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Middle East and Africa: Top Mobile Payments Patents Holders (2002 - 2022)

  • With 45 Mobile Payments related patents published between 2002 and 2022, Mastercard Inc holds the most number of Mobile Payments patents in the Middle East and Africa region, of which 97.8% was contributed by its subsidiary MasterCard International Incorporated.

  • The second largest number of Mobile Payments related patents were published by nChain Holdings Limited with 42 patents. The third largest number of Mobile Payments related patents were published by Visa Inc with 28 patents, of which 42.9% was contributed by its subsidiary Visa International Service Association. The fourth largest number of Mobile Payments related patents were published by SoftBank Group Corp with 27 patents. The fifth largest number of Mobile Payments related patents were published by Black Gold Coin Inc with 19 patents.

  • The top five patent holders, i.e., Mastercard Inc, nChain Holdings Limited, Visa Inc, SoftBank Group Corp, and Black Gold Coin Inc, together held 161 Mobile Payments patents during the period.

Middle East and Africa: 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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