Patents by Inventor Jonathan D. Styles
Jonathan D. Styles 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).
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Publication number: 20140316558Abstract: System and method for the addressing of mail pieces by a variable printing system. Information allowing a mail piece to be associated with a mailing list of address information is printed on the mail piece prior to processing of the piece by a variable printing system. As the piece is processed by the variable printing system, the information printed on the piece is read and used to identify a mailing list from among a plurality of available mailing lists. Address information for that mail piece is obtained from the identified mailing list and printed on the mail piece by the variable printing system.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 1, 2014Publication date: October 23, 2014Applicant: VISTAPRINT SCHWEIZ GMBHInventors: Henri B. Weinberg, Jonathan D. Styles, Jeffrey G. Prus
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Patent number: 8807031Abstract: Pallets for flat-printing multiple areas of a 3-dimensional object, especially in a single print job as received by the printing system, and methods for printing the same.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 2013Date of Patent: August 19, 2014Assignee: Vistaprint Schweiz GmbHInventors: Jonathan D. Styles, Barry M. Parent, Michael K. Gospodorz, Heike Hafke
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Patent number: 8793195Abstract: System and method for the addressing of mail pieces by a variable printing system. Information allowing a mail piece to be associated with a mailing list of address information is printed on the mail piece prior to processing of the piece by a variable printing system. As the piece is processed by the variable printing system, the information printed on the piece is read and used to identify a mailing list from among a plurality of available mailing lists. Address information for that mail piece is obtained from the identified mailing list and printed on the mail piece by the variable printing system.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2007Date of Patent: July 29, 2014Assignee: Vistaprint Schweiz GmbHInventors: Henri B. Weinberg, Jonathan D. Styles, Jefferey G. Prus
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Patent number: 8371220Abstract: A hat pallet for use in a printer which prints an image onto a hat of the type having a cap and a bill attached thereto includes a bottom plate and a top plate mountable in a closed position over the bottom plate. The bottom plate includes a printing plate and a bill support fixedly mounted thereon. The top plate has an opening exposing at least a portion of the printing plate when the top plate is in the closed position. The bill support is positioned relative to the printing plate such that when the hat is mounted in the pallet with the top plate in the closed position, a portion of the cap on which the image is to be printed is supported on the printing plate and exposed through the opening of the top plate and the underside of the bill of the hat is supported by the bill support.Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 2011Date of Patent: February 12, 2013Assignee: Vistaprint Technologies LimitedInventors: Jonathan D. Styles, Barry M. Parent
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Patent number: 8231034Abstract: A hat pallet for use in a printer which prints an image onto a hat of the type having a cap and a brim attached thereto includes a bottom plate and a top plate mountable in a closed position over the bottom plate. The bottom plate includes a printing plate and a brim support fixedly mounted thereon. The top plate has an opening exposing at least a portion of the printing plate when the top plate is in the closed position. The brim support is positioned relative to the printing plate such that when the hat is mounted in the pallet with the top plate in the closed position, a portion of the cap on which the image is to be printed is supported on the printing plate and exposed through the opening of the top plate and the underside of the brim of the hat is supported by the brim support.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2008Date of Patent: July 31, 2012Assignee: VistaPrint Technologies LimitedInventors: Jonathan D. Styles, Barry M. Parent
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Publication number: 20120037024Abstract: A hat pallet for use in a printer which prints an image onto a hat of the type having a cap and a bill attached thereto includes a bottom plate and a top plate mountable in a closed position over the bottom plate. The bottom plate includes a printing plate and a bill support fixedly mounted thereon. The top plate has an opening exposing at least a portion of the printing plate when the top plate is in the closed position. The bill support is positioned relative to the printing plate such that when the hat is mounted in the pallet with the top plate in the closed position, a portion of the cap on which the image is to be printed is supported on the printing plate and exposed through the opening of the top plate and the underside of the bill of the hat is supported by the bill support.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 18, 2011Publication date: February 16, 2012Inventors: Jonathan D. Styles, Barry Parent
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Publication number: 20120024176Abstract: Pallets for flat-printing multiple areas of a 3-dimensional object, especially in a single print job as received by the printing system, and methods for printing the same.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 2, 2010Publication date: February 2, 2012Inventors: Jonathan D. Styles, Barry M. Parent, Michael K. Gospodorz, Heike Hafke
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Patent number: 7980177Abstract: A hat pallet for use in a printer which prints an image onto a hat of the type having a cap and a bill attached thereto includes a bottom plate and a top plate mountable in a closed position over the bottom plate. The bottom plate includes a printing plate and a bill support fixedly mounted thereon. The top plate has an opening exposing at least a portion of the printing plate when the top plate is in the closed position. The bill support is positioned relative to the printing plate such that when the hat is mounted in the pallet with the top plate in the closed position, a portion of the cap on which the image is to be printed is supported on the printing plate and exposed through the opening of the top plate and the underside of the bill of the hat is supported by the bill support.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2008Date of Patent: July 19, 2011Assignee: Vistaprint Technologies LimitedInventors: Jonathan D. Styles, Barry M. Parent
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Publication number: 20090188951Abstract: A hat pallet for use in a printer which prints an image onto a hat of the type having a cap and a brim attached thereto includes a bottom plate and a top plate mountable in a closed position over the bottom plate. The bottom plate includes a printing plate and a brim support fixedly mounted thereon. The top plate has an opening exposing at least a portion of the printing plate when the top plate is in the closed position. The brim support is positioned relative to the printing plate such that when the hat is mounted in the pallet with the top plate in the closed position, a portion of the cap on which the image is to be printed is supported on the printing plate and exposed through the opening of the top plate and the underside of the brim of the hat is supported by the brim support.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 28, 2008Publication date: July 30, 2009Inventors: Jonathan D. Styles, Barry Parent
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Publication number: 20090188404Abstract: A hat pallet for use in a printer which prints an image onto a hat of the type having a cap and a bill attached thereto includes a bottom plate and a top plate mountable in a closed position over the bottom plate. The bottom plate includes a printing plate and a bill support fixedly mounted thereon. The top plate has an opening exposing at least a portion of the printing plate when the top plate is in the closed position. The bill support is positioned relative to the printing plate such that when the hat is mounted in the pallet with the top plate in the closed position, a portion of the cap on which the image is to be printed is supported on the printing plate and exposed through the opening of the top plate and the underside of the bill of the hat is supported by the bill support.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 28, 2008Publication date: July 30, 2009Inventors: Jonathan D. Styles, Barry M. Parent
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Publication number: 20080306884Abstract: System and method for the addressing of mail pieces by a variable printing system. Information allowing a mail piece to be associated with a mailing list of address information is printed on the mail piece prior to processing of the piece by a variable printing system. As the piece is processed by the variable printing system, the information printed on the piece is read and used to identify a mailing list from among a plurality of available mailing lists. Address information for that mail piece is obtained from the identified mailing list and printed on the mail piece by the variable printing system.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 7, 2007Publication date: December 11, 2008Inventors: Henri B. Weinberg, Jonathan D. Styles, Jeffrey G. Prus