G07B 2017/00709
Scanning mailpieces
Official title: {Scanning mailpieces}
G07B2017/00709 (Scanning mailpieces) appears on 302 US grants and 261 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G07B- Granted patents
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- Published applications
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- Latest grant
- 16 Jun 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Handling of mail items16 Jun 2026US 12,657,964 B2Stamp Free Limited
- Digital stamps12 May 2026US 12,626,213 B2United States Postal Service
- Data stream enabled return mail services21 Apr 2026US 12,608,983 B2Ricoh Company, Ltd.
- Activatable postage3 Jun 2025US 12,322,215 B2Hallmark Cards, Incorporated
- Systems, methods, and computer program products for processing a package for shipping with a common carrier on a wireless computing device24 Dec 2024US 12,175,411 B2United Parcel Service of America, Inc.
- Data Stream Enabled Return Mail Services27 Aug 2026US 2026/0253454 A1Ricoh Company, Ltd.
- Mail signature verification system5 Mar 2026US 2026/0065713 A1Tritek Technologies, Inc.
- Digital stamps24 Apr 2025US 2025/0131367 A1United States Postal Service
- Systems and methods for processing items19 Dec 2024US 2024/0420499 A1United States Postal Service
- Module for Determining a Shipping Option31 Oct 2024US 2024/0362575 A1Deutsche Post AG
Most cited
By later US patents
- Delivery point validation system468US 8,117,462 B2United States Postal Service · 2012
- System and method for purchase and application of postage using personal computer229US 5,319,562 A1994
- System for printing encrypted messages with bar-code representation223US 4,660,221 APitney Bowes Inc. · 1987
- Integrated circuit package label and/or manifest system218US 5,153,842 APitney Bowes Inc. · 1992
- 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