G07B 2017/00612
Attaching item on mailpiece
Official title: {Attaching item on mailpiece}
G07B2017/00612 (Attaching item on mailpiece) appears on 255 US grants and 171 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G07B- Granted patents
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- Published applications
- 171
- Assignees
- 85
- Inventors
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- Latest grant
- 21 Apr 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Data stream enabled return mail services21 Apr 2026US 12,608,983 B2Ricoh Company, Ltd.
- Automated greeting card conveyance system3 Jun 2025US 12,319,084 B2Hallmark Cards, Incorporated
- Activatable postage3 Jun 2025US 12,322,215 B2Hallmark Cards, Incorporated
- System and method for coupling greeting cards and envelopes with customized content printed thereon29 Apr 2025US 12,285,968 B2Hallmark Cards, Incorporated
- Activatable postage16 Jul 2024US 12,039,809 B2Hallmark Cards, Incorporated
- Data Stream Enabled Return Mail Services27 Aug 2026US 2026/0253454 A1Ricoh Company, Ltd.
- Activatable postage3 Oct 2024US 2024/0331452 A1Hallmark Cards, Incorporated
- Automated greeting card conveyance system19 Oct 2023US 2023/0331015 A1Hallmark Cards, Incorporated
- Automated greeting card conveyance system19 Oct 2023US 2023/0331028 A1Hallmark Cards, Incorporated
- Automated greeting card conveyance system19 Oct 2023US 2023/0331030 A1Hallmark Cards, Incorporated
Most cited
By later US patents
- Electrically powered postage stamp or mailing or shipping label operative with radio frequency (RF) communication271US 5,497,140 AMicron Technology, Inc. · 1996
- Package and mail delivery system220US 5,971,587 A1999
- Integrated circuit package label and/or manifest system218US 5,153,842 APitney Bowes Inc. · 1992
- System and method for printing multiple postage indicia195US 6,208,980 B1E-Stamp Corporation · 2001
- Method and apparatus for tracking and locating a moveable article187US 6,211,781 B1United States Postal Service · 2001