G07F 17/005
For the hiring of content carriers
Official title: {for the hiring of content carriers, e.g. of DVDs or CDs (reverse vending for box-like objects such as videocassettes G07F7/069)}
G07F17/005 (For the hiring of content carriers) appears on 46 US grants and 56 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G07F- Granted patents
- 46
- Published applications
- 56
- Assignees
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- Inventors
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- Latest grant
- 22 Jul 2025
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- System and method for vending vendible media products13 Jul 2021US 11,062,261 B2Redbox Automated Retail, LLC
- Apparatus for controlling access to and use of portable electronic devices26 Feb 2026US 2026/0057729 A1Renovo Software, Inc.
- Apparatus for controlling access to and use of portable electronic devices8 Aug 2024US 2024/0265764 A1Renovo Software, Inc.
- Apparatus for controlling access to and use of portable electronic devices26 Jan 2023US 2023/0024810 A1Renovo Software, Inc.
- Apparatus for controlling access to and use of portable electronic devices2 Sep 2021US 2021/0272412 A1Renovo Software, Inc.
- Vending machine for vending luggage24 Sep 2020US 2020/0302729 A1Xinsuo Group Co., Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Tilt rack video tape library and VCP to multiple subscriber system79US 5,132,789 ATiltrac Corporation · 1992
- System and method for communicating vending information73US 7,366,586 B2Redbox Automated Retail, LLC · 2008
- System and method for offline vending of a media product48US 7,499,768 B2Redbox Automated Retail, LLC · 2009
- System and method for managing vending inventory45US 7,797,077 B2Redbox Automated Retail, LLC · 2010
- System and method for regulating vendible media products43US 7,747,346 B2Redbox Automated Retail, LLC · 2010