G07F 5/20
Coin-actuated mechanisms: specially adapted for registering coins as credit
Official title: specially adapted for registering coins as credit, e.g. mechanically actuated
G07F5/20 (Coin-actuated mechanisms: specially adapted for registering coins as credit) appears on 118 US grants and 50 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G07F- Granted patents
- 118
- Published applications
- 50
- Assignees
- 70
- Inventors
- 192
- Latest grant
- 11 Aug 2026
Filings by year
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| 1976 | 5 | 0 |
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| 1978 | 3 | 0 |
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| 1980 | 6 | 0 |
| 1981 | 4 | 0 |
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| 2001 | 3 | 0 |
| 2002 | 1 | 2 |
| 2003 | 1 | 2 |
| 2004 | 0 | 3 |
| 2005 | 1 | 5 |
| 2006 | 2 | 2 |
| 2007 | 3 | 0 |
| 2008 | 1 | 4 |
| 2009 | 0 | 2 |
| 2010 | 3 | 0 |
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| 2012 | 0 | 0 |
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| 2016 | 2 | 2 |
| 2017 | 1 | 1 |
| 2018 | 0 | 3 |
| 2019 | 0 | 2 |
| 2020 | 2 | 0 |
| 2021 | 1 | 2 |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0 | 2 |
| 2024 | 1 | 8 |
| 2025 | 5 | 3 |
| 2026 | 2 | 3 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Article accommodation device and article supply device11 Aug 2026US 12,705,947 B2Bandai Co., Ltd.
- Article supply device9 Jun 2026US 12,651,504 B2Bandai Co., Ltd.
- Photographing device, control method thereof, and program30 Dec 2025US 12,511,358 B2Dai Nippon Printing Co.Ltd.
- Kiosk-based systems and methods for direct deposit of coin and/or other cash value28 Oct 2025US 12,456,342 B2Coinstar Assett Holdings, LLC
- Coin operated entertainment system21 Oct 2025US 12,450,978 B2TouchTunes Music Corporation
- Kiosk-based systems and methods for direct deposit of coin and/or other cash value16 Jul 2026US 2026/0204121 A1Coinstar Asset Holdings, LLC
- Article accommodation device and article supply device29 Jan 2026US 2026/0030946 A1Bandai Co., Ltd.
- Coin operated entertainment system8 Jan 2026US 2026/0011213 A1TouchTunes Music Corporation
- Laundry appliances payment systems and methods30 Oct 2025US 2025/0336254 A1Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
- Video bezel for automated payment systems30 Oct 2025US 2025/0336275 A1Crane Payment Innovations, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Automatic vending system366US 4,677,565 ABrother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha · 1987
- Coin computing apparatus280US 3,982,620 ANSM Apparatebau GmbH Kommanditgesellschaft · 1976
- Automatic dispensers157US 7,296,765 B2Alwin Manufacturing Co., Inc. · 2007
- Method for streamlining the giving of contribution and gift commitments144US 5,696,366 A1997
- Method of streamlining the acknowledgement of a multiplicity of contribution or gift commitments made at a plurality of remote locations to distinct fund-raising organizations and gift recipients and system therefor141US 5,665,952 A1997