G07B 17/00467
Transporting mailpieces
Official title: {Transporting mailpieces (postal sorting B07C)}
G07B17/00467 (Transporting mailpieces) appears on 572 US grants and 336 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G07B- Granted patents
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- Published applications
- 336
- Assignees
- 132
- Inventors
- 755
- Latest grant
- 26 May 2026
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| 2024 | 4 | 2 |
| 2025 | 0 | 1 |
| 2026 | 1 | 2 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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Granted patents
Recent patents
- System, method and device for managing an autonomous robot delivery system for a building26 May 2026US 12,636,786 B2
- Devices and corresponding methods to reduce sorting of mailings to produce grouped mailings31 Dec 2024US 12,179,235 B2Broadridge Output Solutions, Inc.
- Methods and systems of handwriting recognition in virtualized-mail services3 Dec 2024US 12,159,474 B2
- Systems and methods utilizing gravity feed for postage metering6 Feb 2024US 11,893,833 B1Auctane, LLC
- Production of mail batches in a cloud environment and improvement in mail production system by which a mail batch can be easily distributed to multiple remote production sites2 Jan 2024US 11,861,241 B2Quadient Technologies France
- Mail signature verification system5 Mar 2026US 2026/0065713 A1Tritek Technologies, Inc.
- Systems and methods for providing automated application of tray tag labels to mail trays19 Feb 2026US 2026/0048887 A1DMT Solutions Global Corporation
- Devices and corresponding methods to reduce sorting of mailings to produce grouped mailings1 May 2025US 2025/0135498 A1Broadridge Output Solutions, Inc.
- Module for Determining a Shipping Option31 Oct 2024US 2024/0362575 A1Deutsche Post AG
- Systems and methods for mailstream postage preservation9 May 2024US 2024/0152947 A1DMT Solutions Global Corporation
Most cited
By later US patents
- System and method for purchase and application of postage using personal computer229US 5,319,562 A1994
- Computer-aided prepaid transmittal charge billing system216US 5,802,498 A1998
- Computerized integrated electronic mailing/addressing apparatus200US 4,868,757 APi Electronics Corporation · 1989
- Microcomputerized electronic postage meter system165US 3,978,457 APitney Bowes Inc. · 1976
- Postal stamp process, apparatus, and metering device, therefor157US 4,876,000 A1989