11-02-2016, 03:44 PM
History
1968
German inventor Jurgen Dethloff along with Helmet Grotrupp filed a patent for using plastic as a carrier for microchips.
1970
Dr. Kunitaka Arimura of Japan filed the first and only patent on the smart card concept
1974
Roland Moreno of France files the original patent for the IC card, later dubbed the “smart card.”
1977
Three commercial manufacturers, Bull CP8, SGS Thomson, and Schlumberger began developing the IC card product.
1979
Motorola developed first single chip Microcontroller for French Banking
1982
World's first major IC card testing
1992
Nationwide prepaid card project started in Denmark
1999
Federal Government began a Federal employee smart card identification
1968
German inventor Jurgen Dethloff along with Helmet Grotrupp filed a patent for using plastic as a carrier for microchips.
1970
Dr. Kunitaka Arimura of Japan filed the first and only patent on the smart card concept
1974
Roland Moreno of France files the original patent for the IC card, later dubbed the “smart card.”
1977
Three commercial manufacturers, Bull CP8, SGS Thomson, and Schlumberger began developing the IC card product.
1979
Motorola developed first single chip Microcontroller for French Banking
1982
World's first major IC card testing
1992
Nationwide prepaid card project started in Denmark
1999
Federal Government began a Federal employee smart card identification