Patents by Inventor Brenda J. Bishop-Jones

Brenda J. Bishop-Jones 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).

  • Method and system for form processing
    Patent number: 6741724
    Abstract: The invention provides a method of processing an information form such as a postal change of address form. Such a form includes various data elements, such as a name of a person submitting the form and the information on which action is to be taken. In the case of mail forwarding, these data elements would include, for example, the name of the person that wishes mail to be redirected, an old address to which mail for that person was previously sent, and a new address to which mail for that person should be sent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2004
    Assignee: Siemens Dematic Postal Automation, L.P.
    Inventors: Ben F. Bruce, Shahrom Kiani, Brenda J. Bishop-Jones, Gert J. Seidel, Linda J. Kessler
  • Apparatus for intercepting and forwarding incorrectly addressed postal mail
    Patent number: 5703783
    Abstract: The present invention comprises apparatus for identifying, intercepting and forwarding incorrectly addressed mailpieces having either a machine readable or non-machine readable address. The apparatus reads (either mechanically or manually) the addressee name and the mailpiece destination marking address for processing in a database and comparison to a list of names and former addresses in the USPS National Change of Address database of persons who have requested mail forwarding service. If the read name and address match a name and former address in the database, then the mailpiece is identified as having an incorrect address and intercepted from the mail stream. The apparatus then searches the NCOA database for a forwarding address and delivery point ZIP code corresponding to the address. The forwarding address and delivery point ZIP marking number are printed on the mailpiece in place of the incorrect address and the mailpiece is returned to the mail stream for delivery to the addressee.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 1995
    Date of Patent: December 30, 1997
    Assignee: ElectroCom Automation, L.P.
    Inventors: Ronald L. Allen, Brenda J. Bishop-Jones, Michael J. Cykana, Eddie K. Lui, Stanley Wayne Sipe
  • Apparatus for intercepting and forwarding incorrectly addressed postal mail
    Patent number: 5422821
    Abstract: The present invention comprises apparatus for identifying, intercepting and forwarding incorrectly addressed mailpieces having either a machine readable or non-machine readable address. The apparatus reads (either mechanically or manually) the addressee name and the mailpiece destination marking address for processing in a database and comparison to a list of names and former addresses in the USPS National Change of Address database of persons who have requested mail forwarding service. If the read name and address match a name and former address in the database, then the mailpiece is identified as having an incorrect address and intercepted from the mail stream. The apparatus then searches the NCOA database for a forwarding address and delivery point ZIP code corresponding to the address. The forwarding address and delivery point ZIP marking number are printed on the mailpiece in place of the incorrect address and the mailpiece is returned to the mail stream for delivery to the addressee.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 1992
    Date of Patent: June 6, 1995
    Assignee: ElectroCom Automation, L.P.
    Inventors: Ronald L. Allen, Brenda J. Bishop-Jones, Michael J. Cykana, Eddie K. Lui, Stanley W. Sipe