Patents
US patents through Dec 31, 2025 · PatentsView, from the USPTO’s Open Data Portal · read Oct 27, 2026
35 patents granted to the 14 names below, as the owner printed on each patent when it was granted. A later sale, a lapse or an expiry is not read, so this is what was granted to Global Payments, Inc.’s names, not what it holds today.
Patents granted
35
35 utility, 1976 to Dec 31, 2025
Granted in 2025
5
Against none in 2024 and 1 in 2023
Applications published
47
6 of them in 2025
Names they are printed under
14
a subsidiary, its own name
By yearGrantedApplications published
'11'12'13'14'15'16'17'18'19'20'21'22'23'24'25
Each pair is one calendar year. Applications are published about eighteen months after filing, so the newest years read low.
What they are aboutgrants since 2021
IT methods for management6
Computer technology3
The main technology area of each patent, in the World Intellectual Property Organization’s 35 fields.
Under which name14 counted
TOTAL SYSTEM SERVICES, INC. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
7 publishedXENIAL, INC. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
7 publishedACTIVE NETWORK, LLC a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
3 publishedHEARTLAND PAYMENT SYSTEMS, LLC a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
3 publishedTotal System Services, Inc. a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
7 publishedGlobal Payments Inc. its own name
US, as the owner printed on each patent
4 publishedHeartland Payment Systems, Inc. a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
4 publishedTouchNet Information Systems, Inc. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
0 publishedXenial, Inc. a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
4 publishedTSYS Acquiring Solutions, L.L.C. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
3 publishedCayan Inc. a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
2 publishedMINERALTREE, INC. a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
2 publishedCAYAN LLC a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
0 publishedEVO MERCHANT SERVICES, LLC a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
1 published
Newest grantseach row opens the USPTO’s own copy
| Granted | Patent | Title | Field | Owner as printed |
|---|
| Aug 26, 2025 | 12,400,279 | Drive through system including vision system and transaction system integration | IT methods for management | XENIAL, INC. |
| Aug 5, 2025 | 12,381,673 | Drive through audio communication system with multi-lane support | IT methods for management | XENIAL, INC. |
| Jun 10, 2025 | 12,327,230 | Drive through system with traffic management | IT methods for management | XENIAL, INC. |
| May 20, 2025 | 12,307,505 | System for eatery ordering with mobile interface and point-of-sale terminal | Computer technology | XENIAL, INC. |
| Jan 7, 2025 | 12,190,302 | Point of sale terminal system and multi terminal network | IT methods for management | XENIAL, INC. |
| Aug 29, 2023 | 11,741,529 | System for eatery ordering with mobile interface and point-of-sale terminal | Computer technology | XENIAL, INC. |
| May 10, 2022 | 11,328,278 | Point of sale terminal system and multi terminal network | IT methods for management | XENIAL, INC. |
| Feb 8, 2022 | 11,244,681 | System and method for drive through order processing | Computer technology | XENIAL, INC. |
| Dec 21, 2021 | 11,205,176 | Methods and systems for authorizing program activities | IT methods for management | TOTAL SYSTEM SERVICES, INC. |
| Aug 18, 2020 | 10,748,146 | Tamper-resistant secure methods, systems and apparatuses for credit and debit transactions | IT methods for management | HEARTLAND PAYMENT SYSTEMS, LLC |
Newest applications publishedan application is a clue, never a plan
| Published | Application | Title | Field | Owner as printed |
|---|
| Dec 25, 2025 | 2025/0390967 | DRIVE THROUGH SYSTEM INCLUDING VISION SYSTEM AND TRANSACTION SYSTEM INTEGRATION | IT methods for management | XENIAL, INC. |
| Sep 18, 2025 | 2025/0293824 | DRIVE THROUGH AUDIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM WITH MULTI-LANE SUPPORT | IT methods for management | XENIAL, INC. |
| Aug 7, 2025 | 2025/0252417 | POINT OF SALE TERMINAL SYSTEM AND MULTI TERMINAL NETWORK | IT methods for management | XENIAL, INC. |
| Jun 5, 2025 | 2025/0182080 | DRIVE THROUGH SYSTEM WITH TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT | IT methods for management | XENIAL, INC. |
| Jun 5, 2025 | 2025/0182079 | DRIVE THROUGH SYSTEM WITH TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT | IT methods for management | Xenial, Inc. · patent 12,327,230 granted from it |
| May 8, 2025 | 2025/0148553 | DRIVE THROUGH SYSTEM INCLUDING VISION SYSTEM AND TRANSACTION SYSTEM INTEGRATION | IT methods for management | Xenial, Inc. · patent 12,400,279 granted from it |
| Sep 19, 2024 | 2024/0311937 | DRIVE THROUGH SYSTEM INCLUDING VISION SYSTEM AND TRANSACTION SYSTEM INTEGRATION | IT methods for management | Xenial, Inc. · patent 12,400,279 granted from it |
| Nov 16, 2023 | 2023/0368274 | SYSTEM FOR EATERY ORDERING WITH MOBILE INTERFACE AND POINT-OF-SALE TERMINAL | Computer technology | XENIAL, INC. · patent 12,307,505 granted from it |
| Jan 19, 2023 | 2023/0016065 | FRICTIONLESS PAYMENT SYSTEM | IT methods for management | EVO MERCHANT SERVICES, LLC |
| Oct 20, 2022 | 2022/0335401 | POINT OF SALE TERMINAL SYSTEM AND MULTI TERMINAL NETWORK | IT methods for management | XENIAL, INC. · patent 12,190,302 granted from it |
What it applied for, 2024 to 2025: IT methods for management 7.
A patent is counted where the owner printed on it when it was granted carries the company’s own name, a former name, the name of a subsidiary its annual report lists, or its own name with a patent-holding phrase (Technology Licensing, Intellectual Property and the like), once the legal form, case and punctuation are set aside, and prints a country that name counts in. PatentsView’s data are published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence. Source: PatentsView's granted patents and pre-grant publications, disambiguated, from the USPTO's Open Data Portal, through Dec 31, 2025, read Oct 27, 2026.