G07F
Coin-freed or like apparatus
Official title: COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS (coin sorting G07D3/00; coin testing G07D5/00; {handling coins or paper currencies apart from payment activated apparatus G07D; payment architectures, schemes or protocols G06Q20/00})
G07F (Coin-freed or like apparatus) appears on 48,309 US grants and 56,987 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G07F- Granted patents
- 48,309
- Published applications
- 56,987
- Assignees
- 10,407
- Inventors
- 57,095
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 173 | 0 |
| 1977 | 144 | 0 |
| 1978 | 131 | 0 |
| 1979 | 104 | 0 |
| 1980 | 144 | 0 |
| 1981 | 141 | 0 |
| 1982 | 133 | 0 |
| 1983 | 141 | 0 |
| 1984 | 176 | 0 |
| 1985 | 223 | 0 |
| 1986 | 204 | 0 |
| 1987 | 257 | 0 |
| 1988 | 253 | 0 |
| 1989 | 352 | 0 |
| 1990 | 261 | 0 |
| 1991 | 311 | 0 |
| 1992 | 306 | 0 |
| 1993 | 356 | 0 |
| 1994 | 397 | 0 |
| 1995 | 429 | 0 |
| 1996 | 470 | 0 |
| 1997 | 464 | 0 |
| 1998 | 702 | 0 |
| 1999 | 760 | 0 |
| 2000 | 816 | 0 |
| 2001 | 828 | 425 |
| 2002 | 795 | 1615 |
| 2003 | 959 | 1951 |
| 2004 | 913 | 2262 |
| 2005 | 848 | 2344 |
| 2006 | 1000 | 2494 |
| 2007 | 1002 | 2351 |
| 2008 | 1110 | 3048 |
| 2009 | 1117 | 2821 |
| 2010 | 1600 | 2140 |
| 2011 | 1686 | 2027 |
| 2012 | 2195 | 2233 |
| 2013 | 2392 | 2645 |
| 2014 | 2271 | 2930 |
| 2015 | 1892 | 2272 |
| 2016 | 1902 | 2241 |
| 2017 | 1950 | 2034 |
| 2018 | 1686 | 1944 |
| 2019 | 2139 | 2353 |
| 2020 | 2095 | 2511 |
| 2021 | 1961 | 2511 |
| 2022 | 1791 | 2140 |
| 2023 | 1942 | 2105 |
| 2024 | 1842 | 2220 |
| 2025 | 1595 | 1973 |
| 2026 | 950 | 1397 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Main groups
Granted patents with any code in the group
- G07F 17/00Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles28,495
- G07F 7/00Mechanisms actuated by objects other than coins to free or to actuate11,416
- G07F 19/00Complete banking systems5,001
- G07F 9/00Details other than those peculiar to special kinds or types of apparatus4,871
- G07F 11/00Coin-freed apparatus for dispensing, or the like, discrete articles3,829
- G07F 13/00Coin-freed apparatus for controlling dispensing or fluids, semiliquids or granular material from1,590
- G07F 5/00Coin-actuated mechanisms1,081
- G07F 15/00Coin-freed apparatus with meter-controlled dispensing of liquid, gas or electricity862
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Systems and methods for secure transaction management and electronic rights protection3,563US 5,892,900 AIntertrust Technologies Corporation · 1999
- Method and system for placing a purchase order via a communications network2,464US 5,960,411 AAmazon. com, Inc. · 1999
- Method and apparatus for a cryptographically assisted commercial network system designed to facilitate buyer-driven conditional purchase offers2,225US 5,794,207 AWalker Asset Management Limited Partnership · 1998
- Interactive market management system2,081US 4,799,156 AStrategic Processing Corporation · 1989
- Method and system for remote delivery of retail banking services1,959US 5,220,501 AOnline Resources, Ltd. · 1993