G07C 9/00896
Specially adapted for particular uses
Official title: {specially adapted for particular uses}
G07C9/00896 (Specially adapted for particular uses) appears on 3,243 US grants and 3,942 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G07C- Granted patents
- 3,243
- Published applications
- 3,942
- Assignees
- 1,330
- Inventors
- 5,899
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 1 | 0 |
| 1977 | 1 | 0 |
| 1978 | 3 | 0 |
| 1979 | 5 | 0 |
| 1980 | 4 | 0 |
| 1981 | 3 | 0 |
| 1982 | 1 | 0 |
| 1983 | 3 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 4 | 0 |
| 1986 | 5 | 0 |
| 1987 | 8 | 0 |
| 1988 | 11 | 0 |
| 1989 | 16 | 0 |
| 1990 | 11 | 0 |
| 1991 | 8 | 0 |
| 1992 | 6 | 0 |
| 1993 | 10 | 0 |
| 1994 | 8 | 0 |
| 1995 | 14 | 0 |
| 1996 | 15 | 0 |
| 1997 | 26 | 0 |
| 1998 | 27 | 0 |
| 1999 | 21 | 0 |
| 2000 | 25 | 0 |
| 2001 | 17 | 5 |
| 2002 | 25 | 39 |
| 2003 | 21 | 55 |
| 2004 | 28 | 67 |
| 2005 | 34 | 77 |
| 2006 | 44 | 78 |
| 2007 | 33 | 86 |
| 2008 | 34 | 65 |
| 2009 | 36 | 54 |
| 2010 | 33 | 69 |
| 2011 | 51 | 65 |
| 2012 | 47 | 50 |
| 2013 | 49 | 61 |
| 2014 | 60 | 91 |
| 2015 | 60 | 123 |
| 2016 | 103 | 165 |
| 2017 | 134 | 189 |
| 2018 | 185 | 279 |
| 2019 | 229 | 376 |
| 2020 | 263 | 380 |
| 2021 | 290 | 405 |
| 2022 | 309 | 363 |
| 2023 | 311 | 258 |
| 2024 | 262 | 239 |
| 2025 | 227 | 173 |
| 2026 | 122 | 130 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- G07C 9/00912For safes, strong-rooms, vaults or the like781
- G07C 9/00904For hotels, motels, office buildings or the like557
- G07C 2009/0092For cargo, freight or shipping containers and applications therefore in generalIndexing code469
- G07C 2009/00928For garage doorsIndexing code465
- G07C 2009/00936For key cabinetsIndexing code184
Recent patents
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- Electronic lock device, in particular a key safe, and method for operating the electric lock device29 Sep 2026US 12,749,361 B2Smart Access Solutions GmbH
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- Site safety system29 Sep 2026US 12,750,649 B2iC5ISR LLC
- Delivery System and Shared Control System8 Oct 2026US 2026/0311105 A1Pacport Co., Ltd.
- Apparatus, Systems, and Methods for Self-Executing Enhanced Interaction with a Node-based Logistics Receptacle8 Oct 2026US 2026/0311111 A1Federal Express Corporation
- Enhanced Apparatus, Systems, and Methods for Receiving and Temporarily Maintaining a Delivery Item and Responsively Initiating a Dispatched Logistics Operation for a Storage Receptacle8 Oct 2026US 2026/0311112 A1Federal Express Corporation
- System for facilitating access to a secured area8 Oct 2026US 2026/0311529 A1The Chamberlain Group, Inc.
- One-time-programming system of offline electronic locks and methods of using the same8 Oct 2026US 2026/0311531 A1Nanjing Easthouse Electrical Co., Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Inventoriable-object control and tracking system774US 6,075,441 AKey-Trak, Inc. · 2000
- Method and apparatus for locating and tracking documents and other objects681US 5,936,527 AE-Tag Systems, Inc. · 1999
- Electrical control system for vehicle options663US 5,699,044 APrince Corporation · 1997
- Wireless reservation, check-in, access control, check-out and payment499US 7,315,823 B2Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson · 2008
- Electronic vehicle product and personnel monitoring457US 7,034,683 B2Loran Technologies, Inc. · 2006