Patents by Inventor John C. Hopkins

John C. Hopkins has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Systems and methods for performing flow-through banking
    Patent number: 7835994
    Abstract: A flow-through transaction is effectuated with regard to a deposit account at a financial institution by an intermediary between a customer and the financial institution. The customer is received at a site of the intermediary and a type of the flow-through transaction is determined therefrom. An identification of the financial institution, the account thereat, and an amount of funds involved are received, and a request to a clearinghouse is initiated for the transaction. The clearinghouse establishes that the request is satisfactory and returns an approval of same to guarantee that the transaction is to be performed. A confirmation is provided to the customer upon receiving the approval. Thus, the customer need not visit a site of the financial institution to perform thereat a transaction equivalent to the flow-through transaction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2010
    Assignee: United Services Automobile Association (USAA)
    Inventor: John C. Hopkins, III
  • Combined key holder and defensive weapon
    Patent number: D276383
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 1982
    Date of Patent: November 20, 1984
    Inventor: John C. Hopkins