G07F 7/069
By box-like containers
Official title: {by box-like containers, e.g. videocassettes, books}
G07F7/069 (By box-like containers) appears on 111 US grants and 87 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G07F- Granted patents
- 111
- Published applications
- 87
- Assignees
- 64
- Inventors
- 191
- Latest grant
- 27 Jan 2026
Filings by year
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| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
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| 2002 | 1 | 3 |
| 2003 | 3 | 2 |
| 2004 | 1 | 4 |
| 2005 | 1 | 5 |
| 2006 | 0 | 8 |
| 2007 | 1 | 3 |
| 2008 | 1 | 6 |
| 2009 | 2 | 7 |
| 2010 | 5 | 5 |
| 2011 | 4 | 8 |
| 2012 | 6 | 5 |
| 2013 | 8 | 6 |
| 2014 | 1 | 4 |
| 2015 | 2 | 1 |
| 2016 | 4 | 1 |
| 2017 | 5 | 3 |
| 2018 | 3 | 2 |
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| 2020 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 1 | 1 |
| 2022 | 2 | 4 |
| 2023 | 2 | 5 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 2 | 0 |
| 2026 | 1 | 0 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- Autonomous food station3 Oct 2023US 11,776,351 B2
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- Autonomous food station31 Aug 2023US 2023/0274602 A1T3 Micro, Inc.
- Apparatuses, systems, and methods for turning over electronic devices, and associated kiosks for use with same17 Aug 2023US 2023/0259910 A1
- Device For Purchasing Mobile Phone20 Jul 2023US 2023/0230437 A1Mintit Co., Ltd.
- Autonomous food station9 Feb 2023US 2023/0037435 A1T3 Micro, Inc.
- Identifying electronic devices using temporally changing information12 Jan 2023US 2023/0007937 A1ecoATM, LLC
Most cited
By later US patents
- Automated pharmaceutical management and dispensing system470US 6,219,587 B1NextRx Corporation · 2001
- Automated vending machine system for recorded goods442US 5,445,295 A1995
- Computer controlled rental and sale system and method for a supermarket and the like295US 4,866,661 A1989
- Apparatus and method for storing and retrieving articles286US 4,519,522 APhoto Vending Corporation · 1985
- Method and apparatus for vending278US 4,812,629 ATerm-Tronics, Incorporated · 1989