US Patent Issued to Alimentation Couche-Tard on July 14 for "Pay by plate" (Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,682,336, issued on July 14, was assigned to Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc. (Laval, Canada).

"Pay by plate" was invented by Karl Magnus Tagtstrom (Montreal) and Claudio Cardoso Saiki (Montreal).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for streamlined vehicle fueling and payment are provided. In an example, the present disclosure is directed to an automated, seamless payment system for use at a gas station or convenience store. In particular, the application is related to a payment system for use at a pay at pump arrangement that does not require the user to provide a specific payment method at the time of the gas pump use."

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