50th anniversary of the worlds first chip card patent submission
In 1968, German engineers Juergen Dethloff and Helmut Groettrup applied for a patent for "identification circuits" in Austria. The purpose of this "identification circuit" is to receive the information provided and assign a specific meaning to it. To achieve this, the sending and receiving points are given specific logic.In 1968, German engineers Juergen Dethloff and Helmut Groettrup applied for a patent for "identification circuits" in Austria. The purpose of this "identification circuit" is to receive the information provided and assign a specific meaning to it. To achieve this, the sending and receiving points are given specific logic.In 1968, German engineers Juergen Dethloff and Helmut Groettrup applied for a patent for "identification circuits" in Austria. The purpose of this "identification circuit" is to receive the information provided and assign a specific meaning to it. To achieve this, the sending and receiving points are given specific logic.
In September of the following year, the same patent application was filed in Germany, which has been wirelessly transmitted via inductive coupling (ie RFID or NFC technology). The chip card makes up for the shortcomings of the magnetic stripe card in terms of fraud protection and is therefore more reliable.
The world's first chip card patent, in addition to Austria and Germany, the patent is also deployed in five other countries: Switzerland, Sweden, the United Kingdom, France and the United States.
It is with the basic technology of this patent that the current application of chip cards in various industries is widely used. Now, chip cards have become an integral part in daily lives, using ATMs, shopping, medical treatment, taking public transportation, using electronic IDs and mobile phones, accessing offices, accessing IT systems, and using a variety of IoT devices. Without the development of chip cards and their multiple applications, we will not be able to achieve today's connected life.
