G07F 1/00
Coin inlet arrangements
Official title: Coin inlet arrangements; Coins specially adapted to operate coin-freed mechanisms
G07F1/00 (Coin inlet arrangements) appears on 538 US grants and 302 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G07F- Granted patents
- 538
- Published applications
- 302
- Assignees
- 255
- Inventors
- 816
- Latest grant
- 8 Sep 2026
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| 1981 | 5 | 0 |
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| 2000 | 27 | 0 |
| 2001 | 19 | 6 |
| 2002 | 9 | 19 |
| 2003 | 20 | 14 |
| 2004 | 12 | 22 |
| 2005 | 9 | 16 |
| 2006 | 9 | 21 |
| 2007 | 10 | 24 |
| 2008 | 10 | 14 |
| 2009 | 12 | 18 |
| 2010 | 11 | 16 |
| 2011 | 13 | 6 |
| 2012 | 7 | 10 |
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| 2015 | 8 | 13 |
| 2016 | 13 | 8 |
| 2017 | 12 | 5 |
| 2018 | 8 | 13 |
| 2019 | 4 | 10 |
| 2020 | 8 | 7 |
| 2021 | 7 | 9 |
| 2022 | 2 | 8 |
| 2023 | 6 | 6 |
| 2024 | 3 | 6 |
| 2025 | 2 | 4 |
| 2026 | 5 | 2 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
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- Coin feeding unit, a module comprising said coin feeding unit, and a coin handling machine3 Mar 2026US 12,567,298 B2Scan Coin AB
- Coin processing apparatus3 Feb 2026US 12,542,022 B2Glory Ltd.
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- Coin processing device18 Jun 2026US 2026/0170896 A1Japan Cash Machine Co., Ltd.
- Chip recognizing and learning system11 Dec 2025US 2025/0378392 A1Angel Group Co., Ltd.
- Game token tray, table game management system, game token tray system, and game token management method31 Jul 2025US 2025/0245463 A1Angel Group Co., Ltd.
- Mobile communication device connected currency receiving, accepting, capturing, verifying and rejecting apparatus12 Jun 2025US 2025/0191433 A1
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