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G07B 9/02

Toy ticket-punches

Introduced: September 1968

Last revised: January 2006

Full Title

Ticket punches > Toy ticket-punches

Classification Context

Section:
PHYSICS
Class:
CHECKING-DEVICES
Subclass:
TICKET-ISSUING APPARATUS; TAXIMETERS; ARRANGEMENTS OR APPARATUS FOR COLLECTING FARES, TOLLS OR ENTRANCE FEES AT ONE OR MORE CONTROL POINTS; FRANKING APPARATUS

Filing statistics

IPC G07B 9/02 belongs to the parent subclass G07B, which recorded 25,986 patent applications worldwide between 2013 and 2023. Annual filings grew from 1,626 in 2013 to 1,694 in 2023 (+4%), peaking at 3,057 applications in 2017. The most active applicants in class G07 are TOSHIBA TEC CORPORATION (3,312 applications), IGT (2,296 applications) and SHENZHEN YIHUA COMPUTER COMPANY (2,232 applications).

Source: EPO PATSTAT, worldwide filings

Related Keywords

toy TICKET(S) punches

Top Applicants

Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class G07, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

  1. TOSHIBA TEC CORPORATION 3,312
  2. IGT US 2,296
  3. SHENZHEN YIHUA COMPUTER COMPANY 2,232
  4. SHENZHEN YIHUA TIME TECHNOLOGY COMPANY 2,144
  5. SHENZHEN YIHUA FINANCIAL INTELLIGENCE INSTITUTE 2,055
  6. ARISTOCRAT TECHNOLOGIES AUSTRALIA AU 1,651
  7. SGCC(STATE GRID CORPORATION OF CHINA) 1,586
  8. OKI ELECTRIC IND COMPANY 1,497
  9. GLORY 1,424
  10. FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES US 1,379