12 fintech & commerce patents lapsed this week
Selected from 3,760 patents the USPTO recorded as expired for unpaid fees, ranked by opportunity score. The summaries and most of each score are generated by AI.
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1
Personalized sandwich recipes from past orders and feedback
System builds a per-patron taste profile from past order contents and explicit taste feedback, then modifies standard recipes for new orders and submits personalized recipes to a robotic...
83score / 100 -
2
Self‑checkout that detects slow scanning or errors and routes customer
A self‑service POS captures customer identity (card or face), measures the customer’s scan rate and detects error conditions, and then triggers predefined actions such as routing the...
80score / 100 -
3
In-app social shopping queries with response-time prediction
A mobile social-shopping app lets a shopper take two or more photos or media of items, assemble them into a single query, select parameters for the request (for example reviewer role or...
77score / 100 -
4
Prepaid promotional wallet funded by payroll or scheduled allocation
System that shows a user their provider-specific purchase history and offers promotions that add bonus value if the user commits to regularly allocate funds (for example via payroll...
76score / 100 -
5
Filter that intercepts and gates auto-play recommendations
A system intercepts recommendations that a recommender has already sent toward a consumption device, evaluates them against configured auto-consumption rules and device/context inputs,...
74score / 100 -
6
Mobile commerce system Pro
Write-up, demand check and manufacturing notes available with Pro.
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Methods and arrangements for third party charging authorization for mobile service providers Pro
Write-up, demand check and manufacturing notes available with Pro.
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Routing order lookups from retail systems Pro
Write-up, demand check and manufacturing notes available with Pro.
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