Outerwall Inc.
Bellevue, WA, US· latest recorded location
Outerwall Inc. is named on 25 US grants and 25 published applications in this corpus. Its most frequent classification is G07D (Handling of coins or valuable papers).
- Granted patents
- 25
- Published applications
- 25
- Inventors
- 52
- Granted in 2026 so far
- 0
- Most recent grant
- 13 Sep 2016
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 0 | 2 |
| 2012 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 5 | 5 |
| 2014 | 5 | 4 |
| 2015 | 8 | 8 |
| 2016 | 7 | 2 |
| 2017 | 0 | 3 |
By publication year.
Technology areas
Share of 50 documents
- G07DHandling of coins or valuable papers30
- G06QInformation and communication technology [ict] specially adapted for administrative, commercial, financial, managerial18
- G07FCoin-freed or like apparatus18
- B65HHandling thin or filamentary material6
- B29CShaping or joining of plastics3
- G06FComputing and data processing3
- G06VImage and video recognition3
- G06KGraphical data reading2
- A47BTables1
- A47JKitchen equipment1
Recent patents
- Digital image coin discrimination for use with consumer-operated kiosks and the like13 Sep 2016US 9,443,367 B2
- Apparatuses and methods for dispensing magnetic cards, integrated circuit cards, and other similar items22 Mar 2016US 9,290,338 B2
- Consumer operated kiosk for sampling products26 Jan 2016US D748,196 S1Design
- Card dispensing apparatuses and associated methods of operation12 Jan 2016US 9,233,812 B2
- Coin input apparatuses and associated methods and systems12 Jan 2016US 9,235,945 B2
- Mobile device applications, other applications and associated kiosk-based systems and methods for facilitating coin saving25 May 2017US 2017/0148001 A1
- Kiosk-based systems and methods for selling consumer products and/or services25 May 2017US 2017/0148002 A1
- Methods, systems, and apparatuses for payment fulfillment9 Feb 2017US 2017/0039559 A1
- Digital image coin discrimination for use with consumer-operated kiosks and the like15 Dec 2016US 2016/0364934 A1
- Coin input apparatuses and associated methods and systems24 Mar 2016US 2016/0086409 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Card dispensing apparatuses and associated methods of operation26US 8,550,294 B22013
- Gift card exchange kiosks and associated methods of use20US 9,064,268 B22015
- Mobile commerce platforms and associated systems and methods for converting consumer coins, cash, and/or other forms of value for use with same14US 8,874,467 B22014
- Consumer operated kiosk for buying and/or selling consumer electronics11US D692,951 S12013 · Design
- Auto-positioning sensors for coin counting devices9US 8,550,227 B12013