Patents by Inventor Norbert Ruf

Norbert Ruf 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).

  • Item workflow tracking in an automated production environment
    Patent number: 8195321
    Abstract: The progressive tracking of items in relation to other items as they are processed and transformed through a sequence of processes executed in a workflow procedure intended to produce a finished hard copy document product for transport to a destination location, as a result of a production run, enables permission based control of one or more processing steps during the production run and/or effective scheduling of any re-do operations that may be desired upon detection of any discrepancies in the item processing operations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2012
    Assignee: Bell and Howell, LLC
    Inventors: Mark G. Mackelprang, Michael J. Maselli, Robert Richards, Victor Tolomei, Norbert Ruf, Wolfgang Meinelt
  • ITEM WORKFLOW TRACKING IN AN AUTOMATED PRODUCTION ENVIRONMENT
    Publication number: 20100106282
    Abstract: The progressive tracking of items in relation to other items as they are processed and transformed through a sequence of processes executed in a workflow procedure intended to produce a finished hard copy document product for transport to a destination location, as a result of a production run, enables permission based control of one or more processing steps during the production run and/or effective scheduling of any re-do operations that may be desired upon detection of any discrepancies in the item processing operations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2009
    Publication date: April 29, 2010
    Inventors: Mark G. Mackelprang, Michael J. Maselli, Robert Richards, Victor Tolomei, Norbert Ruf, Wolfgang Meinelt