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Stephen Higgins — 26 Patents

Mastercard: 13 patents #72 of 2,005Top 4%
CSCygnet Systems: 3 patents #1 of 12Top 9%
MLMeso Scale Technologies, Llc.: 3 patents #61 of 122Top 50%
SLSalter Labs: 1 patents #14 of 24Top 60%
Overall (All Time): #150,017 of 4,157,543Top 4%
26 Patents All Time
Stephen Higgins has been granted 26 US patents while listed as an inventor at Mastercard. The first was granted in 1998 and the most recent in October 2025. Stephen Higgins ranks #150,017 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 3.6%). Patent records list Stephen Higgins in Dublin, NY, IE.

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 26 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12443946 Method and system for enabling traceable privacy-maintaining multi-hop offline transactions in digital currencies 2025-10-14
12437296 Method and system for secure and verifiable offline blockchain transactions 2025-10-07
12430322 Method and system for pruning blocks from a blockchain 2025-09-30
12330327 Apparatus for modifying biological material and methods of use and assembly Paul Higgins, Daniel Lannan, Craig Higgins 2025-06-17
12282915 Method and system for anonymous directed blockchain transaction Jason Jay Lacoss-Arnold 2025-04-22
12056053 Method and system for establishing a distributed network without a centralized directory 2024-08-06 $699,746,000
12039533 Method and system for net settlement by use of cryptographic promissory notes issued on a blockchain 2024-07-16 $208,096,000
12034861 Method and system of storing smart contract events Eduardo Andrade, Miguel Ángel Rojo Fernández 2024-07-09
11978045 Method and system for anonymous directed blockchain transaction Jason Jay Lacoss-Arnold 2024-05-07 $230,279,000
11947522 Method and system for pruning blocks from blockchains for data retention and storage scalability purposes 2024-04-02 $347,168,000
11896978 Assay cartridges and methods of using the same Eli N. Glezer, Sandor Kovacs, Sudeep Kumar, Kenneth Page, Kristian Roth +1 more 2024-02-13
11900367 Method and system for enabling traceable privacy-maintaining multi-hop offline transactions in digital currencies 2024-02-13 $236,719,000
11650921 Method and system for establishing a distributed network without a centralized directory 2023-05-16 $109,652,000
11373179 Method and system for secure and verifiable offline blockchain transactions 2022-06-28 $140,917,000
11128538 Method and system for an interactive, tangible system for visualizing, designing and debugging distributed software applications Stephanie Finn, Thomas TREITLINGER, Rob BYRNE, Ojo K. Oluwasogo 2021-09-21 $263,374,000
10814327 Assay cartridges and methods of using the same Eli N. Glezer, Sandor Kovacs, Sudeep Kumar, Kenneth Page, Kristian Roth +1 more 2020-10-27
10697727 Universal holster assembly 2020-06-30
10234235 Convertible holster-and-benchrest assembly 2019-03-19
10151559 Method for securing two or more parts 2018-12-11
D794814 Exercise and muscle device Constance Ann Swanston 2017-08-15
9731297 Assay cartridges and methods of using the same Eli N. Glezer, Sandor Kovacs, Sudeep Kumar, Kenneth Page, Kristian Roth +1 more 2017-08-15
D785184 Massage cushion Constance Ann Swanston 2017-04-25
9415258 Modular system for exercise and muscle manipulation work Constance Ann Swanston 2016-08-16
9078513 Buffing apparatus 2015-07-14
D684683 Mask strap cushion James N. Curti, Walter Van Horn 2013-06-18