G07F 11/42
The articles being delivered by motor-driven means
Official title: the articles being delivered by motor-driven means
G07F11/42 (The articles being delivered by motor-driven means) appears on 430 US grants and 437 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G07F- Granted patents
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- Published applications
- 437
- Assignees
- 214
- Inventors
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- Latest grant
- 11 Aug 2026
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| 2024 | 17 | 11 |
| 2025 | 10 | 10 |
| 2026 | 8 | 11 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- Systems and methods for vending and/or purchasing mobile phones and other electronic devices2 Jun 2026US 12,646,041 B2ecoATM, LLC
- Cyclic rotary dispensing device and vending device having same28 Apr 2026US 12,612,252 B2
- Systems and methods for vending and/or purchasing mobile phones and other electronic devices7 Apr 2026US 12,597,004 B2ecoATM, LLC
- Lottery ticket vending machine8 Oct 2026US 2026/0311568 A1Brightstar Global Solutions Corporation
- Device for conveying medication sachets13 Aug 2026US 2026/0232536 A1Evondos Oy
- Arrangement for handling a strip of medication sachets13 Aug 2026US 2026/0235902 A1Evondos Oy
- Anti-theft pusher with incremental distance detection6 Aug 2026US 2026/0224046 A1Fasteners for Retail, Inc.
- Cyclic rotary dispensing device and vending device having same6 Aug 2026US 2026/0229082 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Single dose pharmaceutical dispenser subassembly264US 5,460,294 APyxis Corporation · 1995
- Carousel product for use in integrated restocking and dispensing system244US 6,847,861 B2McKesson Automation Inc. · 2005
- Pegboard-mountable adjustable merchandising rack199US 5,746,328 ADecision Point Marketing, Inc. · 1998
- Article storage/dispensing device for vending machine198US 6,253,954 B1Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd. · 2001
- Dispensing device with sensory alert183US 4,887,737 AThomas A. Schutz Co., Inc. · 1989