G07F 7/00
Mechanisms actuated by objects other than coins to free or to actuate
Official title: Mechanisms actuated by objects other than coins to free or to actuate vending, hiring, coin or paper currency dispensing or refunding apparatus
G07F7/00 (Mechanisms actuated by objects other than coins to free or to actuate) appears on 11,416 US grants and 10,446 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G07F- Granted patents
- 11,416
- Published applications
- 10,446
- Assignees
- 3,298
- Inventors
- 16,578
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 45 | 0 |
| 1977 | 45 | 0 |
| 1978 | 39 | 0 |
| 1979 | 28 | 0 |
| 1980 | 44 | 0 |
| 1981 | 47 | 0 |
| 1982 | 43 | 0 |
| 1983 | 36 | 0 |
| 1984 | 55 | 0 |
| 1985 | 79 | 0 |
| 1986 | 78 | 0 |
| 1987 | 104 | 0 |
| 1988 | 123 | 0 |
| 1989 | 172 | 0 |
| 1990 | 116 | 0 |
| 1991 | 121 | 0 |
| 1992 | 111 | 0 |
| 1993 | 151 | 0 |
| 1994 | 166 | 0 |
| 1995 | 187 | 0 |
| 1996 | 202 | 0 |
| 1997 | 199 | 0 |
| 1998 | 299 | 0 |
| 1999 | 326 | 0 |
| 2000 | 341 | 0 |
| 2001 | 294 | 172 |
| 2002 | 269 | 630 |
| 2003 | 299 | 635 |
| 2004 | 340 | 728 |
| 2005 | 270 | 717 |
| 2006 | 384 | 574 |
| 2007 | 384 | 565 |
| 2008 | 374 | 599 |
| 2009 | 402 | 638 |
| 2010 | 460 | 435 |
| 2011 | 445 | 460 |
| 2012 | 427 | 403 |
| 2013 | 436 | 410 |
| 2014 | 380 | 368 |
| 2015 | 331 | 297 |
| 2016 | 266 | 313 |
| 2017 | 270 | 256 |
| 2018 | 245 | 268 |
| 2019 | 311 | 292 |
| 2020 | 313 | 314 |
| 2021 | 299 | 344 |
| 2022 | 259 | 276 |
| 2023 | 250 | 227 |
| 2024 | 241 | 234 |
| 2025 | 200 | 193 |
| 2026 | 110 | 98 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- G07F 7/08Mechanisms actuated by objects other than coins to free or to actuate8,927
- G07F 7/02Mechanisms actuated by objects other than coins to free or to actuate1,311
- G07F 7/06Mechanisms actuated by objects other than coins to free or to actuate776
- G07F 7/04Mechanisms actuated by objects other than coins to free or to actuate566
- G07F 7/005Details or accessories96
Recent patents
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- Systems and methods for vending and/or purchasing mobile phones and other electronic devices6 Oct 2026US 12,755,598 B2ecoATM, LLC
- Logical validation of devices against fraud and tampering29 Sep 2026US 12,749,084 B2Block, Inc.
- Refill station for a dispenser can with a scale for determining a weight information of the dispenser can at a receiving device22 Sep 2026US 12,743,921 B2WüRth International AG
- Ammunition vending machine24 Sep 2026US 2026/0290108 A1
- Tapping a contactless card to a computing device to provision a virtual number10 Sep 2026US 2026/0268306 A1Capital One Services, LLC
- Identifying electronic devices using temporally changing information10 Sep 2026US 2026/0268724 A1ecoATM, LLC
- Techniques for personal identification number management for contactless cards3 Sep 2026US 2026/0260532 A1Capital One Services, LLC
- Information processing apparatus and information processing method27 Aug 2026US 2026/0252833 A1Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Interactive market management system2,081US 4,799,156 AStrategic Processing Corporation · 1989
- Shopping assistance with handheld computing device1,800US 6,587,835 B12003
- Network sales system1,695US 5,715,314 AOpen Market, Inc. · 1998
- Universal electronic transaction card including receipt storage and system and methods of conducting electronic transactions1,428US 5,590,038 A1996
- Modular transaction terminal1,375US 6,065,679 AIVI Checkmate Corp. · 2000