G07B 17/00016
Relations between apparatus
Official title: {Relations between apparatus, e.g. franking machine at customer or apparatus at post office, in a franking system}
G07B17/00016 (Relations between apparatus) appears on 767 US grants and 510 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G07B- Granted patents
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Handling of mail items16 Jun 2026US 12,657,964 B2Stamp Free Limited
- Digital stamps12 May 2026US 12,626,213 B2United States Postal Service
- System and method for generating postage21 Apr 2026US 12,608,712 B2Pitney Bowes Inc.
- Induction unit and label generator3 Feb 2026US 12,541,736 B2United States Postal Service
- Activatable postage3 Jun 2025US 12,322,215 B2Hallmark Cards, Incorporated
- System and method for Generating Postage6 Aug 2026US 2026/0228744 A1Pitney Bowes Inc.
- Computer systems and computer methods for automated on-demand customizable assembling and high throughput printing of documents17 Jul 2025US 2025/0232252 A1Broadridge Investor Communication Solutions, Inc.
- Digital stamps24 Apr 2025US 2025/0131367 A1United States Postal Service
- Induction unit and label generator27 Mar 2025US 2025/0104000 A1United States Postal Service
- Activatable postage3 Oct 2024US 2024/0331452 A1Hallmark Cards, Incorporated
Most cited
By later US patents
- Automated transaction system with modular printhead having print authentication feature1,071US 4,864,618 AWright Technologies, L.P. · 1989
- Apparatus and method for electronically dispensing personalized greeting cards and gifts790US 5,513,117 A1996
- Token generation process in an open metering system355US 5,781,438 APitney Bowes Inc. · 1998
- System for centralized processing of accounting and payment functions336US 4,713,761 APitney Bowes Inc. · 1987
- Automated transaction system330US 4,802,218 AWright Technologies, L.P. · 1989