G07F 7/025
By means
Official title: {by means, e.g. cards, providing billing information at the time of purchase, e.g. identification of seller or purchaser, quantity of goods delivered or to be delivered}
G07F7/025 (By means) appears on 596 US grants and 647 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G07F- Granted patents
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- Published applications
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- Assignees
- 335
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- 1,156
- Latest grant
- 10 Mar 2026
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| 2026 | 1 | 2 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- Methods and apparatus for facilitating transport of items between a store and a customer via a customer access portal17 Jun 2025US 12,333,915 B2Symbotic LLC
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- Coin operated entertainment system8 Jan 2026US 2026/0011213 A1TouchTunes Music Corporation
- 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.
- Vending machine for marijuana products27 Feb 2025US 2025/0069465 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- 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
- Apparatus and methods for improved credit cards and credit card transactions957US 6,422,462 B12002
- Tournament data system with game score communication between remote player terminal and central computer879US 5,083,271 A1992