Patents by Inventor Severino Ramos

Severino Ramos 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).

  • Mark position independent form and tallying method
    Patent number: 5213373
    Abstract: An electronically scannable form and method for its use, the form comprising at least one marking zone defined by a plurality of mark positions, each mark position defined by a mark position row and mark position column, the form being printed with reflective ink and marked by a respondent with a non-reflective material such that any mark at least partially obliterating at least one mark position in a marking zone will be electronically scanned and identified as correspoding to the choice defined by the marking zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 1992
    Date of Patent: May 25, 1993
    Inventor: Severino Ramos
  • Low visibility answer sheet and method of testing
    Patent number: 3995381
    Abstract: A low visibility answer sheet and method of testing utilizing the same in which the answer areas on a multiple choice answer sheet are predarkened. The answers are made by darkening over a desired predarkened area. The contrast between a predarkened area which has been marked and a predarkened area which has not been marked by an examinee is significantly reduced and thus the potential for cheating by examinees viewing the answers entered by other examinees is decreased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 1975
    Date of Patent: December 7, 1976
    Inventors: Ken Max Manfred, Joaquin Garcia DE LA Noceda, Severino Ramos