G07B 17/00024
Physical or organizational aspects of franking systems
Official title: {Physical or organizational aspects of franking systems}
G07B17/00024 (Physical or organizational aspects of franking systems) appears on 390 US grants and 356 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G07B- Granted patents
- 390
- Published applications
- 356
- Assignees
- 100
- Inventors
- 623
- Latest grant
- 16 Jun 2026
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| 2001 | 9 | 12 |
| 2002 | 7 | 39 |
| 2003 | 10 | 29 |
| 2004 | 16 | 34 |
| 2005 | 18 | 41 |
| 2006 | 21 | 25 |
| 2007 | 21 | 33 |
| 2008 | 18 | 22 |
| 2009 | 8 | 24 |
| 2010 | 19 | 15 |
| 2011 | 29 | 11 |
| 2012 | 19 | 10 |
| 2013 | 20 | 6 |
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| 2017 | 7 | 2 |
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| 2019 | 8 | 9 |
| 2020 | 6 | 5 |
| 2021 | 4 | 6 |
| 2022 | 8 | 3 |
| 2023 | 4 | 5 |
| 2024 | 7 | 1 |
| 2025 | 1 | 3 |
| 2026 | 4 | 1 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- G07B 2017/00048Software architectureIndexing code167
- G07B 2017/0004Determining the location of mailpieces outside apparatusIndexing code88
- G07B 2017/00072Hybrid mail, i.e. mail delivered using different physical means along the mailIndexing code65
- G07B 2017/00032Determining the location of apparatusIndexing code36
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Apparatus and method for electronically dispensing personalized greeting cards and gifts790US 5,513,117 A1996
- Table driven graphical user interface320US 5,778,377 AInternational Business Machines Corporation · 1998
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- System and method for dispensing postage based on telephonic or web milli-transactions266US 6,005,945 APSI Systems, Inc. · 1999
- Apparatus and methods for converting an electronic mail to a postal mail at the receiving station258US 5,805,810 A1998