Y10S 209/90
Sorting flat-type mail
Y10S209/90 (Sorting flat-type mail) appears on 592 US grants and 245 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in Y10S- Granted patents
- 592
- Published applications
- 245
- Assignees
- 184
- Inventors
- 860
- Latest grant
- 12 Sep 2017
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 4 | 0 |
| 1977 | 7 | 0 |
| 1978 | 3 | 0 |
| 1979 | 10 | 0 |
| 1980 | 2 | 0 |
| 1981 | 4 | 0 |
| 1982 | 7 | 0 |
| 1983 | 1 | 0 |
| 1984 | 6 | 0 |
| 1985 | 10 | 0 |
| 1986 | 12 | 0 |
| 1987 | 8 | 0 |
| 1988 | 11 | 0 |
| 1989 | 11 | 0 |
| 1990 | 14 | 0 |
| 1991 | 18 | 0 |
| 1992 | 18 | 0 |
| 1993 | 10 | 0 |
| 1994 | 22 | 0 |
| 1995 | 24 | 0 |
| 1996 | 17 | 0 |
| 1997 | 13 | 0 |
| 1998 | 17 | 0 |
| 1999 | 20 | 0 |
| 2000 | 22 | 0 |
| 2001 | 18 | 13 |
| 2002 | 24 | 20 |
| 2003 | 32 | 31 |
| 2004 | 25 | 31 |
| 2005 | 24 | 23 |
| 2006 | 21 | 29 |
| 2007 | 22 | 16 |
| 2008 | 26 | 23 |
| 2009 | 9 | 29 |
| 2010 | 32 | 8 |
| 2011 | 30 | 5 |
| 2012 | 14 | 1 |
| 2013 | 3 | 5 |
| 2014 | 7 | 5 |
| 2015 | 8 | 5 |
| 2016 | 3 | 0 |
| 2017 | 3 | 0 |
| 2018 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0 | 1 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001.
Recent patents
- Facility wide mixed mail sorting and/or sequencing system and components and methods thereof12 Sep 2017US 9,758,315 B2Lockheed Martin Corporation
- Facility wide mixed mail sorting and/or sequencing system and components and methods thereof5 Sep 2017US 9,751,111 B2Lockheed Martin Corporation
- Intelligent barcode systems27 Jun 2017US 9,691,116 B2United States Postal Service
- Intelligent barcode systems29 Nov 2016US 9,508,107 B2United States Postal Service
- Method and system for address result arbitration28 Jun 2016US 9,378,433 B2Lockheed Martin Corporation
- Mailpiece reject processing of first pass dps rejects1 Sep 2022US 2022/0274139 A1Matthews International Corporation
- Facility Wide Mixed Mail Sorting and/or Sequencing System and Components and Methods Thereof20 Aug 2015US 2015/0231670 A1Lockheed Martin Corporation
- Facility Wide Mixed Mail Sorting and/or Sequencing System and Components and Methods Thereof13 Aug 2015US 2015/0224545 A1Lockheed Martin Corporation
- Intelligent barcode systems6 Aug 2015US 2015/0221058 A1United States Postal Service
- Intelligent barcode systems30 Jul 2015US 2015/0213399 A1United States Postal Service
Most cited
By later US patents
- Flat-article sorting apparatus227US 4,388,994 ANippon Electric Co., Ltd. · 1983
- System and method for deferred processing of OCR scanned mail215US 5,031,223 AInternational Business Machines Corporation · 1991
- Apparatus for intercepting and forwarding incorrectly addressed postal mail204US 5,422,821 AElectroCom Automation, Inc. · 1995
- Direct transfer sorting system180US 4,895,242 AG B Instruments, Inc. · 1990
- Automatic storage and retrieval system178US 5,405,232 AHarnischfeger Engineers, Inc. · 1995