Patents by Inventor Arthur E. Doerflinger

Arthur E. Doerflinger 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).

  • Computer controlled machine for vending personalized products or the like
    Patent number: 5513116
    Abstract: A machine for vending greeting cards or other personalized or customized products includes audio and video presentations of available products and options available to a customer, provisions for payment and apparatus for automatic delivery of products. Base products such as preprinted forms are stored for selective transfer by a robot device to modifying apparatus such as a printer, modified products being delivered to a delivery receptacle, all operations being under computer control and being changeable as desired for adding or substituting new forms of products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 1991
    Date of Patent: April 30, 1996
    Assignee: Hallmark Cards Incorporated
    Inventors: Stephen P. Buckley, Richard A. Robinson, Kurt A. Pfahl, Arthur E. Doerflinger, Thomas B. Banks, Lynn Vandemark
  • Computer controlled machine for vending personalized products or the like
    Patent number: 5036472
    Abstract: A machine for vending greeting cards or other personalized or customized products includes audio and video presentations of available products and options available to a customer, provisions for payment and apparatus for automatic delivery of products. Base products such as preprinted forms are stored for selective transfer by a robot device to modifying apparatus such as a printer, modified products being delivered to a delivery receptacle, all operations being under computer control and being changeable as desired for adding or substituting new forms of products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 1988
    Date of Patent: July 30, 1991
    Assignee: Hallmark Cards, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen P. Buckley, Richard A. Robinson, John H. Hurlburt, Kurt A. Pfahl, Arthur E. Doerflinger