Patents by Inventor Gerald T. Mellgren

Gerald T. Mellgren 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).

  • System and method for preparing custom designs for multiple types of imprintable media
    Patent number: 6085126
    Abstract: A system for creating and ordering custom designed imprintable media. The system includes a one or more first computers coupled to a central computer. The first computers are configured and arranged to input a type indicating one of a plurality of imprintable media, custom design information to engrave on an imprintable medium of the type input, and order information, and to display an image of the custom design to appear on the imprintable medium. Example custom design information includes text, clip-art, and size and shape of the imprintable medium. Custom designs and orders are automatically transmitted to a second computer for order processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 1997
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2000
    Assignee: St. Paul Stamp Works, Inc.
    Inventors: Edmund M. Mellgren, III, Gerald T. Mellgren