Patents by Inventor Dennis William Lahey

Dennis William Lahey 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).

  • Patent number: 6568599
    Abstract: A method is described for providing a plurality of coupon discount offers from one or more manufacturers to a consumer consisting of a disposable coupon card and a two-dimensional bar code printed on the disposable card. Reference numbers for each coupon discount offer are encoded into the two-dimensional bar code. Additionally a list consisting of product and coupon discount offer information is printed on the card. Various methods of delivering the disposable coupon card to the consumer including paper inserts placed in newspapers, paper circulars distributed by retailers, magazines, direct mail pieces, insertion in packages for consumer products, and handing the disposable coupon card directly to a consumer are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2003
    Inventors: Dennis William Lahey, Matthew David Lahey
  • Publication number: 20020011521
    Abstract: A method is described for providing a plurality of coupon discount offers from one or more manufacturers to a consumer consisting of a disposable coupon card and a two-dimensional bar code printed on the disposable card. Reference numbers for each coupon discount offer are encoded into the two-dimensional bar code. Additionally a list consisting of product and coupon discount offer information is printed on the card. Various methods of delivering the disposable coupon card to the consumer including paper inserts placed in newspapers, paper circulars distributed by retailers, magazines, direct mail pieces, insertion in packages for consumer products, and handing the disposable coupon card directly to a consumer are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2001
    Publication date: January 31, 2002
    Inventors: Dennis William Lahey, Matthew David Lahey