G06K 1/12
Otherwise than by punching
Official title: otherwise than by punching
G06K1/12 (Otherwise than by punching) appears on 2,255 US grants and 1,604 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G06K- Granted patents
- 2,255
- Published applications
- 1,604
- Assignees
- 813
- Inventors
- 2,877
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 22 | 0 |
| 1977 | 23 | 0 |
| 1978 | 13 | 0 |
| 1979 | 14 | 0 |
| 1980 | 15 | 0 |
| 1981 | 8 | 0 |
| 1982 | 16 | 0 |
| 1983 | 16 | 0 |
| 1984 | 10 | 0 |
| 1985 | 16 | 0 |
| 1986 | 21 | 0 |
| 1987 | 28 | 0 |
| 1988 | 36 | 0 |
| 1989 | 37 | 0 |
| 1990 | 22 | 0 |
| 1991 | 25 | 0 |
| 1992 | 25 | 0 |
| 1993 | 45 | 0 |
| 1994 | 31 | 0 |
| 1995 | 37 | 0 |
| 1996 | 55 | 0 |
| 1997 | 46 | 0 |
| 1998 | 40 | 0 |
| 1999 | 40 | 0 |
| 2000 | 57 | 0 |
| 2001 | 109 | 32 |
| 2002 | 56 | 53 |
| 2003 | 63 | 68 |
| 2004 | 68 | 151 |
| 2005 | 64 | 179 |
| 2006 | 115 | 94 |
| 2007 | 89 | 86 |
| 2008 | 84 | 89 |
| 2009 | 92 | 91 |
| 2010 | 82 | 56 |
| 2011 | 83 | 45 |
| 2012 | 33 | 27 |
| 2013 | 28 | 92 |
| 2014 | 59 | 42 |
| 2015 | 82 | 53 |
| 2016 | 48 | 49 |
| 2017 | 39 | 46 |
| 2018 | 43 | 43 |
| 2019 | 47 | 38 |
| 2020 | 47 | 46 |
| 2021 | 35 | 51 |
| 2022 | 39 | 55 |
| 2023 | 44 | 46 |
| 2024 | 50 | 38 |
| 2025 | 35 | 18 |
| 2026 | 23 | 16 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Systems and methods for validating interactions6 Oct 2026US 12,755,267 B2Capital One Services, LLC
- Systems and methods for printing lottery tickets containing ‘smart’ QR codes22 Sep 2026US 12,743,591 B2DataSurge, LLC
- Variable edge document encoding for secure document storage and retrieval15 Sep 2026US 12,737,568 B2Xerox Corporation
- Counterfeit detection and provenance with grating interferometry, blockchain, and smart contracts8 Sep 2026US 12,730,986 B2Board of Supervisors of Lousiana of Lousiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College
- Laser marker25 Aug 2026US 12,718,035 B2Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Label management system, label management method, and non-transitory computer readable medium8 Oct 2026US 2026/0311126 A1Osaka Sealing Printing Co., Ltd.
- Container with mark or markings for tracking and tracing1 Oct 2026US 2026/0296707 A1Ball Corporation
- Anti-counterfeit systems and methods17 Sep 2026US 2026/0273988 A1Nano and Advanced Materials Institute Limited
- Systems and methods for printing lottery tickets containing 'smart' qr codes27 Aug 2026US 2026/0252827 A1DataSurge, LLC
- Print data interception and processing system20 Aug 2026US 2026/0244378 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Record with encoded data561US 5,337,361 ASymbol Technologies, Inc. · 1994
- High density two-dimensional bar code symbol559US 5,304,786 ASymbol Technologies, Inc. · 1994
- Bar code dataform scanning and labeling apparatus and method558US 5,602,377 AMetanetics Corporation · 1997
- System and method for detecting barcode printing errors425US 9,230,140 B1Hand Held Products, Inc. · 2016
- Method and apparatus for improved fingerprinting and authenticating various magnetic media361US 5,740,244 AWashington University · 1998