Jürgen Dethloff
Jürgen Dethloff (12 May 1924 in Stettin – 31 December 2002 in Hamburg) was a German inventor and engineer.
Achievements[]
Together with German inventor Helmut Gröttrup he invented the smart card (chip card). A successor of the original chip is now used in tens of millions of credit cards.
Patent[]
Dethloff and Gröttrup filed an application for a patent on Sep 13, 1969. However, the patent was only granted on April 1, 1994.[1]
- "Einrichtung zur Durchführung von Bearbeitungsvorgängen mit wenigstens einem Identifikanden und einer Vorrichtung", Patentschrift DE-2760486C2
Awards[]
- 1997: Rudolf-Diesel-Medaille
References[]
- ^ Pötzl, Norbert F. (13 September 2018). "Die Chipkarte wird 50: Alles auf eine Karte". Spiegel Online. Retrieved 14 September 2018.
External links[]
- Jürgen Dethloff, inventor gallery by Deutsches Patent- und Markenamt
- Alles auf eine Karte, NDR, 30 May 2011
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Categories:
- 20th-century German inventors
- 20th-century German engineers
- Engineers from Szczecin
- 1924 births
- 2002 deaths
- People from the Province of Pomerania
- Officers Crosses of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany