G06K 13/06
Guiding cards
Official title: Guiding cards; Checking correct operation of card-conveying mechanisms
G06K13/06 (Guiding cards) appears on 329 US grants and 146 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G06K- Granted patents
- 329
- Published applications
- 146
- Assignees
- 181
- Inventors
- 521
- Latest grant
- 8 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 17 | 0 |
| 1977 | 7 | 0 |
| 1978 | 7 | 0 |
| 1979 | 6 | 0 |
| 1980 | 3 | 0 |
| 1981 | 11 | 0 |
| 1982 | 6 | 0 |
| 1983 | 6 | 0 |
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| 1992 | 9 | 0 |
| 1993 | 14 | 0 |
| 1994 | 7 | 0 |
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| 1996 | 7 | 0 |
| 1997 | 5 | 0 |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 |
| 1999 | 3 | 0 |
| 2000 | 5 | 0 |
| 2001 | 5 | 0 |
| 2002 | 6 | 9 |
| 2003 | 5 | 5 |
| 2004 | 5 | 12 |
| 2005 | 9 | 7 |
| 2006 | 9 | 7 |
| 2007 | 4 | 6 |
| 2008 | 3 | 5 |
| 2009 | 2 | 2 |
| 2010 | 6 | 3 |
| 2011 | 5 | 4 |
| 2012 | 3 | 8 |
| 2013 | 11 | 11 |
| 2014 | 7 | 13 |
| 2015 | 8 | 6 |
| 2016 | 7 | 9 |
| 2017 | 9 | 3 |
| 2018 | 4 | 9 |
| 2019 | 7 | 6 |
| 2020 | 6 | 5 |
| 2021 | 4 | 4 |
| 2022 | 1 | 2 |
| 2023 | 3 | 4 |
| 2024 | 4 | 2 |
| 2025 | 2 | 2 |
| 2026 | 5 | 2 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Card reader and card pulling-out detection method8 Sep 2026US 12,730,998 B2Nidec Instruments Corporation
- Card positioning method and card reader16 Jun 2026US 12,657,411 B2Nidec Instruments Corporation
- Transaction object reader with configurable amplifier5 May 2026US 12,619,973 B2Block, Inc.
- Card issuing device28 Apr 2026US 12,612,282 B2Nidec Instruments Corporation
- Card reader24 Feb 2026US 12,561,543 B2Nidec Instruments Corporation
- Card reader and card pulling-out detection method16 Jul 2026US 2026/0203539 A1Nidec Instruments Corporation
- Card positioning method and card reader2 Apr 2026US 2026/0093936 A1Nidec Instruments Corporation
- Card reader21 Aug 2025US 2025/0265433 A1Nidec Instruments Corporation
- Transaction object reader with configurable amplifier1 May 2025US 2025/0139607 A1Block, Inc.
- Card issuing device21 Mar 2024US 2024/0092607 A1Nidec Instruments Corporation
Most cited
By later US patents
- Transaction terminal for electronic purse transactions and the like155US 6,021,944 AHewlett-Packard Company · 2000
- Document reader module151US 4,764,976 ANCR Corporation · 1988
- Data card141US 6,471,127 B2Bank of America Corporation · 2002
- Separable multi-account safety credit card132US 5,326,964 A1994
- Card reader apparatus with replacable card guide122US 5,266,789 AVeriFone, Inc. · 1993