G07F 7/02
Mechanisms actuated by objects other than coins to free or to actuate
Official title: by keys or other credit registering devices
G07F7/02 (Mechanisms actuated by objects other than coins to free or to actuate) appears on 1,311 US grants and 1,100 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G07F- Granted patents
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- Latest grant
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Cash handling apparatus14 Apr 2026US 12,602,963 B2Glory Ltd.
- Unattended vending apparatus10 Mar 2026US 12,572,912 B2Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
- Selective automatic processing of authorizations based on population related data30 Dec 2025US 12,512,199 B2Evernorth Strategic Development, Inc.
- Coin operated entertainment system21 Oct 2025US 12,450,978 B2TouchTunes Music Corporation
- Commerce satellite for airport seating8 Jul 2025US 12,349,795 B2
- Access control lock arrangement13 Aug 2026US 2026/0237262 A1
- Coin operated entertainment system8 Jan 2026US 2026/0011213 A1TouchTunes Music Corporation
- Video bezel for automated payment systems30 Oct 2025US 2025/0336275 A1Crane Payment Innovations, Inc.
- Commerce Satellite for Airport Seating11 Sep 2025US 2025/0280960 A1
- 2 stage paddle rotor and auger feed weighing system8 May 2025US 2025/0143484 A1The Aggressive Good Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Shopping assistance with handheld computing device1,800US 6,587,835 B12003
- Modular transaction terminal1,375US 6,065,679 AIVI Checkmate Corp. · 2000
- Referral recognition system for an incentive award program1,149US 5,537,314 AFirst Marketrust Intl. · 1996
- System and method for using an ordinary article of commerce to access a remote computer1,117US 8,131,597 B2NeoMedia Technologies, Inc. · 2012
- Electronic online commerce card with customer generated transaction proxy number for online transactions1,063US 6,000,832 AMicrosoft Corporation · 1999