G07B 2017/00443
Verification of mailpieces
Official title: {Verification of mailpieces, e.g. by checking databases}
G07B2017/00443 (Verification of mailpieces) appears on 227 US grants and 199 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G07B- Granted patents
- 227
- Published applications
- 199
- Assignees
- 59
- Inventors
- 326
- Latest grant
- 3 Jun 2025
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001.
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- Handwritten postage6 Jul 2023US 2023/0215221 A1
- Method for concealing sensitive mail return addresses30 Mar 2023US 2023/0094317 A1International Business Machines Corporation
- Custom printing of bulk mailing16 Mar 2023US 2023/0079845 A1
- Method and apparatus for detection of counterfeit and/or reused stamps24 Jun 2021US 2021/0187992 A1Deutsche Post AG
Most cited
By later US patents
- Postage payment system with security for sensitive mailer data and enhanced carrier data functionality271US 5,586,036 APitney Bowes Inc. · 1996
- System for dispensing, verifying and tracking postage and other information on mailpieces246US 5,917,925 A1999
- System for printing encrypted messages with bar-code representation223US 4,660,221 APitney Bowes Inc. · 1987
- Unique identifier bar code on stamps and apparatus and method for monitoring stamp usage with identifier bar codes217US 6,415,983 B1Canada Post Corporation · 2002
- Mail delivery system with arrival monitoring214US 5,043,908 APitney Bowes Inc. · 1991