Patents by Inventor Bernhard Lappe

Bernhard Lappe 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).

  • Document printer and a process for registering the documents by means of control markings using this document printer
    Patent number: 5699741
    Abstract: A document printer, configured as a check printer, in a check dispenser (18) contains a reading device (30), disposed immovably in the delivery-side transport duct (10) of the printer, for registering a consecutive-running control marking imprinted on the reverse of the checks. The reading device makes use of the transport motion of the check, during its passage through the printer and delivery, for scanning purposes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 1995
    Date of Patent: December 23, 1997
    Assignee: Siemens Nixdorf Informationssysteme Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Peter Schmidt, Wolfgang Heise, Bernhard Lappe