B07C 1/00
Measures preceding sorting according to destination
B07C1/00 (Measures preceding sorting according to destination) appears on 720 US grants and 379 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B07C- Granted patents
- 720
- Published applications
- 379
- Assignees
- 242
- Inventors
- 1,184
- Latest grant
- 11 Aug 2026
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| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 11 | 0 |
| 1977 | 10 | 0 |
| 1978 | 7 | 0 |
| 1979 | 11 | 0 |
| 1980 | 4 | 0 |
| 1981 | 4 | 0 |
| 1982 | 2 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 1 | 0 |
| 1985 | 20 | 0 |
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| 1988 | 19 | 0 |
| 1989 | 17 | 0 |
| 1990 | 13 | 0 |
| 1991 | 30 | 0 |
| 1992 | 14 | 0 |
| 1993 | 24 | 0 |
| 1994 | 18 | 0 |
| 1995 | 21 | 0 |
| 1996 | 14 | 0 |
| 1997 | 25 | 0 |
| 1998 | 27 | 0 |
| 1999 | 24 | 0 |
| 2000 | 18 | 0 |
| 2001 | 17 | 2 |
| 2002 | 13 | 8 |
| 2003 | 18 | 25 |
| 2004 | 12 | 22 |
| 2005 | 10 | 31 |
| 2006 | 14 | 10 |
| 2007 | 19 | 14 |
| 2008 | 14 | 18 |
| 2009 | 9 | 14 |
| 2010 | 13 | 10 |
| 2011 | 9 | 11 |
| 2012 | 11 | 11 |
| 2013 | 8 | 7 |
| 2014 | 11 | 11 |
| 2015 | 13 | 18 |
| 2016 | 11 | 20 |
| 2017 | 21 | 20 |
| 2018 | 17 | 15 |
| 2019 | 20 | 17 |
| 2020 | 17 | 17 |
| 2021 | 14 | 19 |
| 2022 | 18 | 18 |
| 2023 | 15 | 12 |
| 2024 | 14 | 12 |
| 2025 | 14 | 12 |
| 2026 | 8 | 5 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Apparatus for sorting abnormal battery cell11 Aug 2026US 12,703,010 B2Samsung SDI.Co., Ltd.
- Automated traying of finished mail11 Aug 2026US 12,703,598 B2DMT Solutions Global Corporation
- Apparatus for sorting raw coffee beans based on defect detection30 Jun 2026US 12,667,866 B1Eggstone Co., Ltd.
- Method for analyzing malfunctions in an operation of a handling system, method for training or retraining a classifier, computer program and system for analyzing malfunctions16 Jun 2026US 12,654,950 B2KöRber Supply Chain Logistics GmbH
- Stacked-package detection system3 Mar 2026US 12,564,866 B2Laitram, L. L. C.
- Multi-channel sorting machine for parcel singulation1 Oct 2026US 2026/0295639 A1Wayzim Technology Co., Ltd.
- Robotic merge induction23 Jul 2026US 2026/0208974 A1
- Sorting system, sorting method, and non-transitory computer readable medium25 Jun 2026US 2026/0175261 A1Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
- Mail processing system with a mail hazard screening machine28 May 2026US 2026/0148581 A1Tritek Technologies, Inc.
- Apparatus for delivery item sorting integrity1 Jan 2026US 2026/0001104 A1United States Postal Service
Most cited
By later US patents
- Modular card processing system234US 5,266,781 ADataCard Corporation · 1993
- Reliable document authentication system179US 4,853,961 APitney Bowes Inc. · 1989
- Mail preparation system154US 4,800,505 APitney Bowes Inc. · 1989
- Insertion machine with audit trail and command protocol145US 4,734,865 ABell & Howell Company · 1988
- Central postage data communication network144US 5,008,827 APitney Bowes Inc. · 1991