G07B 17/00185
Details internally of apparatus in a franking system
Official title: {Details internally of apparatus in a franking system, e.g. franking machine at customer or apparatus at post office (digital data processing G06F; coin-freed apparatus for franking per se G07F17/26)}
G07B17/00185 (Details internally of apparatus in a franking system) appears on 1,445 US grants and 740 published applications in this corpus.
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Granted patents
Recent patents
- 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
- Custom printing of bulk mailing25 Mar 2025US 12,260,366 B2
- System and method for Generating Postage6 Aug 2026US 2026/0228744 A1Pitney Bowes Inc.
- Method and Apparatus for the Efficient Delivery of Shipments of Different Sizes Into a Compartment System19 Feb 2026US 2026/0050880 A1Deutsche Post AG
- 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
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- Automated transaction system with modular printhead having print authentication feature1,071US 4,864,618 AWright Technologies, L.P. · 1989
- Delivery point validation system468US 8,117,462 B2United States Postal Service · 2012
- Chattel management apparatus and method444US 8,205,788 B12012
- Portable computerized wireless payment apparatus and methods428US 8,371,503 B22013
- Token generation process in an open metering system355US 5,781,438 APitney Bowes Inc. · 1998