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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 1998
Filed:
Dec. 16, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
R Greg Gomm, San Antonio, TX (US);
R Gary Gomm, San Antonio, TX (US);
Scott Paul, San Antonio, TX (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
235381 ; 235380 ; 902 22 ;
Abstract
Applicant's invention includes a cash-alternative transaction processing system and associated methods based on the use of smart cards, purchase point smart card reader/writer transaction register systems, and clearing center processors. Also includes are elements relating to use of smart cards in vending machines.