Patents by Inventor Kwan Cheung Wong

Kwan Cheung Wong 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 for tagging mail
    Patent number: 6675065
    Abstract: A method for tagging the mail pieces in a mail tray and validating the integrity of the mail pieces in the tray. The method is accomplished by: determining the measurement of an edge of each mail piece that will be placed in a tray; determining the thickness of each mail piece that will be placed in the tray; determining the number of mail pieces that will be placed in the tray; calculating an incremental pattern dab that is going to be placed on the edge of each mail piece; placing a portion of the pattern on the edge of each mail piece that is going to form the mail pieces of the tray; and placing the mail pieces in the tray in an ordered manner so that the edges having dabs will be visible, and the dabs will form a pattern that indicates only the determined number of mail pieces are in the tray.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2004
    Assignee: Pitney Bowes Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas J. Foth, Kenneth G. Miller, Richard W. Heiden, Brian M. Romansky, Kwan Cheung Wong
  • Method for tagging mail
    Publication number: 20030083780
    Abstract: A method for tagging the mail pieces in a mail tray and validating the integrity of the mail pieces in the tray. The method is accomplished by: determining the measurement of an edge of each mail piece that will be placed in a tray; determining the thickness of each mail piece that will be placed in the tray; determining the number of mail pieces that will be placed in the tray; calculating an incremental pattern dab that is going to be placed on the edge of each mail piece; placing a portion of the pattern on the edge of each mail piece that is going to form the mail pieces of the tray; and placing the mail pieces in the tray in an ordered manner so that the edges having dabs will be visible, and the dabs will form a pattern that indicates only the determined number of mail pieces are in the tray.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2002
    Publication date: May 1, 2003
    Applicant: Pitney Bowes Incorporated
    Inventors: Thomas J. Foth, Kenneth G. Miller, Richard W. Heiden, Brian M. Romansky, Kwan Cheung Wong