G06M 3/02
Counters with additional facilities: for performing an operation at a predetermined value
Official title: for performing an operation at a predetermined value of the count, e.g. arresting a machine
G06M3/02 (Counters with additional facilities: for performing an operation at a predetermined value) appears on 71 US grants and 36 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G06M- Granted patents
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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Granted patents
Recent patents
- Plug count limiter for cables3 Jun 2025US 12,322,912 B2International Business Machines Corporation
- System and method to count pills16 Jul 2024US 12,036,185 B2Optum, Inc.
- Activation mechanism for an aerosol dispenser16 Apr 2024US 11,957,831 B2Shl Medical AG
- Counting mechanism3 Jan 2023US 11,544,520 B2TTP Plc
- Counting mechanism23 Feb 2021US 10,929,742 B2TTP Plc
- Measuring device, measuring method, and recording medium26 Mar 2026US 2026/0086109 A1Casio Computer Co., Ltd.
- Aerosol actuator and metered dose inhaler30 Oct 2025US 2025/0332360 A1Herchi Pharmaceutical (Shandong) Co., Ltd.
- System and method to count pills26 Sep 2024US 2024/0315928 A1Optum, Inc.
- Plug count limiter for cables12 Sep 2024US 2024/0305049 A1International Business Machines Corporation
- System and method for counting corrugations in a flexible material29 Jun 2023US 2023/0206457 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Pressurized and metered medication dose counter on removable sleeve169US 5,564,414 A1996
- Circuitry and system for controlling multi-use article dispensing cells37US 4,171,065 A1979
- Atomizer28US 7,823,584 B2Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH · 2010
- Nebulizer24US 8,950,393 B2Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH · 2015
- Counter for use with a medicament dispenser23US 8,113,199 B2Glaxo Group Limited · 2012