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Europe: Top Mobile Payments Patents Holders (2002 - 2022)

  • With 193 Mobile Payments related patents published between 2002 and 2022, Worldline SA holds the most number of Mobile Payments patents in the Europe region, of which 65.3% was contributed by its subsidiary Ingenico SA.

  • The second largest number of Mobile Payments related patents were published by Mastercard Inc with 173 patents, of which 91.3% was contributed by its subsidiary MasterCard International Incorporated. The third largest number of Mobile Payments related patents were published by Visa Inc with 163 patents, of which 70.6% was contributed by its subsidiary Visa International Service Association. The fourth largest number of Mobile Payments related patents were published by nChain Holdings Limited with 119 patents. The fifth largest number of Mobile Payments related patents were published by International Business Machines Corp with 108 patents.

  • The top five patent holders, i.e., Worldline SA, Mastercard Inc, Visa Inc, nChain Holdings Limited, and International Business Machines Corp, together held 756 Mobile Payments patents during the period.

Europe: Top Mobile Payments Patents Holders (2002 - 2022)

Note: The number of patents includes patents published by the holding company and its subsidiaries (data till October 2022)
Published: November 2022
Source: GlobalData

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