G07D 5/00
Testing specially adapted to determine the identity or genuineness of coins
Official title: Testing specially adapted to determine the identity or genuineness of coins, e.g. for segregating coins which are unacceptable or alien to a currency
G07D5/00 (Testing specially adapted to determine the identity or genuineness of coins) appears on 773 US grants and 420 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G07D- Granted patents
- 773
- Published applications
- 420
- Assignees
- 278
- Inventors
- 1,031
- Latest grant
- 14 Apr 2026
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| 2023 | 15 | 12 |
| 2024 | 13 | 11 |
| 2025 | 10 | 10 |
| 2026 | 2 | 16 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Cash handling apparatus14 Apr 2026US 12,602,963 B2Glory Ltd.
- Coin apparatus24 Feb 2026US 12,562,017 B2Innovative Technology Limited
- Rare coin identifying machine9 Dec 2025US 12,494,102 B1
- Coin sorting disc with coin flow management features7 Oct 2025US 12,437,598 B2Cummins-Allison Corp.
- Coin processing device19 Aug 2025US 12,394,269 B2Laurel Bank Machines Co., Ltd.
- Ai-enhanced acoustic analysis system for coin authenticity verification and counterfeit detection using convolutional neural networks and spectrogram processing1 Oct 2026US 2026/0301499 A1
- Inspection system and game token6 Aug 2026US 2026/0229086 A1Angel Group Co., Ltd.
- Inspection system and game token6 Aug 2026US 2026/0229087 A1Angel Group Co., Ltd.
- Inspection system and game token30 Jul 2026US 2026/0220999 A1Angel Group Co., Ltd.
- Article supply apparatus16 Jul 2026US 2026/0204118 A1Bandai Co., Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Gambling chip recognition system395US 5,781,647 ADigital Biometrics, Inc. · 1998
- Information transfer and use, particularly with respect to counterfeit detection351US 5,283,422 ACIAS, Inc. · 1994
- Information transfer and use, particularly with respect to objects such as gambling chips286US 4,814,589 A1989
- Method and apparatus for discriminating coins or bank notes268US 4,556,140 AKabushiki Kaisha Universal · 1985
- Coin sorter apparatus and method utilizing coin thickness as a discriminating parameter246US 4,543,969 ACummins-Allison Corp. · 1985