G07C TIME OR ATTENDANCE REGISTERS; REGISTERING OR INDICATING THE WORKING OF MACHINES; GENERATING RANDOM NUMBERS; VOTING OR LOTTERY APPARATUS; ARRANGEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS FOR CHECKING NOT PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE
Description
G07C covers diverse checking and registration systems not classified elsewhere, including time and attendance recording devices (clocks, badge readers, biometric systems), machine operation monitors and counters, random number generators for technical applications, and voting or lottery apparatus. The class encompasses both mechanical and electronic implementations of these checking technologies, from industrial machine monitoring to personnel management systems. This subclass serves as a residual category for specialized checking apparatus that do not fit into other G07 divisions (such as G07B for postal or fare-collection devices, or G07F for coin or banknote-operated mechanisms).
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Child Classifications
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- G07C 1/00 Registering, indicating or recording the time of events or elapsed time, e.g. time-recorders for work people (registering or indicating the working of machines or vehicles G07C3/00, G07C5/00)
- G07C 11/00 Arrangements, systems or apparatus for checking, e.g. the occurrence of a condition, not provided for elsewhere
- G07C 13/00 Voting apparatus
- G07C 15/00 Generating random numbers; Lottery apparatus
- G07C 2205/00 Indexing scheme relating to group G07C5/00
- G07C 2209/00 Indexing scheme relating to groups G07C9/00 - G07C9/38
- G07C 3/00 Registering or indicating the condition or the working of machines or other apparatus, other than vehicles
- G07C 5/00 Registering or indicating the working of vehicles
- G07C 7/00 Details or accessories common to the registering or indicating apparatus of groups G07C3/00 and G07C5/00
- G07C 9/00 Individual registration on entry or exit
Top Applicants
Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class G07, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- IGT US 2,432
- FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES US 2,266
- TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION 1,843
- ARISTOCRAT TECHNOLOGIES AUSTRALIA AU 1,612
- TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION JP 1,554
- HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY KR 1,482
- TOSHIBA TEC CORPORATION JP 1,364
- TOSHIBA TEC CORPORATION 1,295
- KIA MOTORS CORPORATION KR 1,235
- CAPITAL ONE SERVICES US 1,229