G06K 17/00
Methods or arrangements for effecting co-operative working between equipments covered by two
Official title: Methods or arrangements for effecting co-operative working between equipments covered by two or more of main groups G06K1/00 - G06K15/00, e.g. automatic card files incorporating conveying and reading operations
G06K17/00 (Methods or arrangements for effecting co-operative working between equipments covered by two) appears on 3,499 US grants and 2,837 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G06K- Granted patents
- 3,499
- Published applications
- 2,837
- Assignees
- 1,267
- Inventors
- 5,346
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 30 | 0 |
| 1977 | 25 | 0 |
| 1978 | 26 | 0 |
| 1979 | 17 | 0 |
| 1980 | 17 | 0 |
| 1981 | 15 | 0 |
| 1982 | 17 | 0 |
| 1983 | 14 | 0 |
| 1984 | 22 | 0 |
| 1985 | 28 | 0 |
| 1986 | 21 | 0 |
| 1987 | 45 | 0 |
| 1988 | 39 | 0 |
| 1989 | 42 | 0 |
| 1990 | 31 | 0 |
| 1991 | 36 | 0 |
| 1992 | 42 | 0 |
| 1993 | 63 | 0 |
| 1994 | 65 | 0 |
| 1995 | 66 | 0 |
| 1996 | 63 | 0 |
| 1997 | 54 | 0 |
| 1998 | 91 | 0 |
| 1999 | 98 | 0 |
| 2000 | 80 | 0 |
| 2001 | 90 | 38 |
| 2002 | 98 | 147 |
| 2003 | 97 | 156 |
| 2004 | 108 | 170 |
| 2005 | 98 | 250 |
| 2006 | 177 | 253 |
| 2007 | 124 | 171 |
| 2008 | 153 | 205 |
| 2009 | 142 | 158 |
| 2010 | 154 | 131 |
| 2011 | 180 | 77 |
| 2012 | 99 | 69 |
| 2013 | 79 | 57 |
| 2014 | 50 | 59 |
| 2015 | 54 | 39 |
| 2016 | 43 | 56 |
| 2017 | 62 | 85 |
| 2018 | 67 | 94 |
| 2019 | 87 | 98 |
| 2020 | 81 | 92 |
| 2021 | 72 | 87 |
| 2022 | 81 | 95 |
| 2023 | 79 | 87 |
| 2024 | 78 | 71 |
| 2025 | 71 | 63 |
| 2026 | 28 | 29 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- G06K 17/0022Arrangements or provisions for transferring data to distant stations1,668
- G06K 17/0016Selecting or retrieving of images by means of their associated code-marks206
- G06K 17/0032Apparatus for automatic testing and analysing marked record carriers, used for examinations94
- G06K 17/0003Automatic card files incorporating selecting, conveying and possibly reading and/or writing operations87
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