Patents by Inventor Karen Barson

Karen Barson 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 providing tamper resistant checks
    Patent number: 8605129
    Abstract: A tamper resistant check includes a first region on a first surface of the tamper resistant check and a second region on the first surface of the tamper resistant check. The second region on the first surface of the tamper resistant check corresponds to at least one critical field associated with the tamper resistant check including, but not limited to, one or more of the payee field, the amount field, and/or the signature field. The second region on the first surface of the tamper resistant check is designed so that toner-based characters/symbols applied by a laser printer to the second region cannot be removed from the second region without leaving visible evidence of the tampering.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2013
    Assignee: Intuit Inc.
    Inventors: Karen Barson, Kris R. Chopra, Margaret Tretola