G07 CHECKING-DEVICES
Classification Context
- Section:
- PHYSICS
- Class:
- 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.
5 direct subcodes
Child Classifications
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- G07B TICKET-ISSUING APPARATUS; TAXIMETERS; ARRANGEMENTS OR APPARATUS FOR COLLECTING FARES, TOLLS OR ENTRANCE FEES AT ONE OR MORE CONTROL POINTS; FRANKING APPARATUS
- 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
- G07D HANDLING OF COINS OR OF VALUABLE PAPERS, e.g. TESTING, SORTING BY DENOMINATIONS, COUNTING, DISPENSING, CHANGING OR DEPOSITING
- G07F COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS
- G07G REGISTERING THE RECEIPT OF CASH, VALUABLES, OR TOKENS
Top Applicants
Top 10 applicants by patent filings, 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