A47F 9/04
Check-out counters
Official title: Check-out counters, e.g. for self-service stores
A47F9/04 (Check-out counters) appears on 736 US grants and 647 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A47F- Granted patents
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- Published applications
- 647
- Assignees
- 259
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- Latest grant
- 8 Sep 2026
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| 2025 | 24 | 16 |
| 2026 | 8 | 7 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Utilizing a multi-function transaction card to capture item data and enable expedited checkout for purchased items8 Sep 2026US 12,727,686 B2Capital One Services, LLC
- Counter pad for jewelry8 Sep 2026US 12,730,994 B2Segoma Ltd.
- Scanner window with display4 Aug 2026US 12,701,317 B2Zebra Technologies Corporation
- Modifiable bagging structure26 May 2026US 12,635,816 B2Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions, Inc.
- Methods and systems for detecting and tracking objects28 Apr 2026US 12,611,055 B2Digit7 India Private Limited
- Foldable self-checkout kiosk20 Aug 2026US 2026/0243097 A1Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions, Inc.
- Integrated scale system for checkout terminal6 Aug 2026US 2026/0227230 A1Walmart Apollo, LLC
- Vision-based frictionless self-checkouts for small baskets28 May 2026US 2026/0144391 A1NCR Voyix Corporation
- Self-service terminal23 Apr 2026US 2026/0111865 A1Diebold Nixdorf Systems GmbH
- Scanner Window with Display5 Mar 2026US 2026/0067558 A1Zebra Technologies Corporation
Most cited
By later US patents
- POS-based code symbol reading system with integrated scale base and system housing having an improved produce weight capturing surface design509US 8,789,757 B2Metrologic Instruments, Inc. · 2014
- Detection of multiple articles321US 5,519,381 ABritish Technology Group Limited · 1996
- Self-serve checkout system284US 5,115,888 A1992
- Self-service distribution system274US 4,676,343 ACheckRobot Inc. · 1987
- Automated order and delivery system260US 5,434,394 ATandy Corporation · 1995