G07B 2017/00201
Open franking system, i.e. the printer is not dedicated to franking only
Official title: {Open franking system, i.e. the printer is not dedicated to franking only, e.g. PC (Personal Computer)}
G07B2017/00201 (Open franking system, i.e. the printer is not dedicated to franking only) appears on 159 US grants and 54 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G07B- Granted patents
- 159
- Published applications
- 54
- Assignees
- 26
- Inventors
- 159
- Latest grant
- 23 Jul 2024
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| 2024 | 1 | 0 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001.
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Token generation process in an open metering system355US 5,781,438 APitney Bowes Inc. · 1998
- Postage and mailing information applying system318US 4,725,718 APitney Bowes Inc. · 1988
- Unsecured postage applying system311US 4,831,555 APitney Bowes Inc. · 1989
- System and method for generating personalized postage indica283US 5,819,240 AE-Stamp Corporation · 1998
- System for detecting unaccounted for printing in a value printing system246US 4,775,246 APitney Bowes Inc. · 1988