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IPC Main Group
G07F 11/00

Coin-freed apparatus for dispensing, or the like, discrete articles

Introduced: September 1968

Last revised: January 2006

Classification Context

Section:
PHYSICS
Class:
CHECKING-DEVICES
Subclass:
COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS

Related Keywords

MAGAZINES for coin-freed vending machines

8 direct subcodes

Child Classifications

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  • G07F 11/62 in which the articles are stored in compartments in fixed receptacles
  • G07F 11/64 in which the articles are individually suspended from stationary supports
  • G07F 11/66 in which the articles are dispensed by cutting from a mass
  • G07F 11/68 in which the articles are torn or severed from strips or sheets
  • G07F 11/7 in which the articles are formed in the apparatus from components, blanks, or material constituents
  • G07F 11/72 Auxiliary equipments, e.g. for lighting cigars, opening bottles

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