Y04S 50/12
Billing, invoicing, buying or selling transactions or other related activities
Official title: Billing, invoicing, buying or selling transactions or other related activities, e.g. cost or usage evaluation
Y04S50/12 (Billing, invoicing, buying or selling transactions or other related activities) appears on 442 US grants and 637 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in Y04S- Granted patents
- 442
- Published applications
- 637
- Assignees
- 164
- Inventors
- 552
- Latest grant
- 18 Aug 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1982 | 1 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 1 | 0 |
| 1986 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | 2 | 0 |
| 1991 | 0 | 0 |
| 1992 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993 | 1 | 0 |
| 1994 | 0 | 0 |
| 1995 | 2 | 0 |
| 1996 | 4 | 0 |
| 1997 | 2 | 0 |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 |
| 2000 | 2 | 0 |
| 2001 | 1 | 1 |
| 2002 | 2 | 7 |
| 2003 | 1 | 5 |
| 2004 | 2 | 5 |
| 2005 | 0 | 1 |
| 2006 | 0 | 2 |
| 2007 | 1 | 2 |
| 2008 | 4 | 30 |
| 2009 | 2 | 12 |
| 2010 | 6 | 36 |
| 2011 | 11 | 17 |
| 2012 | 9 | 30 |
| 2013 | 10 | 18 |
| 2014 | 22 | 23 |
| 2015 | 23 | 15 |
| 2016 | 19 | 24 |
| 2017 | 18 | 20 |
| 2018 | 16 | 39 |
| 2019 | 23 | 120 |
| 2020 | 27 | 114 |
| 2021 | 46 | 29 |
| 2022 | 64 | 30 |
| 2023 | 64 | 27 |
| 2024 | 19 | 11 |
| 2025 | 27 | 15 |
| 2026 | 8 | 4 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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