G07F 15/00
Coin-freed apparatus with meter-controlled dispensing of liquid, gas or electricity
G07F15/00 (Coin-freed apparatus with meter-controlled dispensing of liquid, gas or electricity) appears on 862 US grants and 1,184 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G07F- Granted patents
- 862
- Published applications
- 1,184
- Assignees
- 537
- Inventors
- 2,000
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
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| 2023 | 64 | 71 |
| 2024 | 59 | 77 |
| 2025 | 39 | 58 |
| 2026 | 33 | 39 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- G07F 15/003Coin-freed apparatus with meter-controlled dispensing of liquid, gas or electricity: for electricity624
- G07F 15/001Coin-freed apparatus with meter-controlled dispensing of liquid, gas or electricity: for gas84
- G07F 15/12In which metering is on a time basis76
- G07F 15/04In which the quantity mechanism is set forward automatically by the insertion30
- G07F 15/10Coin-freed apparatus with meter-controlled dispensing of liquid, gas or electricity: with alarm24
- G07F 15/08Coin-freed apparatus with meter-controlled dispensing of liquid, gas or electricity: with means22
- G07F 15/06Coin-freed apparatus with meter-controlled dispensing of liquid, gas or electricity: with means13
- G07F 15/02In which the quantity mechanism is set forward by hand after insertion1
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Apparatus, method and article for authentication, security and control of power storage devices, such as batteries1,019US 9,182,244 B2Gogoro Inc. · 2015
- General purpose metering mechanism for distribution of electronic information425US 5,768,521 AIntel Corporation · 1998
- Combined parking meter and electric-vehicle battery charger with remote status receiver366US 5,563,491 A1996
- Universal charging station and method for charging electric vehicle batteries355US 5,548,200 ANorvik Traction Inc. · 1996
- System and method for powering a vehicle using radio frequency generators348US 7,451,839 B2Rearden, LLC · 2008