B07C 1/20
Sorting according to orientation
Official title: Sorting according to orientation, e.g. according to position of stamp
B07C1/20 (Sorting according to orientation) appears on 24 US grants and 10 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B07C- Granted patents
- 24
- Published applications
- 10
- Assignees
- 10
- Inventors
- 63
- Latest grant
- 12 Sep 2017
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 2 | 0 |
| 1977 | 0 | 0 |
| 1978 | 2 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 1 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 |
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| 1997 | 2 | 0 |
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| 2000 | 2 | 0 |
| 2001 | 0 | 0 |
| 2002 | 0 | 0 |
| 2003 | 1 | 1 |
| 2004 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 |
| 2006 | 0 | 0 |
| 2007 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 0 | 0 |
| 2009 | 0 | 0 |
| 2010 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 |
| 2014 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | 2 |
| 2016 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 2 | 0 |
| 2018 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0 | 1 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 0 | 1 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001.
Recent patents
- Facility wide mixed mail sorting and/or sequencing system and components and methods thereof12 Sep 2017US 9,758,315 B2Lockheed Martin Corporation
- Facility wide mixed mail sorting and/or sequencing system and components and methods thereof5 Sep 2017US 9,751,111 B2Lockheed Martin Corporation
- Facility wide mixed mail sorting and/or sequencing system and components and methods thereof28 Apr 2015US 9,020,634 B2Lockheed Martin Corporation
- Facility wide mixed mail sorting and/or sequencing system and components and methods thereof4 Jun 2013US 8,457,781 B2Lockheed Martin Corporation
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- Postal Sorting Machine With a Feed Inlet Having a Robotized Arm and a Vertically Movable Magazine15 Sep 2016US 2016/0263622 A1Solystic
- Facility Wide Mixed Mail Sorting and/or Sequencing System and Components and Methods Thereof20 Aug 2015US 2015/0231670 A1Lockheed Martin Corporation
- Facility Wide Mixed Mail Sorting and/or Sequencing System and Components and Methods Thereof13 Aug 2015US 2015/0224545 A1Lockheed Martin Corporation
Most cited
By later US patents
- System and apparatus for the orientation and bidirectional feed of indicia bearing mail72US 4,119,194 APitney Bowes Inc. · 1978
- Facility wide mixed mail sorting and/or sequencing system and components and methods thereof70US 8,457,781 B2Lockheed Martin Corporation · 2013
- Method and apparatus for determining the orientation of a document65US 5,240,116 AOpex Corporation · 1993
- Device for classifying handled objects56US 4,566,595 A1986
- Method and apparatus for determining the orientation of a document50US 5,397,003 AOpex Corporation · 1995