G07D 3/02
Sorting coins by means of graded apertures
G07D3/02 (Sorting coins by means of graded apertures) appears on 177 US grants and 113 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G07D- Granted patents
- 177
- Published applications
- 113
- Assignees
- 66
- Inventors
- 266
- Latest grant
- 9 Dec 2025
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| 2001 | 5 | 1 |
| 2002 | 3 | 14 |
| 2003 | 15 | 6 |
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| 2021 | 3 | 2 |
| 2022 | 5 | 3 |
| 2023 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 2 | 1 |
| 2026 | 0 | 5 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
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- Coin counting apparatus including bad coin sorting unit2 Jan 2024US 11,861,965 B2Saitec S.R.L.
- Coin delivery device and coin processing device13 Dec 2022US 11,527,123 B2Asahi Seiko Kabushiki Kaisha
- Article supply apparatus16 Jul 2026US 2026/0204118 A1Bandai Co., Ltd.
- Coin processing device25 Jun 2026US 2026/0179426 A1Japan Cash Machine Co., Ltd.
- Coin processing device18 Jun 2026US 2026/0170895 A1Japan Cash Machine Co., Ltd.
- Coin processing device18 Jun 2026US 2026/0170896 A1Japan Cash Machine Co., Ltd.
- Improved structure of coin changer12 Feb 2026US 2026/0045133 A1International Currency Technologies Corporation
Most cited
By later US patents
- Coin sorter-counter250US 4,360,034 A1982
- Powered rail coin sorter187US 5,163,868 A1992
- Coin sorters130US 4,995,848 AScan Coin AB of Jagershillgatan 26, S-213 · 1991
- Method and apparatus for conditioning coins prior to discrimination121US 5,842,916 ACoinstar, Inc. · 1998
- Coin discrimination apparatus and method111US 5,988,348 ACoinstar, Inc. · 1999