G07F 7/0636
In which the trolleys or carts are kept in a restricted zone
Official title: {in which the trolleys or carts are kept in a restricted zone such as a coral-like enclosure, or are passing a gate before use is possible}
G07F7/0636 (In which the trolleys or carts are kept in a restricted zone) appears on 63 US grants and 56 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G07F- Granted patents
- 63
- Published applications
- 56
- Assignees
- 33
- Inventors
- 81
- Latest grant
- 12 Dec 2023
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 2 | 0 |
| 1977 | 0 | 0 |
| 1978 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 |
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| 1983 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1992 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1994 | 3 | 0 |
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| 1996 | 2 | 0 |
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| 1998 | 1 | 0 |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 |
| 2000 | 4 | 0 |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 |
| 2002 | 4 | 4 |
| 2003 | 0 | 0 |
| 2004 | 2 | 0 |
| 2005 | 3 | 3 |
| 2006 | 1 | 2 |
| 2007 | 3 | 11 |
| 2008 | 1 | 5 |
| 2009 | 5 | 3 |
| 2010 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 |
| 2012 | 0 | 2 |
| 2013 | 1 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | 1 |
| 2016 | 2 | 2 |
| 2017 | 0 | 3 |
| 2018 | 1 | 2 |
| 2019 | 4 | 3 |
| 2020 | 1 | 4 |
| 2021 | 1 | 3 |
| 2022 | 2 | 1 |
| 2023 | 1 | 4 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Cart locking and dispensing device12 Dec 2023US 11,839,315 B2Freetail Acquisition LLC
- Information processing device and method for shopping cart return notification8 Nov 2022US 11,494,813 B2Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
- Cart locking and dispensing device1 Nov 2022US 11,484,135 B2Freetail Technologies Ltd.
- Dual directional gate assembly15 Jun 2021US 11,037,393 B2
- Cart return tracking system4 Feb 2020US 10,549,769 B2
- Trusted decision support system and method14 Dec 2023US 2023/0401945 A11997 Irrevocable Trust for Gregory P. Benson
- Automatic plant for the sanitization and disinfection of shopping carts28 Sep 2023US 2023/0302181 A1
- Passageway system8 Jun 2023US 2023/0177930 A1
- Cart locking and dispensing device16 Feb 2023US 2023/0047495 A1Freetail Technologies Ltd.
- Trusted monitoring system and method28 Jul 2022US 2022/0237997 A11997 Irrevocable Trust for Gregory P. Benson
Most cited
By later US patents
- Method and apparatus for dispensing discount coupons227US 5,708,782 A1998
- Cart return loyalty credit system92US 6,486,768 B1Carttronics, LLC · 2002
- Nestable cart anti-reversing apparatus75US 4,450,968 ASmarte Carte, Inc. · 1984
- Dispensing system for wheeled vehicles74US 3,978,959 ASmarte Carte, Inc. · 1976
- Shopping cart retrieval system with award signal generation based on a predetermined count70US 5,119,087 A1992