US Patent Issued to MasterCard International on July 14 for "Health pass systems and methods" (New Jersey, New York Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,682,998, issued on July 14, was assigned to MasterCard International Inc. (Purchase, N.Y.).

"Health pass systems and methods" was invented by Dennis A. Gamiello (Yorktown Heights, N.Y.) and Jonathan Grossar (Jersey City, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "System and methods are provided for issuing, using and maintaining passes which may be used to show a current status of approved individuals. In some embodiments, the passes are health passes and the status is a health status."

The patent was filed on April 13, 2021, under Application No. 17/285,315.

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