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89 Total Apps Published
Apr 16, 2013 most recent publication
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206 Issued Patents
22 Issued in last 3 years
21 Published in last 3 years
2,451 Total Citation Count
Mar 02, 1987 Earliest Filing
46 Expired/Abandoned/Withdrawn Patents
Technologies
G07D SORTING, TESTING, CHANGING, DELIVERING, OR OTHERWISE HANDLING COINS; TESTING OR CHANGING PAPER CURRENCY; TESTING SECURITIES, BONDS, OR SIMILAR VALUABLE PAPERS 52 3
B65H HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES 27 45
G07F COIN- FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS 24 7
G06K RECOGNITION OF DATA; PRESENTATION OF DATA; RECORD CARRIERS; HANDLING RECORD CARRIERS 18 123
G06F ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING 15 285
1801 TYPEWRITERS AND CALCULATING MACHINES 7 3
G01N INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIR CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES 6 132
G01R MEASURING ELECTRIC VARIABLES; MEASURING MAGNETIC VARIABLES 2 126
G06M COUNTING MECHANISMS; COUNTING OF OBJECTS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR 2 10
G06Q DATA PROCESSING SYSTEMS OR METHODS, SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORY OR FORECASTING PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORY OR FORECASTING PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR 2 84
Top Patents (by citation)
6,038,491 Monitoring and reporting system using cellular carriers Nov 26, 97 Mar 14, 00 [G06F] 105 5,831,862 Automatic transaction system with a dynamic display and methods of its operation Aug 05, 96 Nov 03, 98 [G06F] 93 6,222,623 Integrating light mixer Sep 03, 99 Apr 24, 01 [G01J] 54 6,339,731 Configurable vending machine audit module Sep 03, 99 Jan 15, 02 [G06F] 48 5,330,041 Method and apparatus for improved coin, bill and other currency acceptance and slug or counterfeit rejection Jun 15, 92 Jul 19, 94 [G07D] 48 6,076,826 Transport system for document validator Sep 08, 95 Jun 20, 00 [B65H] 38 5,209,395 Method and apparatus for a lockable, removable cassette, for securely storing currency May 23, 91 May 11, 93 [G07B, E05G] 38 7,034,324 Apparatus for sensing optical characteristics of a banknote Dec 16, 02 Apr 25, 06 [G06K] 36 7,053,773 Vending audit system Aug 06, 02 May 30, 06 [G08B] 35 5,411,249 Currency validator and cassette transport alignment apparatus Jan 10, 94 May 02, 95 [B65H] 35
Recent Publications
2012/0286,044 CONTACTLESS SMARTCARD BEZEL Apr 16, 12 Nov 15, 12 [B23P, G06K] 2012/0273,378 DOCUMENT STORAGE ASSEMBLY Sep 21, 10 Nov 01, 12 [B65D] 2012/0242,210 CURRENCY CASSETTE PRESSURE PLATE ASSEMBLY Mar 26, 12 Sep 27, 12 [A47B] 2012/0118,698 CHARACTERIZING ITEMS OF CURRENCY Apr 07, 10 May 17, 12 [G07D] 2012/0066,533 DOCUMENT VALIDATOR WITH POWER MANAGEMENT Mar 11, 10 Mar 15, 12 [G06F] 2011/0286,822 AUTOMATED DOCUMENT HANDLING SYSTEM Jul 10, 09 Nov 24, 11 [B65G] 2011/0259,707 HANDLING OF DIFFERENT CLASSES OF CURRENCY Sep 23, 09 Oct 27, 11 [G07D, G07F] 2011/0233,028 CURRENCY DISCRIMINATION AND EVALUATION Oct 02, 09 Sep 29, 11 [G07D] 2011/0187,095 CLASSIFYING AND DISCRIMINATING AN ITEM OF CURRENCY BASED ON THE ITEM'S SPECTRAL RESPONSE Jul 29, 09 Aug 04, 11 [B42D, G01J]
Recent Patents
8,419,011 Dispensing value sheet store Apr 27, 10 Apr 16, 13 [B65H] 8,393,612 Removable currency storage unit with content access monitoring Aug 28, 09 Mar 12, 13 [B65H] 8,240,451 Techniques for mounting a peripheral device in a vending machine May 06, 05 Aug 14, 12 [G07F] 8,220,611 Currency mechanism retention Jun 15, 05 Jul 17, 12 [G07F, B65D] 8,186,672 Currency cassette capacity monitoring and reporting May 21, 07 May 29, 12 [G06F, B65H] 8,177,046 Method and apparatus for validating bank notes Feb 25, 11 May 15, 12 [G07D, G06K] 8,157,167 Contactless smartcard bezel Oct 23, 07 Apr 17, 12 [G06F] 8,146,914 Currency cassette pressure plate assembly Apr 01, 03 Apr 03, 12 [B65H] 8,096,400 Security gate mechanism for a currency handling device Jul 17, 09 Jan 17, 12 [G07D] 8,027,920 Value transaction systems Oct 25, 00 Sep 27, 11 [G06Q]
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