Jürgen Dethloff (12 May 1924 in
Stettin
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– 31 December 2002) was a
German
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inventor
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and
engineer
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.
Achievements
Together with German inventor
Helmut Gröttrup
Helmut Gröttrup (12 February 1916 – 4 July 1981) was a German engineer, rocket scientist and inventor of the smart card. During World War II, he worked in the German V-2 rocket program under Wernher von Braun. From 1946 to 1950 he headed a gr ...
he invented the
smart card
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(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 13 Sep 1969. However, the patent was only granted on 1 April 1982.
*"Einrichtung zur Durchführung von Bearbeitungsvorgängen mit wenigstens einem Identifikanden und einer Vorrichtung", Patentschrift DE-2760486C2
Awards
* 1997:
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References
External links
*
Jürgen Dethloff', inventor gallery by
Deutsches Patent- und Markenamt
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Funct ...
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Alles auf eine Karte',
NDR, 30 May 2011
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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