G07D 7/20
Testing patterns thereon
Official title: Testing patterns thereon (G07D7/004, G07D7/005 take precedence)
G07D7/20 (Testing patterns thereon) appears on 1,117 US grants and 1,115 published applications in this corpus.
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| 2026 | 11 | 16 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
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- Systems and methods for the generation and usage of authentication images in conjunction with low-resolution print devices16 Jun 2026US 12,659,414 B2Proof Authentication Corporation
- Method for producing a multilayer body, multilayer body, method for authenticating a multilayer body, and authentication system26 May 2026US 12,639,541 B2Leonhard Kurz Stiftung & Co. KG
- Method for detecting an object in a search image, method for generating a pattern vector, and use of a method for determining a position and/or orientation of a security element of a banknote5 May 2026US 12,620,196 B2Giesecke+Devrient Currency Technology GmbH
- Covert machine-readable micro-optic feature embedded in lens layer13 Aug 2026US 2026/0233550 A1Crane Co.
- Sheet recognition unit, sheet handling device, sheet recognition method, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium6 Aug 2026US 2026/0229003 A1Glory Ltd.
- Sheet recognition unit, sheet handling device, sheet recognition method, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium11 Jun 2026US 2026/0160688 A1Glory Ltd.
- Methods and systems for extracting an infrared security mark from a document16 Apr 2026US 2026/0105768 A1Xerox Corporation
- Document fraud prevention system9 Apr 2026US 2026/0100084 A1
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- Method and apparatus for currency discrimination and counting290US 5,295,196 ACummins-Allison Corp. · 1994