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CPC technology class · G07

G07B - Ticket-issuing Apparatus

Ticket-issuing apparatus; fare-registering apparatus; franking apparatus. 1,687 US utility patents granted 2015–2025, with the leading assignees and year-by-year grant trajectory.

1,687
US patents granted
#5/5
in G07
3.6%
G07 class share
+4%
5-yr velocity

The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Ticket-issuing Apparatus ranks #388 of 670 CPC technology areas - 1,687 US patents granted since 2015, with recorded grant volume up 4% over five years.

#388
of 670 CPC technology areas
1,687
US patents granted, 2015–2025
Cubic
leading assignee (47)
+4%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

How G07B's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, G07B recorded 799 grants versus 769 in 2015–2019 (+4% equal-window velocity). Across complete years, output peaked in 2019 at 214 grants and bottomed in 2016 at 110 (+95% peak-over-trough). Lead assignee Cubic Corporation holds 2.8% of the class ; the top three share 7.4%.

Leaderboard read

G07B concentration, lead at 2.8%

Cubic Corporation leads this historical grant record at 2.8% of G07B - us corporation assignees hold 69% of class grants (595 of 862). Figures describe granted US utility patents in this CPC subclass, not current investment or legal strength.

Leader's share
2.8%

47 of 1,687 grants

Top three share
7.4%

of the class's recorded grants

Lead over #2
7

more grants than Kapsch TrafficCom AG

Where G07B sits inside G07

Among 5 subclasses in G07 (Checking-devices), G07B ranks #5 and holds 3.6% of the parent class's 46,704 recorded grants. Sibling chips below are the other subclasses in the same parent class, not the nationwide volume/lead-share peers further down.

G07C 20,919 G07F 18,752 G07G 2,768 G07D 2,578

Rising assignees active in G07B

Company-wide grant multiples (2022–2024 vs 2019–2021) among assignees with ≥5 patents in this subclass. Growth is company-wide; class patent counts are subclass-specific.

  1. #1 Eygs LLP 4.25x 4 → 17 company-wide · 5 in G07B
  2. #2 Auctane, Inc. 3.13x 8 → 25 company-wide · 7 in G07B
  3. #3 Geotoll Inc. 2.13x 8 → 17 company-wide · 17 in G07B
  4. #4 Municipal Parking Services, Inc. 1.80x 5 → 9 company-wide · 16 in G07B
  5. #5 Alclear, LLC 1.77x 26 → 46 company-wide · 11 in G07B

G07B grants by year, peak 2019 (214)

US utility-patent grants per year in G07B, 2015–2025 - recent five years are up 4% versus 2015–2019.

50100150200250 20152016201720182019202020212022202320242025 83

Who leads G07B?

The 12 most active assignees in Ticket-issuing APPARATUS; Fare-registering APPARATUS; Franking Apparatus - wider bars mean more grants

patents

What this shows Cubic is the most active filer in G07B, holding 47 of the 1,687 patents in this class. Concentration at the top signals how contestable this technology area is for new entrants.

Source USPTO PatentsView, granted utility patents As of 2015–2025 grant years
View data table
Top patent holders in CPC subclass G07B
Rank Company Patents in G07B
#1 Cubic Corporation 47
#2 Kapsch TrafficCom AG 40
#3 STAMPS.COM Inc. 38
#4 United States Postal Service 28
#5 Conduent Business Services, LLC 27
#6 Uber Technologies, Inc. 26
#7 Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Machinery Systems, Ltd. 25
#8 IPS Group Inc. 23
#9 Ballogy, Inc. 20
#10 Amtech Systems, LLC 20
#11 Geotoll Inc. 17
#12 Cloudparc, Inc. 17
#13 Inrix Inc. 16
#14 J.J. Mackay Canada Limited 16
#15 Municipal Parking Services, Inc. 16
#16 Francotyp-Postalia GmbH 14
#17 Flash Seats, LLC 13
#18 Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. 12
#19 Neopost Technologies 12
#20 Mastercard International Incorporated 11

Footprint here vs. claim strategy

Each dot is a leading G07B assignee, placed by how many patents it holds in this class (horizontal) against its company-wide average claims per patent (vertical) - a read on whether the class is led by broad-but-shallow filers or focused deep-claim players.

Top 14 G07B assignees by class footprint. Bubble size = patents in G07B. Source: USPTO PatentsView (claim depth is company-wide across all classes). Scatter plot of 14 data points (bubble-sized by third dimension). 51015202530 1020304050 Patents in G07B Avg claims / patent (company-wide) CubicKapsch TrafficcomStamps ComUnited States Postal…Conduent Business…UberMitsubishi Heavy…Ips GroupBallogyAmtech SystemsGeotollCloudparcInrixJ J Mackay Canada
Top 14 G07B assignees by class footprint. Bubble size = patents in G07B. Source: USPTO PatentsView (claim depth is company-wide across all classes).

Classes near G07B's 1,687-grant footprint

Nationwide nearest neighbors for G07B (#388 of 670 by volume ; lead share 2.8%) - not the G07 parent-class siblings above.

Nearest by grant volume

B22C 1,672 F01C 1,662 A24D 1,661 F25C 1,654

Nearest by lead-assignee share

C23F 2.8% A61F 2.8% B65G 2.8% E05C 2.8%

Questions about G07B

Which company holds the most patents in G07B?
Cubic Corporation leads G07B with 47 patents (2.8% of the subclass). By PatentsView assignee type, us corporations account for 69% of class grants.
Which G07B assignees grew fastest recently?
Among assignees with ≥5 grants in G07B, Eygs LLP shows the highest company-wide grant multiple (4.25x: 4 grants in 2019–2021 → 17 in 2022–2024) while holding 5 patents in this subclass. Growth is company-wide, not class-only.
How does G07B compare inside parent class G07?
Inside G07 (Checking-devices), G07B ranks #5 of 5 subclasses by grant volume and holds 3.6% of the parent class total. The largest sibling is G07C (20,919 grants).

What to do with this data

G07B in context - here's where to go next.

Figures reflect USPTO PatentsView grant data through 2026-05-15; pending applications not yet granted are not counted.

Methodology - G07B figures are USPTO PatentsView granted-utility totals for this subclass (1,687 grants in the tracked window).

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