Patents by Inventor Robert E. Ellingson

Robert E. Ellingson 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).

  • System and method for thwarting identity theft and other identity misrepresentations
    Patent number: 7240363
    Abstract: Registered users including businesses attach a one-time-use identity verifier to as many financial and other transactions as they choose to protect themselves from identity thieves. They may also attach a security message to any identity verifier to ensure that a thief cannot steal a registered user's check from a mailbox and use the unused identity verifier. By using one list for all of a person's transactions, applications for new credit by identity thieves are also prevented. All of this is made possible by allowing the identity verifiers to be approved nonsequentially.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2007
    Inventor: Robert E. Ellingson