Patents by Inventor Bernhard Leisch

Bernhard Leisch has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Sheet handling system
    Patent number: 6640156
    Abstract: A sheet handling system having a number of sheet processing modules (1-4) linked together to enable sleets to pass between them. Each sheet processing module (1-4) includes at least one sheet monitoring or handling component and a set of nodes (23, 32, 43, 62), each including a processor, wherein each sheet processing module is controlled by one or more nodes. A distributed control system is arranged logically into a number of subsystems, the functions of each subsystem being performed by one or more of the nodes. A communications network (24) links the nodes together to enable the nodes to operate in synchronism and to communicate with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2003
    Assignee: De La Rue International Limited
    Inventors: Stephen Derek Brooks, Brian Robinson Kirk, Dean James Gifford, Bernhard Leisch