Patents by Inventor D. Mark Tucker

D. Mark Tucker 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).

  • Method of manufacturing pattern coated web configurations for use in producing shaped prime labels
    Patent number: 8206543
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a continuous process that may be utilized to create an intermediate web assembly that includes a plurality of individual prime label segments with each segment having printed portion that has an outline and a pattern coated adhesive disposed on a first web which has an outline such that when the printed portion is applied over the pattern of adhesive, the outlines of each are substantially in alignment with one another. The process is utilized to create intricately shaped prime label products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2012
    Assignee: Ward Kraft
    Inventors: Jesse D. Crum, D. Mark Tucker
  • Label, or business form/label combination having multiple layered or patterned coated adhesives and methods of making same
    Patent number: 7181878
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a label or a business form label combination in which the labels have been created by applying multiple zones or coatings. The zones or coatings can have differing thicknesses, coat weight or may use a variety of adhesives. The label is intended for a variety of different industries such as business, marketing, advertising, retail, wholesale, industrial, personal, and the like and more particularly the label is suitable for use in contaminated or difficult to label applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2007
    Assignee: Ward/Kraft, Inc.
    Inventor: D. Mark Tucker