G06K 17/0032
Apparatus for automatic testing and analysing marked record carriers, used for examinations
Official title: {Apparatus for automatic testing and analysing marked record carriers, used for examinations of the multiple choice answer type (teaching apparatus working with questions and answers G09B7/00)}
G06K17/0032 (Apparatus for automatic testing and analysing marked record carriers, used for examinations) appears on 94 US grants and 65 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G06K- Granted patents
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- Published applications
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- Latest grant
- 31 Mar 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- System and method for inlay validation employing inlay indexing31 Mar 2026US 12,591,756 B1George Schmitt & Company, Inc.
- Optical character recognition of voter selections for cast vote records22 Oct 2024US 12,125,319 B2Hart InterCivic, Inc.
- Intelligent label automated capture solutions11 Jun 2024US 12,006,088 B2Avery Dennison Retail Information Services LLC
- Sensor label printer and sensor label feeder26 Mar 2024US 11,942,005 B2Tive Tag Norway AS
- Optical character recognition of voter selections for cast vote records28 Nov 2023US 11,830,294 B2Hart InterCivic, Inc.
- Optical Character Recognition Of Voter Selections For Cast Vote Records8 Feb 2024US 2024/0046731 A1Hart InterCivic, Inc.
- Intelligent label automated capture solutions26 Oct 2023US 2023/0339645 A1Avery Dennison Retail Information Services LLC
- Computer implemented method for recognizing answer sheet22 Jun 2023US 2023/0196042 A1
- Apparatus and Method for Improved Reading of RFID Tags During Manufacture23 Jun 2022US 2022/0198233 A1
- Optical Character Recognition Of Voter Selections For Cast Vote Records13 Jan 2022US 2022/0012970 A1Hart InterCivic, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Lottery game ticket processing apparatus187US 6,155,491 AWelch Allyn Data Collection, Inc. · 2000
- Marked card reader181US 4,724,307 AGTECH Corporation · 1988
- Lottery game tickets and methods for making same180US 6,752,319 B2Hand Held Products, Inc. · 2004
- Transaction document reader168US 5,416,308 AVideo Lottery Technologies, Inc. · 1995
- Methods for processing security documents159US 6,419,157 B1Hand Held Products, Inc. · 2002