Intellectual Property India Publishes Patent Application for Method And System For Offline Contactless Payment At A Point-Of-Sale Terminal Over Near-Field Communication

MUMBAI, India, Oct. 26 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202621097581 A) filed by National Payments Corporation Of India on August 12, 2026, for Method And System For Offline Contactless Payment At A Point-Of-Sale Terminal Over Near-Field Communication.

Inventors include Nishant Gaurav; Vipin Soni; Jash Desai; and Himit Parekh.

The application for the patent was published on October 23, 2026, under issue no. 43/2026.

Abstract: ABSTRACT METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR OFFLINE CONTACTLESS PAYMENT AT A POINT-OF-SALE TERMINAL OVER NEAR-FIELD COMMUNICATION A system and method for completing a person-to-merchant payment over a near-field-communication link without payer-side network connectivity are described. In one exa...