Patents by Inventor Darren R. Brabaw

Darren R. Brabaw 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).

  • Automated bar code label canceller, and method of cancelling bar codes
    Patent number: 7152794
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for heat-treating a thermal-direct-printed bar code label, upon which a bar code has been pre-printed by previously exposing predetermined portions of the thermal-direct-printed bar code label to a predetermined temperature level, to a similar temperature level whereby the entire expanse of the bar code label becomes blackened thereby effectively rendering the bar code illegible and unreadable. Packaging containers, having the bar code labels affixed thereon, can therefore be heat-treated and then reused by having a new bar code label affixed thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2006
    Assignee: Lockheed Martin Corporation
    Inventor: Darren R. Brabaw
  • Automated bar code label canceller, and method of cancelling bar codes
    Publication number: 20030015592
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for heat-treating a thermal-direct-printed bar code label, upon which a bar code has been pre-printed by previously exposing predetermined portions of the thermal-direct-printed bar code label to a predetermined temperature level, to a similar temperature level whereby the entire expanse of the bar code label becomes blackened thereby effectively rendering the bar code illegible and unreadable. Packaging containers, having the bar code labels affixed thereon, can therefore be heat-treated and then reused by having a new bar code label affixed thereto.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2001
    Publication date: January 23, 2003
    Applicant: LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION
    Inventor: Darren R. Brabaw