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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025
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Mustafa Top — 22 Patents

Visa: 22 patents #49 of 2,009Top 3%
San Ramon, CA: #184 of 2,140 inventorsTop 9%
California: #25,951 of 386,348 inventorsTop 7%
Overall (All Time): #189,202 of 4,157,543Top 5%
22 Patents All Time
Mustafa Top has been granted 22 US patents while listed as an inventor at Visa. The first was granted in 2008 and the most recent in December 2025. Mustafa Top ranks #189,202 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 4.6%). Patent records list Mustafa Top in San Ramon, CA, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2008 to 2025Bar chart with a peak of 5 patents in 2025.peak 52008: 1 patents20082010: 1 patents2011: 1 patents20112012: 1 patents2013: 2 patents20132014: 2 patents2015: 1 patents20152018: 2 patents2021: 1 patents20212022: 3 patents2023: 1 patents20232024: 1 patents2025: 5 patents2025

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–22 of 22 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12488331 Type 4 NFC tags as protocol interface Kiushan Pirzadeh 2025-12-02
12475336 Powered NFC communication booster and extender Yuexi Chen 2025-11-18
12430653 System, method, and computer program product for verifying a payment device using a magnetometer Yuexi Chen 2025-09-30
12218953 Binding cryptogram with protocol characteristics Yuexi Chen, Marc Kekicheff, Hao Ngo 2025-02-04
12219347 Secure on-demand ultra-wideband communication channels systems and methods Brian Sullivan, Aparna Krishnan Girish, Mark Rigby, Christian Aabye, Yuexi Chen +2 more 2025-02-04
12114161 System and methods for data security using distance measurement Marc Kekicheff, Yuexi Chen 2024-10-08 $167,213,000
11785449 Secure on-demand ultra-wideband communication channels systems and methods Brian Sullivan, Aparna Krishnan Girish, Mark Rigby, Christian Aabye, Yuexi Chen +2 more 2023-10-10 $80,739,000
11455617 Type 4 NFC tags as protocol interface Kiushan Pirzadeh 2022-09-27 $1,590,056,000
11432155 Method and system for relay attack detection Yuexi Chen 2022-08-30 $309,691,000
11394721 Binding cryptogram with protocol characteristics Yuexi Chen, Marc Kekicheff, Hao Ngo 2022-07-19 $183,483,000
10885509 Bridge device for linking wireless protocols Yuexi Chen, Philippe Martin 2021-01-05 $356,126,000
10150328 Payment card system and method Sonia Reed, Kenneth Sippola, William Alexander Thaw, William B. Bedwell, Steven Crouch-Baker +3 more 2018-12-11
9858517 Payment card system and method Sonia Reed, Kenneth Sippola, William Alexander Thaw, William B. Bedwell, Steven Crouch-Baker +3 more 2018-01-02
9058548 Payment card system and method Sonia Reed, Kenneth Sippola, William Alexander Thaw, William B. Bedwell, Steven Crouch-Baker +3 more 2015-06-16
8807437 Payment card system and method Sonia Reed, Kenneth Sippola, William Alexander Thaw, Steven Crouch-Baker, Francis Louis Tanzella +3 more 2014-08-19
8643378 Method of performing electrostatic discharge testing on a payment card Edward Kurtek, Johan Ras, Dung Huynh, Stan Weitz, Chris S. Nelson 2014-02-04
8608070 Systems and methods to define possible ESD risk Stanley Weitz, Sonia Reed 2013-12-17
8474696 Payment terminal ESD test Stanley Weitz 2013-07-02
8292164 Testing protocols for extended functionality cards Edward Kurtek, Samantha Phillips, Jan Swart, Ashish Arora 2012-10-23 $320,087,000
7902831 Methods of performing electrostatic discharge testing on a payment card Edward Kurtek, Johan Ras, Dung Huynh, Stan Weitz, Chris S. Nelson 2011-03-08 $80,403,000
7815126 Contactless activation systems and methods 2010-10-19
7438236 Contactless activation systems and methods 2008-10-21