Patents by Inventor Philip R. Girard

Philip R. Girard 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).

  • Automatic inventorying system
    Patent number: 4180204
    Abstract: A method and means for automatically inventorying items having coded tags or labels using a character-recognition device, such as a wand scanner, in combination with a system for specially marking the labels when they have been successfully read and recorded by the scanner, which system comprises the use of a photosensitive dye-forming material on the label and an ultraviolet light-producing flash device on the scanner. The flash device is actuated upon the successful completion of a recognition reading and irradiates the label with ultraviolet light which produces a visible and permanent mark on the label.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 1978
    Date of Patent: December 25, 1979
    Assignee: The J. C. Penney Corporation, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard W. Koenig, Philip R. Girard, Alfred J. Neuhauser