G07F 7/1016
Devices or methods for securing the pin and other transaction-data
Official title: {Devices or methods for securing the PIN and other transaction-data, e.g. by encryption (arrangements for secret communication, see H04L9/00)}
G07F7/1016 (Devices or methods for securing the pin and other transaction-data) appears on 714 US grants and 491 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G07F- Granted patents
- 714
- Published applications
- 491
- Assignees
- 268
- Inventors
- 874
- Latest grant
- 30 Jun 2026
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| 2001 | 18 | 10 |
| 2002 | 21 | 39 |
| 2003 | 28 | 58 |
| 2004 | 17 | 20 |
| 2005 | 21 | 32 |
| 2006 | 29 | 27 |
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| 2019 | 10 | 12 |
| 2020 | 9 | 7 |
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| 2022 | 5 | 3 |
| 2023 | 4 | 3 |
| 2024 | 4 | 4 |
| 2025 | 4 | 5 |
| 2026 | 4 | 3 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Device security with physically unclonable functions30 Jun 2026US 12,670,490 B2Block, Inc.
- Techniques for personal identification number management for contactless cards2 Jun 2026US 12,646,370 B2Capital One Services, LLC
- Multimode retail system20 Jan 2026US 12,530,938 B2Wayne Fueling Systems LLC
- Personalization device and method for integrated circuit card13 Jan 2026US 12,524,756 B2STMicroelectronics International N. V.
- Secure pin entry using a virtual terminal2 Sep 2025US 12,407,517 B2Apple Inc.
- Techniques for personal identification number management for contactless cards3 Sep 2026US 2026/0260532 A1Capital One Services, LLC
- A method, an apparatus and a system for securing interactions between users and computer-based applications11 Jun 2026US 2026/0163885 A1OneSpan North America Inc.
- Card and card usage apparatus29 Jan 2026US 2026/0027848 A1
- Secure pin entry using a virtual terminal25 Dec 2025US 2025/0392451 A1Apple Inc.
- Code shield for an electronic payment terminal and corresponding electronic payment terminal26 Jun 2025US 2025/0209218 A1Banks and Acquirers International Holding
Most cited
By later US patents
- Computer system linked by using information in data objects1,131US 6,122,403 ADigimarc Corporation · 2000
- Electronic payment system and method970US 5,590,197 AV-One Corporation · 1996
- Method and device for generating a single-use financial account number726US 6,163,771 AWalker Digital, LLC · 2000
- Network linking method using steganographically embedded data objects665US 5,841,978 ADigimarc Corporation · 1998
- Graphics processing system employing embedded code signals621US 5,768,426 ADigimarc Corporation · 1998