G07 CHECKING-DEVICES
Description
G07 encompasses mechanical and electromechanical devices designed to verify, validate, or authenticate transactions, documents, or goods. This class covers coin-operated mechanisms, ticket validation systems, fare collection devices, and various checking apparatus used in commercial and public transport applications. The classification includes both automatic checking equipment and manual verification tools, excluding purely electronic computational or display devices addressed in other classes. Typical applications involve counters, validators, time-recording devices, and protective mechanisms for commercial operations.
IPC and CPC are identically structured here. All 5 subcodes exist in both systems.
3 shared codes have differing titles between IPC and CPC.
Child Classifications
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- G07B TICKET-ISSUING APPARATUS; FARE-REGISTERING APPARATUS; FRANKING APPARATUS heading IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- 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 heading +2 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- G07D HANDLING OF COINS OR VALUABLE PAPERS, e.g. TESTING, SORTING BY DENOMINATIONS, COUNTING, DISPENSING, CHANGING OR DEPOSITING heading +4 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- G07F COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS (coin sorting G07D3/00; coin testing G07D5/00; ) heading IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
Top Applicants
Top Applicants (IPC)
2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- TOSHIBA TEC CORPORATION 3,312
- IGT US 2,296
- SHENZHEN YIHUA COMPUTER COMPANY 2,232
- SHENZHEN YIHUA TIME TECHNOLOGY COMPANY 2,144
- SHENZHEN YIHUA FINANCIAL INTELLIGENCE INSTITUTE 2,055
- ARISTOCRAT TECHNOLOGIES AUSTRALIA AU 1,651
- SGCC(STATE GRID CORPORATION OF CHINA) 1,586
- OKI ELECTRIC IND COMPANY 1,497
- GLORY 1,424
- FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES US 1,379
Top Applicants (CPC)
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