G07F 17/12
Comprising lockable containers
Official title: comprising lockable containers, e.g. for accepting clothes to be cleaned
G07F17/12 (Comprising lockable containers) appears on 623 US grants and 774 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G07F- Granted patents
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- Published applications
- 774
- Assignees
- 301
- Inventors
- 1,211
- Latest grant
- 15 Sep 2026
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| 2024 | 52 | 85 |
| 2025 | 53 | 34 |
| 2026 | 35 | 30 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Locker apparatus15 Sep 2026US 12,738,122 B2Tokai Riken Co., Ltd.
- Apparatus, systems, and methods for monitoring and initiating a logistics response related to a node-enabled logistics receptacle to be serviced by a logistics asset8 Sep 2026US 12,727,696 B2Federal Express Corporation
- Systems and methods for executing a transaction via a locker18 Aug 2026US 12,711,823 B2Wells Fargo Bank, N. A.
- Apparatus, systems, and methods for self-tuning operation of a node-based logistics receptacle based upon contextual awareness4 Aug 2026US 12,699,953 B2Federal Express Corporation
- Systems and methods for control of electronic parcel lockers28 Jul 2026US 12,694,745 B2United States Postal Service
- Apparatus, Systems, and Methods for Self-Executing Enhanced Interaction with a Node-based Logistics Receptacle8 Oct 2026US 2026/0311111 A1Federal Express Corporation
- Enhanced Apparatus, Systems, and Methods for Receiving and Temporarily Maintaining a Delivery Item and Responsively Initiating a Dispatched Logistics Operation for a Storage Receptacle8 Oct 2026US 2026/0311112 A1Federal Express Corporation
- Apparatus for management of access key used for locker access1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294100 A1Best Lockers, LLC
- Locker bank systems and methods for reading multi-usage individual identifying badges1 Oct 2026US 2026/0300902 A1Quadient Shipping
- Method for controlling package delivery27 Aug 2026US 2026/0253026 A1Luxer Corporation (DBA Luxer One)
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- Apparatus, method and article for authentication, security and control of power storage devices, such as batteries1,019US 9,182,244 B2Gogoro Inc. · 2015
- Chattel management apparatus and method444US 8,205,788 B12012
- Portable computerized wireless payment apparatus and methods428US 8,371,503 B22013
- Storage device for the delivery and pickup of goods349US 5,774,053 A1998
- Chattel management apparatus and methods311US 7,427,024 B12008