by coded identity card or credit card

Introduced: July 1974

Full Title

Mechanisms actuated by objects other than coins to free or to actuate vending, hiring, coin or paper currency dispensing or refunding apparatus > by coded identity card or credit card

CPC subdivides this area 3x more granularly than IPC with 4 additional codes.

4 codes are CPC-only extensions.

IPC defines codes here since 1974.

Child Classifications

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G07F 7/0806 +4 CPC CPC only CPC only
G07F 7/086 CPC only CPC only
G07F 7/0866 CPC only CPC only
G07F 7/0873 +2 CPC CPC only CPC only
G07F 7/10 together with a coded signal since 1974 +3 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
G07F 7/12 Card verification since 1990 +3 CPC 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