TICKET-ISSUING APPARATUS; FARE-REGISTERING APPARATUS; FRANKING APPARATUS

Introduced: September 1968

Description

G07B encompasses mechanical and electronic apparatus for issuing tickets, measuring taxi fares, collecting tolls or admission fees at control points, and applying postal franking marks. The class covers ticketing systems for transportation and venues, fare-metering devices, toll collection infrastructure, and automated franking machines for postal use. Related technologies include turnstiles, barrier gates, fare validators, and associated control mechanisms that process or verify payments at entry/exit points. This subclass excludes general vending machines (G07G) and purely computational aspects of fare calculation unless integrated into a physical apparatus.

Title

Titles differ between systems:

IPC: TICKET-ISSUING APPARATUS; TAXIMETERS; ARRANGEMENTS OR APPARATUS FOR COLLECTING FARES, TOLLS OR ENTRANCE FEES AT ONE OR MORE CONTROL POINTS; FRANKING APPARATUS

CPC: TICKET-ISSUING APPARATUS; FARE-REGISTERING APPARATUS; FRANKING APPARATUS

Full Title

Full titles differ between systems:

IPC:

TICKET-ISSUING APPARATUS; TAXIMETERS; ARRANGEMENTS OR APPARATUS FOR COLLECTING FARES, TOLLS OR ENTRANCE FEES AT ONE OR MORE CONTROL POINTS; FRANKING APPARATUS

CPC:

TICKET-ISSUING APPARATUS; FARE-REGISTERING APPARATUS; FRANKING APPARATUS

Additional Content IPC

Punching or perforating pliers Turnstiles with registering means Handling of coins or valuable papers, e.g. banknotes Mechanisms actuated by objects other than coins to free or to actuate vending, hiring; Coin or paper currency dispensing or refunding apparatus Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles; Coin-freed facilities or services Parking meters per se

IPC and CPC are identically structured here. All 9 subcodes exist in both systems.

6 shared codes have differing titles between IPC and CPC.

Child Classifications

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G07B 1/00 Machines for printing and issuing tickets (printing mechanisms per se B41; output mechanisms of digital computers G06C11/00) IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
G07B 11/00 Apparatus for validating or cancelling issued tickets IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
G07B 13/00 Taximeters (measuring distance travelled G01C; measuring time G04) +1 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
G07B 15/00 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) IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
G07B 17/00 Franking apparatus (printing aspects B41) +7 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
G07B 3/00 Machines for issuing preprinted tickets IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
G07B 5/00 Details of, or auxiliary devices for, ticket-issuing machines (for validating inserted tickets G07B11/02) IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
G07B 7/00 Holders providing direct manual access to the tickets IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
G07B 9/00 Ticket punches (perforating pliers B26F1/36; marking record carriers in digital fashion by punching G06K1/02) IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC

Top Applicants

Top Applicants (IPC)

Class G07,2013–2023, 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)

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