G07B 2017/00491
Mail/envelope/insert handling system
Official title: {Mail/envelope/insert handling system}
G07B2017/00491 (Mail/envelope/insert handling system) appears on 207 US grants and 153 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G07B- Granted patents
- 207
- Published applications
- 153
- Assignees
- 60
- Inventors
- 344
- Latest grant
- 6 Feb 2024
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| 2021 | 1 | 3 |
| 2022 | 3 | 0 |
| 2023 | 2 | 2 |
| 2024 | 2 | 1 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001.
Recent patents
- 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
- Method for processing a batch of mailpieces by reading barcodes printed thereon7 Nov 2023US 11,806,758 B2Quadient Technologies France
- Envelope printing device31 Jan 2023US 11,565,536 B2Quadient Technologies France
- Method for franking mail items which are fed to a franking machine, and device for carrying out the method27 Dec 2022US 11,538,285 B2Frama AG
- Systems and methods for mailstream postage preservation9 May 2024US 2024/0152947 A1DMT Solutions Global Corporation
- Accommodating priority service users in ieee 802.11be bss9 Nov 2023US 2023/0362997 A1Charter Communications Operating, LLC
- Production of mail batches in a cloud environment27 Jul 2023US 2023/0236774 A1Quadient Technologies France
- Envelope printing device29 Jul 2021US 2021/0229471 A1Quadient Technologies France
- Method for processing a batch of mailpieces by reading barcodes printed thereon24 Jun 2021US 2021/0187555 A1Quadient Technologies France
Most cited
By later US patents
- Computerized integrated electronic mailing/addressing apparatus200US 4,868,757 APi Electronics Corporation · 1989
- Mail preparation system154US 4,800,505 APitney Bowes Inc. · 1989
- Apparatus for preparing mail pieces135US 4,800,506 APitney Bowes Inc. · 1989
- Up/down loading of databases118US 5,161,109 APitney Bowes Inc. · 1992
- Mail piece weight quality control system and method95US 5,119,306 APitney Bowes Inc. · 1992