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David Wentker — 24 Patents

Visa: 14 patents #120 of 2,009Top 6%
TATapcentive: 10 patents #1 of 5Top 20%
San Francisco, CA: #1,493 of 26,999 inventorsTop 6%
California: #23,266 of 386,348 inventorsTop 7%
Overall (All Time): #168,038 of 4,157,543Top 5%
24 Patents All Time
David Wentker has been granted 24 US patents while listed as an inventor at Visa. The first was granted in 1999 and the most recent in May 2024. David Wentker ranks #168,038 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 4.0%). Patent records list David Wentker in San Francisco, CA, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1999 to 2024Bar chart with a peak of 5 patents in 2020.peak 51999: 1 patents19992001: 1 patents2002: 1 patents20022012: 2 patents2014: 2 patents20142015: 1 patents2017: 3 patents20172018: 2 patents2019: 3 patents20192020: 5 patents2021: 1 patents20212022: 1 patents2024: 1 patents2024

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–24 of 24 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
11978305 Method and system for predetermined games of chance using smart cards to securely distribute game outcome 2024-05-07
11263869 Process for allowing a consumer to play and redeem digitall pull-tab tickets using a NFC chip or tag that stores inventory control numbers, and an ancillary device that facilitates communication between the NFC chip or tag and a remote gaming server which provides game outcomes to the ancillary device for display thereon Mike Lindelsee, Kenneth E. Irwin, Jr. 2022-03-01
11195166 Mobile payment management Erick Wong, Doug Deibert, Gavin Shenker 2021-12-07 $591,892,000
10789808 Process for allowing a consumer to play and redeem virtual instant tickets using a NFC chip or tag that stores inventory control numbers, and an ancillary device that facilitates communication between the NFC chip or tag and a remote gaming server which provides game outcomes to the ancillary device for display thereon Mike Lindelsee, Kenneth E. Irwin, Jr. 2020-09-29
10695681 System for unlocking game play data on near field communications system for unlocking game play data on near field communications (NFC) chips to allow for game play on an electronic computing device that uses the game play data Kenneth E. Irwin, Jr. 2020-06-30
10600045 Mobile device with disabling feature Gavin Shenker, Douglas Deibert, Erick Wong 2020-03-24 $512,825,000
10593153 System and method for allowing a consumer to play a plurality of virtual instant tickets that are loaded into a microprocessor and that is physically provided to the consumer Gavin Shenker, Mike Lindelsee, Gabriel Wachob, Kenneth E. Irwin, Jr. 2020-03-17
10529187 Electronic instant tickets for instant ticket vending machines Kenneth E. Irwin, Jr. 2020-01-07
10387868 Mobile payment management Erick Wong, Doug Diebert, Gavin Shenker 2019-08-20 $174,598,000
10366564 Personal gaming terminal used in possession of player Mike Lindelsee, Kenneth E. Irwin, Jr. 2019-07-30
10360577 Distributed generation of a coupon using a game of chance, a random number generator and a payout table to determine the value of the coupon Gavin Shenker, Mike Lindelsee, Gabriel Wachob 2019-07-23
10032157 Mobile device with disabling feature Gavin Shenker, Douglas Deibert, Erick Wong 2018-07-24 $755,165,000
9911274 Secure distributed gambling using stand-alone gambling platforms formed by independently operating coupled pairs of gambling microprocessors and mobile computing devices Gavin Shenker, Mike Lindelsee, Gabriel Wachob 2018-03-06
9811823 Mobile device with disabling feature Gavin Shenker, Douglas Deibert, Erick Wong 2017-11-07 $299,773,000
9647855 Mobile phone payment with disabling feature Doug Deibert, Erick Wong, Gavin Shenker 2017-05-09 $522,894,000
9639865 Distributed generation of a coupon Gavin Shenker, Mike Lindelsee, Gabriel Wachob 2017-05-02
9160741 Remote authentication system Michael Lindelsee, Olivier Brand, James Dimmick, Tribhuwan A. Singh Grewal 2015-10-13 $617,390,000
8918637 Remote authentication system Michael Lindelsee, Olivier Brand, James Dimmick, Tribhuwan A. Singh Grewal 2014-12-23 $533,816,000
8631231 Mobile device initiated transaction Michael Lindelsee, Olivier Brand, James Dimmick, Tribhuwan A. Singh Grewal 2014-01-14 $230,662,000
8281991 Transaction secured in an untrusted environment Gabriel Wachob 2012-10-09 $169,325,000
8156543 Method and system for authenticating a party to a transaction Michael Lindelsee, Olivier Brand, James Dimmick, Tribhuwan A. Singh Grewal 2012-04-10 $363,343,000
6481632 Delegated management of smart card applications Klaus P. Gungl 2002-11-19
6233683 System and method for a multi-application smart card which can facilitate a post-issuance download of an application onto the smart card Alfred Chan, Marc Kekicheff, Joel M. Weise 2001-05-15
6005942 System and method for a multi-application smart card which can facilitate a post-issuance download of an application onto the smart card Alfred Chan, Marc Kekicheff, Joel M. Weise 1999-12-21