G07B 17/00
Franking apparatus
Official title: Franking apparatus (printing aspects B41)
G07B17/00 (Franking apparatus) appears on 2,610 US grants and 1,554 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G07B- Granted patents
- 2,610
- Published applications
- 1,554
- Assignees
- 357
- Inventors
- 2,447
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
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| 2024 | 25 | 9 |
| 2025 | 5 | 5 |
| 2026 | 7 | 5 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- G07B 17/00459Details relating to mailpieces in a franking system1,734
- G07B 17/00185Details internally of apparatus in a franking system1,445
- G07B 17/00016Relations between apparatus767
- G07B 17/00733Cryptography or similar special procedures in a franking system485
- G07B 17/00008Operated by portable carriers3
- G07B 17/02Franking apparatus: with means for computing or counting1
- G07B 17/04Franking apparatus: with means for avoiding misuse1
- G07B 17/00975Franking apparatus: using mechanical accounting means0
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