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G07B 15/06

Arrangements for road pricing or congestion charging of vehicles or vehicle users, e.g. automatic toll systems

Full Title

Arrangements or apparatus for collecting fares, tolls or entrance fees at one or more control points (handling coins or valuable papers, e.g. banknotes, G07D; apparatus for vending or hiring articles or services activated by coins, credit cards, paper currency or the like G07F7/00, G07F17/00) > Arrangements for road pricing or congestion charging of vehicles or vehicle users, e.g. automatic toll systems

Filing statistics

CPC G07B 15/06 belongs to the parent subclass G07B, which recorded 17,977 patent applications worldwide between 2013 and 2023. Annual filings grew from 1,014 in 2013 to 1,014 in 2023 (+0%), peaking at 2,368 applications in 2018. The most active applicants in class G07 are IGT (2,432 applications), FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES (2,266 applications) and TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION (1,843 applications).

Source: EPO PATSTAT, worldwide filings

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Top Applicants

Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class G07, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

  1. IGT US 2,432
  2. FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES US 2,266
  3. TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION 1,843
  4. ARISTOCRAT TECHNOLOGIES AUSTRALIA AU 1,612
  5. TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION JP 1,554
  6. HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY KR 1,482
  7. TOSHIBA TEC CORPORATION JP 1,364
  8. TOSHIBA TEC CORPORATION 1,295
  9. KIA MOTORS CORPORATION KR 1,235
  10. CAPITAL ONE SERVICES US 1,229