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Patrick Smets — 8 Patents

Mastercard: 8 patents #147 of 2,005Top 8%
Nijlen, BE: #8 of 27 inventorsTop 30%
Overall (All Time): #600,572 of 4,157,543Top 15%
8 Patents All Time
Patrick Smets has been granted 8 US patents while listed as an inventor at Mastercard. The first was granted in 2008 and the most recent in January 2011. Patrick Smets ranks #600,572 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 14.4%). Patent records list Patrick Smets in Nijlen, BE.

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–8 of 8 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
7866552 Method and system using a bitmap for passing contactless payment card transaction variables in standardized data formats Eddy Lodewijk Hortensia Van De Velde 2011-01-11 $194,339,000
7775445 Reference equipment for testing contactless payment devices Eddy Lodewijk Hortensia Van De Velde, Duncan Garrett 2010-08-17 $142,071,000
7717346 Collision detection and avoidance scheme for contactless card payment systems Eddy Lodewijk Hortensia Van De Velde, Duncan Garrett 2010-05-18 $148,696,000
7669772 Method and system using a bitmap for passing contactless payment card transaction variables in standardized data formats Eddy Lodewijk Hortensia Van De Velde 2010-03-02 $172,847,000
7520435 Contactless payment card reader with a frusto-conical operating volume Eddy Lodewijk Hortensia Van De Velde, Duncan Garrett 2009-04-21 $178,339,000
7431217 Reference equipment for testing contactless payment devices Eddy Lodewijk Hortensia Van De Velde, Duncan Garrett 2008-10-07 $191,297,000
7424977 Method and system for conducting contactless payment card transactions Eddy Lodewijk Hortensia Van De Velde, Duncan Garrett 2008-09-16 $209,088,000
7422157 Payment card signal characterization methods and circuits Eddy Lodewijk Hortensia Van De Velde, Duncan Garrett 2008-09-09 $235,045,000