G07F 5/00
Coin-actuated mechanisms
Official title: Coin-actuated mechanisms; Interlocks
G07F5/00 (Coin-actuated mechanisms) appears on 1,081 US grants and 745 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G07F- Granted patents
- 1,081
- Published applications
- 745
- Assignees
- 455
- Inventors
- 1,631
- Latest grant
- 1 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 30 | 0 |
| 1977 | 17 | 0 |
| 1978 | 19 | 0 |
| 1979 | 5 | 0 |
| 1980 | 15 | 0 |
| 1981 | 11 | 0 |
| 1982 | 12 | 0 |
| 1983 | 17 | 0 |
| 1984 | 20 | 0 |
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| 1998 | 26 | 0 |
| 1999 | 37 | 0 |
| 2000 | 39 | 0 |
| 2001 | 35 | 17 |
| 2002 | 41 | 49 |
| 2003 | 44 | 45 |
| 2004 | 28 | 68 |
| 2005 | 20 | 49 |
| 2006 | 36 | 50 |
| 2007 | 21 | 30 |
| 2008 | 23 | 40 |
| 2009 | 20 | 31 |
| 2010 | 27 | 21 |
| 2011 | 17 | 28 |
| 2012 | 22 | 32 |
| 2013 | 26 | 18 |
| 2014 | 24 | 21 |
| 2015 | 15 | 23 |
| 2016 | 13 | 18 |
| 2017 | 19 | 29 |
| 2018 | 19 | 26 |
| 2019 | 14 | 22 |
| 2020 | 25 | 23 |
| 2021 | 12 | 28 |
| 2022 | 19 | 11 |
| 2023 | 16 | 13 |
| 2024 | 15 | 28 |
| 2025 | 16 | 14 |
| 2026 | 10 | 11 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- G07F 5/18Coin-actuated mechanisms: specially adapted for controlling several coin-freed apparatus from one place388
- G07F 5/24Coin-actuated mechanisms: with change-giving304
- G07F 5/02Actuated mechanically by coins134
- G07F 5/26Interlocks134
- G07F 5/20Coin-actuated mechanisms: specially adapted for registering coins as credit118
- G07F 5/10Actuated electrically by the coin43
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