Patents by Inventor Andrew J. Habedank

Andrew J. Habedank 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).

  • Apparatus and method for controlling a programmable marking scribe
    Patent number: 7191529
    Abstract: A programmable marking scribe having a material displacement stylus movable in three mutually orthogonal axes to displace material from an object being marked and create a two-dimensional matrix of recessed areas formed of grooves and surrounded by ridges, the grooves and ridges forming a reflectively multifaceted data cell having a collective reflectance that is in contrast with unmarked surface reflectance to enable a reader to clearly distinguish the former from the latter even in the presence of extraneous interfering marks and deposits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2007
    Assignee: Columbia Marking Tools
    Inventors: Thomas J. Phipps, Andrew J. Habedank