transactionproxy number for online transactions1,437US 5,883,810 AMicrosoft Corporation · 1999
- Electronic bill pay system1,039US 5,465,206 AVisa International · 1995
- Computerized payment system for purchasing goods and services on the internet952US 5,757,917 AFirst Virtual Holdings Incorporated · 1998
- Electronic bill pay system934US 5,920,847 AVisa International Service Association · 1999
- Transaction authorization and alert system770US 5,708,422 AAT&T Corp. · 1998